Watching Stephen Colbert testify before Congress about migrant farm labor, while in character.

in one electric moment

Remembering seeing The Miracle Worker in high school, specifically the w-a-t-e-r moment where Helen Keller grasps language for the first time.

a card or letter

Sneaking into a class on The Beatles, and

• just remembering Ringo singing "Yellow Submarine"
• listening to their cover of "Please Mr. Postman" after hearing the professor describe how open-heartedly and uncynically John sings it, and how it was the first thing to make him cry after John's assasination
• and hearing Paul sing "Till There Was You" from The Music Man.

never just a cat

Telling my friend M's cat that everyone in the room with her loves her very much.

daffodils

A bouquet of resplendent orange and purple and yellow wildflowers being held aloft by a disgruntled man at the farmer's market.