1. Do you put ketchup on a hot dog?
Ketchup is an abomination
2. Choice of soda?
Club soda or seltzer
3. Do you own a gun?
Yes. I used to plink at tin cans, but I haven't done that in decades. I'd give it up if the law required it.
4. Can you swim?
Yes, very little forward motion. I can float for days, though.
5. Hot dogs or cheeseburger?
Both, a few times a year. I usually have the patty on a plate with a bit of horseradish and mushroom gravy. Dislike lettuce on hot sandwiches, can't eat onion or tomato, don't need the bread.
6. Favourite type of food?
white: pasta, rice, bread. Have to monitor and ration, though. Can't eat potatoes. I still get cravings for steak fries and garlic mashed.
7. Do you believe in ghosts?
I believe in spirit--but not the left-behind remnant of a specific person.
8. What do you drink in the morning?
Black tea, with demerara sugar
9. Can you do 100 push-ups?
You tryin' ta kill me? I can't even get in pushup position.
10. Summer, Winter, Spring, or fall?
Used to be fall, when chill relieved the summer heat. Or spring, when all the dead trees and flowers come back, or winter's hush and cozying up in snuggly blankets with hot chocolate. But living at a higher latitude than ever before, it's summer. I *hate* the sun coming up at 9AM and setting at 3:30PM. Give me those twilights that linger till after 9PM and dawns before 5AM. Daylight, baby, give me all you got.
11. Your favorite hobby?
Conversation with witty, concerned, aware people with senses of humor--or reading or writing same. Collecting tarot. Rescuing stuffed animals and cloth dolls. Decorating a room.
12. Tattoos?
Not a fan
13. Do you wear glasses?
I do not wear the glasses, they wear me.
14. Do you have a phobia?
Developed in the past five or six years--claustrophobia. I used to love caving--can't do it anymore. Can't even watch it in movies or tv scenes.
15. Do you have a nickname?
No, alas, and I've always felt deprived that no one gave me a cute one.
16. Three favorite drinks?
Water, clear soda, hot honey lemon gingseng green tea with one demerara sugar cube
17. Biggest downfall?
Health issues
18. Rain or snow?
Rain.
19. Can you change a tire?
If it was do it or literally die, probably. But really? I have only a little clue.
20. Favorite flower?
One I used to grow every summer, that won't tolerate the temps here--hibiscus
21. Can you drive a stick?
Yes. I gave up my soulmate car, knee defeated by city traffic. But I'd take her back in a heartbeat for mountain roads and freeways.
22. Ever gone skydiving?
See, there's this thing, where I can climb anything. Long as I have my feet on the ground I'm good. Feet *off* the ground? Like a date pick me up? Those fair rides where the long chains swing out and you know you're going to throw up or die, or throw up and then die? So no. No skydiving, thanks.
23. Kids?
Two
24. Favorite color?
Blues, greens, grey, brown
25. Employed?
Retired early
26. Can you whistle?
Not very well
27. Where were you born?
Adopted, so uncertain. First records in NC
28. Siblings?
Again, adopted so uncertain. Adoptive family I was the only child
29. Surgeries?
The Big Scoop
30. Shower or bath?
Shower
31. Last album you listened to?
R Carlos Nakai, Canyon Trilogy
32. Age?
Old enough to keep that to myself
33. Broken bones?
Foot, age seven
34. How many TVs are in your house?
One
35. Worst Pain?
Disarticulated knee in a fall
36. Do you like to sing?
I've always done, but I've sort of fallen out of the habit.
37. Are your parents still alive?
No.
38. Do you like camping?
We tent camped every summer, and I loved it. Not enough creature comforts for me now.
39. What do you enjoy binge-watching?
Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat, QE, The Repair Shop, Grace & Frankie, NCIS: New Orleans
40. Pumpkin or pecan pie?
Pecan
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