Loitering Is Delightful

Ross Gay in the Paris Review (via twitter):

the synonyms for this behavior are linger, loaf, laze, lounge, lollygag, dawdle, amble, saunter, meander, putter, dillydally, and mosey.

another of the synonyms for loitering, which I almost wrote as delight: taking one’s time.

Source: Loitering Is Delightful

From The Book of Delights.

Some affinities to the flaneur and discourse on laziness.