Affordable Pleasures
The best things in life...really are free.
What are the things that make you happiest—that don't involve a major transfer of currency? Six writers give us a new appreciation for ordinary pleasures, from supermarket pudding to zingy pop radio.
![Pudding](https://static.oprah.com/images/200907/omag/200907-omag-pudding-120x90.jpg)
For Mark Leyner, it's a single sweet dollop of a pudding...
![Antique teapot](https://static.oprah.com/images/200907/omag/200907-omag-antique-120x90.jpg)
For Gillian Fassel, Saturdays navigating estate sales...
![Bicycle](https://static.oprah.com/images/200907/omag/200907-omag-bicycle-120x90.jpg)
For Saïd Sayrafiezadeh, riding his trusty bike...
![Old fashioned radio](https://static.oprah.com/images/200907/omag/200907-omag-radio-120x90.jpg)
For Caitlin Macy, listening to the radio...
![Kayaking](https://static.oprah.com/images/200907/omag/200907-omag-ocean-120x90.jpg)
For Farai Chideya, just being around water...
![Scrapbook](https://static.oprah.com/images/200907/omag/200907-omag-scrabook-120x90.jpg)
For Jessica Helfand, collecting day-to-day memories in her scrapbook...
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