We have a meet and greet feature on the RevGal homepage, including a questionnaire by Will Smama. I don’t know when my turn will come to be featured, but inthe meantime, here are my answers:
Got blog?
www.reverendmother.org
What gives you joy?
Simple joy: Browsing the drugstore–they have the best stuff there
Profound joy: Finishing a long and difficult project
Vocational joy: Preaching
Avocational joy: Poetry
Vicarious joy: Seeing my girls discover something new and delightful
Quotidian joy: The beauty of ordinary days upon days with my spouse
What is your favorite sound?
really tight harmony, especially with an interesting alto line
Describe a perfect day in your world.
Sleeping as late as I want
A leisurely breakfast involving lots of simple carbs: pancakes, biscuits…
Lounging around the rest of the morning reading the paper, magazines, or books
Lunch in a funky bistro with great soups, salads and desserts
Spending the afternoon immersed in creativity–my own or someone else’s (gallery, film, theater)
Dinner on an outdoor patio where a cool breeze is blowing: wine and conversation
Or:
Any day R and I spent in Hawaii, August 2000
What do you hope to hear once you reach the pearly gates?
Well done, good and faithful one.
Nap as much as you’d like here.
You have up to 15 words: what would you put on your tombstone?
She lived life to the fullest,
although she usually tried to
cram too much into
What color do you prefer your pen?
blue or purple, medium point
What magazines do you subscribe to?
New Yorker, Christian Century, Brain.Child, Salon.com, Presbyterian Outlook, Presbyterians Today, Working Mother, Parents, Family Fun, Atlantic Monthly, the Hightower Lowdown, Sojourners, National Geographic, Poets and Writers, Books and Culture
Why are you cool?
Objection, assumes facts not in evidence.
What is one of your favorite memories?
R and I touring around the Anderson Valley, California, in October 1999 in a convertible, during their Halloween festival; sampling wines and enjoying elegant finger foods, the hills, covered in fall foliage, dinner at Cafe Beaujolais that evening
Got a funny story?
Yes.
What is something you want to achieve this year? This decade? This lifetime?
Year: 1. to write and be read, 2. equilibrium
Decade: 1. to settle somewhere, 2. simplicity
Lifetime: 1. deep and abiding relationships and meaningful work; 2. joy
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Love your answers, ’specially the drug store thing.
That’s a great epi
I like all of this, and especially got all thoughtful about the last one. I’m most curious about the wanting to be settled somewhere part, since I’m in the same boat at the moment. I think we’re about the same age, right? 37? I dont know about you, but I thought I would be settled by now. I’m wondering 1. what it will take to feel settled and 2. how I will recognize “settled” when it happens to me. Keep the rested of us posted if it happens to you, ‘k?
so . . . what’s the funny story???
Loved your last list: what to achieve? Yes, “to settle somewhere” struck a chord with me. I’m close to 49 and I am still not settled. I guess I won’t ever be. I’ve decided my home is wherever the 4 bodies of my family are occupying space. Often that is a Toyota. No wonder I have always liked the “wandering in the wilderness” stories so well! Hmmm, I will work on a similar list for myself — what do I want to achieve?
Good list! I tend to prefer the office supply place over the drugstore, though I’ll admit the drugstore is cool also.
The nap thing rings true for me, too.
I wish I could get to my meet/greet questions list. You picked great questions to answer.
Joy, a great goal.
I love the tombstone.
Great answers.
great answers, indeed.
great answers. Boy you have some good memories there. Keep making them. I love what you write. And I love being on the journey with you. Good tombstone, don’t we all.
loved the equilibrium answer
btw I can’t get into the private. I might have the date wrong … could you email that to me
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thanks and love