1. What takes up too much of your time? This. I spend way too much time online.
2. What do you wish you knew more about? Oh, so many things! Right now, I'd like to better understand my musculature and how I can overcome the issues with my back, shoulder and knee.
3. What’s the best way to start the day? Cuddling a cat.
4. What mystery do you wish you knew the answer to? What/how do my cats think?
5. What’s your favorite genre of book or movie? Depends on my mood.
6. What’s the farthest you’ve ever been from home? Either Paris or Honolulu. They're both about 4,000 miles away.
7. Where is the most interesting place you’ve been? I love Springfield, IL. It's where Mr. Lincoln went from country lawyer to President. It's such a privilege to walk where he walked.
8. When was the last time you climbed a tree for fun? Junior high. My grandpa's apple tree.
9. What do you consider to be your best find? Hmmm ... I'll go with my cats again for this one. I found them in shelter and they have enriched my life immeasurably.
10. What’s special about the place where you grew up? I really wasn't crazy about the place I grew up. No diversity, no imagination. The best thing I can say about it that it's a 30-minute train ride from Chicago.
11. What age do you wish you could permanently be? 35. I felt womanly, powerful, and sexy.
12. What fictional place would you most like to go? Nero Wolfe's brownstone. Mr. Wolfe is the hero of Rex Stout's mystery series, and I have a mad crush on the series narrator, Archie Goodwin, who lives in the brownstone.
13. Where is the most relaxing place you’ve ever been? Good goobies, it's hard to choose between the spas I've visited! I suppose I give the edge to the spa of Colonial Williamsburg.
The charming walk to my happy place
14. What’s the most interesting piece of art you’ve seen? I enjoy the work of Thomas McKnight.
15. Who has impressed you the most with what they have accomplished? Right now, I'll name my friend Joanna. She's suffered financial and professional setbacks over the past few years and, as she turns 70 this month, it would be easy for her to feel beaten down. But she doesn't give up. She's working on proposals and she's networking and she's focused on resurrecting the consulting business she's built.
I agree with you on 35 being the perfect age. Amen about Mr. Lincoln. I wholeheartedly agree with you.
ReplyDeleteMy thirty-five was ruined by the death of my mother and my father's alcoholism, so not an age I enjoyed, really. But I certainly was in better health. I've been to Williamsburg 3 times and didn't know there was a spa there.
ReplyDeleteI've been to colonial Williamsburg, but I did not know about the spa!
ReplyDeleteI really need to go to Colonial Williamsburg.
ReplyDeletethanks for the introduction to Thomas McKnight.
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