Are you seeking security or adventure?
Adventureland was my favorite go-to as a child. I would happily drag my parents there every chance they gave me.
As a teen, I visited the World’s Fair so often it started to feel like home. My exploration of the place gave me security.
Adventure once you take to it can begin to feel familiar.
If you could host a dinner and anyone you invite was sure to come, who would you invite?
Close friends and the little bit of family we have are welcome to join.
Dinner is to be served promptly between 6 o’clock and 7. Dress is optional by which we mean that of course you have to be dressed but wear what you like.
See you then.
What do you think gets better with age?
Love grows and ages well.
When we are lucky enough to experience it.
What is your favorite genre of music?
🎼Classical music, big splashy symphonies, and intricate piano works are wonderful.
My teenage years played out mostly to Brahms and Bach and Mozart, and Liszt and some more obscure and lesser composers. 🎹*
In college, I bopped to classic Motown and R&B repertory.
As I grew to young adulthood, I started grooving heavily to country tunes.
Yes, folks, let’s sing along with Miss Barbara Mandrell. “I was country when country wasn’t cool.” 🎵🎶🎸
I love the great American musical, like Pajama Game or Hello, Dolly, to name a few. It’s billed as The Great American Songbook and
Jazz was an eye-opener when I was introduced to it. Over the years, I went to many a jazz concert and a few jazz clubs.
Let us not leave out Big Bands and blue grass for a full roster of favorites
*Classical music and the classical music station were part of the family dynamic.
Describe your most memorable vacation.
I had traveled across much of Europe. I had visited London and Dublin and gone all over Israel. I really enjoyed a short stay in a ClubMed in Western Mexico.
And yet, none of that compares with the first trip we took as a couple. My now husband whisked me off to a long weekend in Newport RI.
A storm greeted us as we crossed the bridge to our destination. We had already slogged through an amazing traffic backup en route.
Of course, this would not have made the weekend notable.
The promise of our love and companionship is what flavored this trip and gave us the memories.
Over the years, we’ve taken many short hops in the eastern states, each a fond memory of joy and laughter.
This was just the beginning, and we all know that beginnings are special.
On what subject(s) are you an authority?
I am a jack-or rather jill-of-all-trades, master-of-none, I suppose.
I like to dabble or perhaps babble about a widening range of subjects.
My authority on the things upon which I choose to expound is unquestionable.
I ask you not to question it.
What are your daily habits?
The more lemons life throws our way, the bigger the pitcher we’ll need.
This is when gratitude is in order.
I try to make being grateful a habit for every day.
If you were forced to wear one outfit over and over again, what would it be?
My husband has a favorite shirt, which he prefers to all others. I think we all have outfits, which we pick to wear over others.
Sometimes, the outfit is best suited to a particular occasion. Sometimes, it’s the easiest one you run into when you open the closet.
How important is spirituality in your life?
As a devoutly atheistic person, I tend to treat questions of spirituality as code for queries on religion.
I realize they are not the same. If asked if I were religious, I would say that God has a great deal to answer for. Am I spiritual, perhaps just the fact that I reference God suggests my ambivalence.
You are religious, aka one who takes all matters at faith value, but maybe you don’t connect closely with the greater universe.
You don’t follow the Bible or the Quaran or some other text from the annals of religious time, but you are literally in sync with the moon and the stars. Pagan and spiritual.
Spirituality has its limits if you are seeing ghosts, naive about good and evil, or indulging in reverential fantasies
Believe or doubt. You can still have a sense of kindness and respect for the forces of man and nature.
Who is your favorite historical figure?
It’s not really history if you’ve lived it but I greatly admire Martin Luther King, Jr.
He always maintained a harmonious dignity and respectful rhetoric.
He was a true peace maker.
He paid dearly for his efforts on behalf of equality and social justice.
Given our current civil status, I can only hope that his martyrdom was not in vain.
All The Best