Sunday Seven

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I have received email asking me to complete the following seven items so, rather than plop on the couch (or rather before I plop on the couch) here are my answers.

(PS I have also been requested to answer the following question, “what were you like as a kid in high school?” I shall do this in time, my friends, in time.)

Seven

1. Seven things to do before I die:

• To take the most fabulous picture even taken and recognize it when I do.
• To live someplace exotic and not find it so.
• To travel the world.
• Get married and, if I feel like it, settle down and start a family.
• Be sent flowers, chocolates, perfume or some such meaningless gifts from a romantic admirer who remains anonymous.
• To write a great novel (again.)
• To get a winter coat that’s really really warm and take a long walk on a cold, dark, and cloudy day.

2. Seven things I cannot do:

• Fall asleep on a moving bus (or plane)
• Fly
• Wake up and not think “damn, I wish I had 10 more minutes of sleep”
• Swim in deep waters.
• Anything related to biology-especially botany
• Think about death without crying or at least thinking about crying.
• Dance very well

3. Seven things that attract me to the opposite sex:

• Independence
• Gentleness, attention, and respect
• Looks, of course
• When they aren’t just shallow or just serious
• When they’re culturally aware but beyond or ahead of fads
• Inner peace and a sense of knowing who they are
• Good taste that manifests itself as artistic flair

4. Seven things I say most often:

• Um
• I suppose
• Ok
• Awe Maaan
• Yeah right
• Crap
• Hmmm

5. Seven books I love:

• JD Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye”
• Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird”
• Susan Sontag’s “On Photography”
• “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance”
• “The Tibetan Book of the Dead”
• Dicken’s “A Tale of Two Cities”
• Carroll’s “Adventures of Alice in Wonderland”

6. Seven memories I cherish:

• The day I got my first dog, Sandy
• My first real romance in college
• Celebrating Christmas as a kid
• The first snowfall of winter (especially if school was cut out)
• The first day of summer vacation
• The first time I flew to Europe
• Traveling to California on my own as a young adult

7. This question is now a statement: you may do this if you wish.

Until next time…