What is your current state of mind? Relaxed
What is your idea of perfect happiness? A big hug and smile from my kids with no worries (bills paid, feeling good)
Which living person do you most admire? Don't know, People that keep trying to do good and be the best they can be.
What is your greatest fear? Being a burden.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Too emotional
What is the trait you most deplore in others? judgemental.
What is your greatest extravagance? a laptop
What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Hmmm, Passivity
What living person do you most despise? I can't say i waste my energy hating or despising anyone. I don't keep them in my thoughts long enough.
What talent would you most like to have? Fluency with all languages.
What is your greatest regret? I didn't spend more time with my mother before she passed.
What is your favourite journey? I'm not done traveling or trying to go places yet.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Crying (doesn't matter if true or not - it can even be a sad commercial! Ugh).
What word or phrase do you most overuse? Okay
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Not being able to help my kids when they need it.
What is your most marked characteristic? Cynical
What is your most treasured possession? My kids.
What do you most value in your friends? Understanding
Who are your favourite writers? Many I have some classical like Jane Eyre, but also have several more modern.
What are your favourite names? Severin, Emma, Eloise, and some others.
How would you like to die? quickly, unknowingly, painlessly,
What is your current state of mind? Reflective
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Accepting were I’m at any given time and know things will be ok.
My dream would be a small simple place – fenced so I could have a dog. with a work shop, to carve, paint, draw, write and make a living at it. Ok so I dream big.
Which living person do you most admire?
A friend of mine who has the ability to be totally present with you when you are together, and totally non judgmental.
What is your greatest fear? Not being able to take care of myself.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? Inability to show emotion.
What is the trait you most deplore in others? Dishonesty with themselves
What is your greatest extravagance? Internet
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Any that a person is compelled to obsessively tell others they have.
Tidiness definitely overrated.
What living person do you most despise?
There are people I’d rather not be around but despise is extreme.
Try my best to remember the herd is not well and I are a part of the herd.
What talent would you most like to have?
The ability to be fully present from moment to moment.
To be able to draw anything that I see in my mind like I see it in my mind.
What is your greatest regret?
all the time missed with my mom before she got dementia. Not really knowing my brothers or them knowing me.
What is your favorite journey? anywhere with a friend(s). that can be going nowhere, just sitting and talking or not.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
Only one? to be more like my friend that can be totally focused and connected with another and convey that to the other person.
What word or phrase do you most overuse? Online probably lol.
In person lately, shhhit. trying to correct that one.
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? hopelessness
What is your most marked characteristic?
Guess friends would say dry humor.
What is your most treasured possession?
My friends, even ones I’ve never met in person.
What do you most value in your friends?
That they are who they are and they allow me to be me.
Who are your favourite writers? Hughes, Frost, Whitman, Poe, Faulkner, Thoreau , Ogden, Silverstein, Angelou, Auel. There are books or writings I like - not authors.
What are your favourite names? Not my given name for sure. Lest not for me.
How would you like to die? .
Painlessly and not alone, knowing that I helped someone else.
What is your current state of mind?
A: elated
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A: "True happiness comes from playing the hand you are dealt" Bill Wilson
Which living person do you most admire?
A: Jane Goodall
What is your greatest fear?
A : I am living it too expensive health care
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
A: hubris
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
A : hubris
What is your greatest extravagance?
A: health care
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
A: piety
What living person do you most despise?
A: Since the supreme court says corporations are people. The Koch brothers and other corporations who running this country into the ground
What talent would you most like to have?
A: Being a gifted horse back rider
What is your greatest regret?
A : Not having more money to pay for health care
What is your favorite journey?
A : the one I am on
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
A: I would be quiet person who listens more
What word or phrase do you most overuse?
A: Bleep Bleep
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
A: Not adapting to your circumstances
What is your most marked characteristic?
A: sarcasm
What is your most treasured possession?
A: a painting
What do you most value in your friends?
A : a wicked sense of humor
Who are your favorite writers? Faulkner, Shakespeare, Chaucer, Dante, and Steinbeck
What are your favorite names? Flannery, Fionna, Gavin
How would you like to die? Having people say I did something of use to others
What is your current state of mind?
A: content.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
A: Loving unconditionally and being loved the same way back.
Which living person do you most admire?
A: My daughter for her ability to get back up.
What is your greatest fear?
A: I dont have fear as such but i dont think i'd survive loosing either of my children.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
A: Being adicted to smoking
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
A: Inflated concept of self
What is your greatest extravagance?
A: Expensive cheese (i'm eating some now lol)
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
A: Tollerance
What living person do you most despise?
A: No one person but any group involved in organised terror
What talent would you most like to have?
A: I just wish I could have what i had back
What is your greatest regret?
A: That first cigerette
What is your favourite journey?
A: Life
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
A: Physical strength
What word or phrase do you most overuse?
A: "Will you please just listen" (home schooling lol)
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
A: Grief
What is your most marked characteristic?
A: Being calm and level headed
What is your most treasured possession?
A: The ring my late father gave my mother, she gave it to me on my 40th
What do you most value in your friends?
A: Honesty
Who are your favourite writers?
A: Way too many lol my list is almost endless
What are your favourite names?
A: lol I dont have a favourite
How would you like to die?
A: Unkowningly
What is your current state of mind?
Depressed
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Being on the back of a horse running through an open field
Which living person do you most admire?
I have 4... My husband and my 3 children
What is your greatest fear?
To out live one of my children or grandchildren
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
That I have to rely on pills to have a productive life
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Judgemental people
What is your greatest extravagance?
Cigarettes
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
I don't know
What living person do you most despise?
A murderer with no remorse
What talent would you most like to have?
To play the piano
What is your greatest regret?
Not going to college and following my dreams
What is your favorite journey?
Disney World when I was 10 yrs. old
If I could change one thing about myself what would it be?
My weight
What word or phrase do I most over use?
Really?
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
The death of my parents
What is your most marked characteristic?
my personality (that's what others tell me)
What is your most treasured possession?
My salvation and my family
What do we most value in friends?
Honesty
Who are your favorite writers?
GOD
What are your favorite names?
Shannae, Jacob, Zachary, Makenzie, & Brookelyn
How would you like to die?
Peacefully with a smile on my face (cause I know where I'm going)
What is your current state of mind? reflective
What is your idea of perfect happiness? autumn weather, sitting outside with my husband on the porch drinking coffee
Which living person do you most admire? Jerry Lewis
What is your greatest fear? Something bad happening to one of my kids
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? frustration
What is the trait you most deplore in others? arrogance
What is your greatest extravagance? art supplies
What do you consider the most overrated virtue? intelligence
What living person do you most despise? Charles Manson
What talent would you most like to have? speak many languages
What is your greatest regret? not getting to know my brother
What is your favourite journey? vacation to Italy
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? better health
What word or phrase do you most overuse? "I don't know"
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? being alone
What is your most marked characteristic? kindness
What is your most treasured possession? piano
What do you most value in your friends? loyalty and selfless
Who are your favourite writers? Barbara Kingsolver, J.K. Rowling
What are your favourite names? Kristyn, Kelsey, Kayla, Jordan, Josh
How would you like to die? In my husband's arms when I'm really, really old
What is your current state of mind?
Sleepy
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Healthy family, Bills Paid. Fun time with family and friends. Money and energy to do everything that I want to do.
Which living person do you most admire?
There are so many, but I'll go with Michelle Obama.
What is your greatest fear?
Death, snake and spiders. In that order.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
I'm too hyper and to emotional.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Is smoking a trait? If not than dishonesty and greed.
What is your greatest extravagance?
My laptop.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
I'm not sure that there is such a thing.
What living person do you most despise?
Excluding all violent criminals I'll go with Rush Limbaugh or George W. Bush.
What talent would you most like to have?
To be a better dancer, singer or musician
What is your greatest regret?
Not getting involved in certain things in High School and College and perhaps choosing the career that I did since the job market for it is so bad.
What is your favorite journey?
That I have taken or would like to take? I haven't been to far from home. But I would LOVE to go to Europe, especially England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales and Italy & Spain. I'd like to go to Poland as well. I would also REALLY like to go to Australia and New Zealand
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
I should probably say that I wouldn't have MS, but honestly I would like to be a size 10 again.
What word or phrase do you most overuse?
"Um"
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
The loss of a loved one.
What is your most marked characteristic?
I'm very talkative (Too talkative for most)
What is your most treasured possession?
Next to my child, probably my guitars.
What do you most value in your friends?
Honestly & Loyalty
Who are your favorite writers?
Sherman Alexie
What are your favorite names?
Girl: Esme, Emelina, Maria, Agneiszka, Mariana, Grace
Boy: Waylon, Silas
How would you like to die?
I don't want to die. I want to live forever.
What is your current state of mind? Helplessness (for helping my brother)
What is your idea of perfect happiness? No one being sick or with a disease
Which living person do you most admire? Anyone actively trying to fight world hunger & make the world a better place
What is your greatest fear? Losing my loved ones too early
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? I’m not sure; I'm sure there are some
What is the trait you most deplore in others? Greed, religious hypocrisy, & ethnocentrism
What is your greatest extravagance? Starbucks
What do you consider the most overrated virtue? Not sure
What living person do you most despise? How about non-living - Hitler
What talent would you most like to have? Be multi-lingual – including knowing sign language
What is your greatest regret? Not starting to save money when I was a kid
What is your favourite journey? One that I haven’t been on yet – to Ireland with my partner/family
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? Perhaps a little taller
What word or phrase do you most overuse? Wow
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? Living in a country where people don’t have freedom & there’s constant violence
What is your most marked characteristic? Always smiling
What is your most treasured possession? My life
What do you most value in your friends? Compassion
Who are your favourite writers? Ivan E. Coyote, Michael Moore, just about any autobiographies
What are your favourite names? Don’t really have any
How would you like to die? I don’t want to die...
What is your current state of mind?
Curious.
What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Me, hubby, south of France, early retirement.
Which living person do you most admire?
Michael J. Fox.
What is your greatest fear?
Another 9/11.
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Chronic procrastination.
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Religious hypocrisy. Also, lack of sense of humour.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Magazines.
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Multi-tasking.
What living person do you most despise?
Anyone who uses their position of trust to harm a child.
What talent would you most like to have?
To be fluently multilingual.
What is your greatest regret?
Losing touch with so many good friends as I moved around the country my whole life.
What is your favourite journey?
Transatlantic red-eye to anywhere in Europe.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
My Fred Flintstone feet.
What word or phrase do you most overuse?
The F word. Also, “What the hell?”
What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To lose my freedom.
What is your most marked characteristic?
My sceptical nature.
What is your most treasured possession?
My black standard poodle, though she’s not so much a possession as she is a beloved family member.
What do you most value in your friends?
Loyalty and humour.
Who are your favourite writers?
Joan Didion, Christopher Hitchens, Aldous Huxley.
What are your favourite names?
Naomi, Lily, Nina, Astrid. No personal connection, just have always loved these names.
How would you like to die?
When I’m old, in my sleep, peacefully, painlessly, in the arms of my husband. Is that too much to hope for?!