Sounds I like to hear.
A cat purring. Rain on a roof. Fall leaves rustling. Thunder. Wind through the pines. Waves lapping the shore. Birds singing in the morning. Crickets on a hot August afternoon.
Songs that remind me of better times. I can be stopped dead in a store by a song that comes on from the past.
A babbling brook. A train blowing his horn way off in the distance. A cats gentle meow. A lonely loon.
Silence. Yes, I like to hear nothing – it is a very rare thing to experience nowadays. Some nights there is a small window of time, maybe 20 minutes, where there is no noise at all.
If I had my way, we would have a mandatory noise free day once a month. People cannot mow their lawns, have radios on, fix their cars or homes. No traffic, no planes or trains, no sirens, no construction. Try to have a day that people can enjoy quiet.
But even the libraries are not quiet any more.
Having headphones on is not the same as open air quiet. Being outside in a quiet place is expansive.
Quiet please.