Books and nature nearly always hover near the the top of my favorite things and nature is currently winning out because it's Spring and all my plants are doing their thing. I'm currently keeping watch over a Giant Elephant Ear. It's my first time growing one.
Hmm. What is my favorite thing right now? I guess the April photo on my wall calendar, because I refuse to change it to May.
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2. If money (and access) was no object, what would you buy today?
A lovely cottage by the sea where I could invite my friends to visit -- one by one. I mean the kind of house one envisions being built 100 years or more ago. Not the contemporary shells builders throw up today. I would also change out my mother's tombstone. I would buy her the loveliest marble stone I could find. She does have a lovely granite stone, but I especially love marble's aesthetic.
3. Have you ever gone on a pilgrimage?
While a professed Christian, I'm not religious minded enough to make a pilgrimage based on a spiritual belief, but I would like to visit Thich Nhat Hanh's Magnolia Grove Monastery in Northwest Mississippi. My inherited nature could greatly benefit from the practice of mindfulness. The place I feel spiritually drawn is my mother's grave. By way of gastronomy, I'm drawn to Paris.
4. What is your Kryptonite?
Pookie. Thank goodness he moved across the country.
5. What is your favorite time of day?
Early morning and early evening. It's all about the softness of the light. I was a kid who loved summer and all day sunshine, but these days, the harsh light of midday makes me uncomfortable. I think of it in the same way I view today's culture -- burning a little too bright.
6. Do you have a go-to “power” song?
Nah, and I'm not someone who listens to music every day.
7. What is your happy place?
Anywhere free of stress. The library. The beach. A good movie. A spontaneous family gathering -- those are so much better than organized family gatherings (too much stress).
8. If you could be someone else for a day, who would you be?
Abraham Lincoln, but I may already inhabit him in many ways, so I should probably pick someone mischievous like Mark Twain.
9. What do you think you do best?
Empathize with others. I tend to put myself in others shoes, which allows me to see where he or she is coming from. For example, I'm personally not a fan of the current President, but I understand a good many of the reasons why people made that fateful choice. I just hope we survive it.
10. What is something you do to cheer yourself up?
I don't think I do anything to cheer myself up. I believe it's necessary to feel all emotions, including sadness. On the other hand, I regrettably soothe myself with my favorite non alcoholic beverage and too often with junk food.
11. What is the best advice you’ve ever been given?
There's nothing to it but to do it. (I like that mantra, but no one gave me that advice, I read it somewhere). The two bits of advice most commonly expressed in my family's home were: "Where there is a will there is a way" and "This Too Shall Pass." Another bit of advice came by way of an aunt (through my mother) -- she said if you ever find yourself with a case of the mulligrubs (blues), get up and do something. That's solid gold right there.
12. Who would you like to see interviewed here? Hmmm. I'm gonna have to get back to you on that question.
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Interesting answers, and I agree with being anywhere with no stress. And my cabin would be of log and on a huge lake back in the woods, with with WiFi and satellite TV and shortwave radio. I can't give up all the amenities.
ReplyDeleteHear hear! I'm with you on the amenities.
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