Utne staffers chime in on their favorite sounds
horses chewing carrots sisters in the kitchen meadowlarks singing in the morning a lover's moan a raven's BRAWK! the snap and crackle of a fire laughter a stampede whispered sweet somethings flowing water a Harley-Davidson motorcycle the sigh/gurgle/grumble of a dog getting comfortable on the couch wind blowing through crops the background noise of the crowd at a baseball game during a radio broadcast beans or rice being poured into a pan the heavy 'thud' a dictionary makes when you close it a head of lettuce being ripped open the swoosh of a bird in flight wind chimes my husband singing Whitney Houston's I'm Every Woman' snow falling on my jacket my former girlfriend's phone voice loons a garage door going up the dishwasher running late in the evening my husband's voice random conversations overheard on public transportation snow under my boots the pop of uncorking a wine bottle that gurgle-hiss sound the coffee pot makes at the end of a brew kids playing outdoors on summer evenings
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