Sunday Stealing

Sunday Stealing

1. Do you prefer writing with black or blue pen?

A. I prefer writing with a black pen. Actually, I will only write with a Pilot G-2 .05 pen. When I was writing for the paper, I went through scads of them with notebooks as I took notes as multiple meetings.

2. Do you prefer living in the country or the city?

A. I live in the country, and I think I prefer it here. It is quiet and there are no people to bother me, for the most part. I like watching the wildlife and I enjoy the scenery.

3. How do you drink your tea or coffee?

A. I drink a cup of hot decaffeinated English Breakfast Tea with 1 teaspoon of sugar nearly every morning, though sometimes I forgo the sugar.

4. Do you prefer bath or shower?

A. I shower.

5. Do you prefer reading paper or electronic books?

A. I prefer to read a paper book. I have a Kindle and I do read on it, but if given a choice, I much prefer a "real" book to an electronic one. For one thing, I don't have to plug it in.

6. Would you ever want to be famous?

A. I have been locally famous, sort of. When one writes for a newspaper that at one point had a circulation of about 20,000 people, lots of folks get to know your name. I admit it was a thrill a few times when a checkout clerk looked at my name on my check (yes, it was a long time ago) and said, "Oh, I know you, you write for The Herald." After a while, it became a problem because I couldn't get through the grocery store without being stopped by 10 people to discuss some "story idea" they wanted to run by me. Now that I am no longer writing for the paper, I don't have that happen as much. Of course I haven't been in a store without a mask for a while.

7. Are you a restless sleeper?

A. Not anymore. I used to be. Now I sleep on a MedSlant wedge incline pillow and it's hard to turn over on your side when you're sleeping like that.

8. What is the strangest thing you have ever eaten?

A. Probably escargot.

9. Do you like cereal crunchy or soggy?

A. I eat my cereal without anything on it, because I am allergic to milk. So I guess crunchy.

10. Do you like ice in your drinks?

A. No.

11. Do you prefer swimming in pools or the ocean?

A. I used to like swimming in the ocean when I was young, but now I do not. I haven't been swimming in years.

12. What can you hear right now?

A. I hear the TV in the other room; my husband is watching an "iNascar" race. I also hear the wind, which is very strong today.

13. Where do you feel the safest?

A. In my house.

14. What would you like your legacy to be?

A. I would like to be remembered as someone who contributed to the community and made society a little better. I tried to do that with my newspaper work. I considered it an educational vocation.

15. Do you like spicy food?

A. My stomach doesn't like it at all. Ulcers will do that to you.

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