Music to Our Ears

By Staff Utne Magazine
Published on July 1, 2005

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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