Another Q&A Meme

I swiped this from someone's blog; I've lost the link, though. I found it while I was blog-hopping.

1. What do you do before bedtime?

I read. The TV is usually on but I am not the one watching it.

2. What is your favorite sound?

My husband's voice. There is something about the way he calls for me that makes a lump form in my throat.

My non-human favorite sound is... silence. The absolute stillness of the day, when nothing is moving but you know that if you breathe hard something will happen - thunder will clap, the leaves will shake.

3. What were your childhood fears?

I feared my parents were going to put me in the crazy house and leave me. Unfortunately this was one of my mother's favorite threats; I think it is akin to being told the raggedy man is going to come and get you, a ghost story told around these parts after the Civil War. This was just an updated version.


4. What place have you visited that you can't forget and want to go back?

New York. I am not a city girl but I visited this metropolis when I was teenager and was entranced. I would love to go back as an adult and see it all over again. I visited China Town and have never forgotten the sweet and sour shrimp I ate there; nothing in this area has ever duplicated that taste.

5. What has made you unhappy these days?

I worry about the economy but that is out of my control. I also fear growing old and dying; I think the deaths this year of three of my great aunts has brought mortality home to me in a very strong way.

I also fret about my weight which I know needs to be, well, less.


6. What websites do you visit daily?

Blue Country Magic and Botetourt County News Blog, which are my own blogs, Spatter, Roanoke RnR, Loose Leaf Notes, Peevish Pen, sweetfluttersby - most of the bloggers in my blogging list who write daily or near daily. I recently added my Facebook page to my list of "visit every day" sites; I still can't decide if I like Facebook or not.


7. What’s the last song that got stuck in your head?

The Space Cowboy aka The Joker by Steve Miller Band. Here's an interesting youtube version of it. Here's a video of the whole song.


8. What’s your favorite item of clothing?

I have an aged blue sports jacket that I have worn out to the point that the sleeves are nearly gone from it. I call it "blue thing." My husband recently bought me a gray sports jacket to replace that one; I call it "gray thing." I'm still breaking it in.

Aside from that, I love to sit around in sweats and a t-shirt. Give me comfort over looks any day.

9. What is your dream for the future?

To publish a book. That is probably a silly dream but there you go. One day I want to walk into Barnes & Noble and find myself on the shelf.

I would also like to be healthy and live a nice long life with my husband. When we are really old I want us in the same room at the old folks' home so we can always hold hands.

For the nation, my dream is that we find our common ground again. I know it is there somewhere if we could all only get past our egos long enough to look.


My apologies to whomever I lifted this from. I am not tagging anyone, but if you'd like to give it a try, be my guest.