My main character trait:  Tenacity

The qualities that I desire in a man: Adoration of me, solvency

The qualities that I desire in a woman: beauty, accomplishment

What I appreciate most about my friends: They appreciate me.

My greatest flaw: I am artifically happy all the time--an annoying Pollyanna even in the morning when I first arise.

My favorite thing to do: Get into my huge claw-foot bathtub billowing with bubbles and read great literature 'til the water gets cold, then add some more hot water.  Lather, rinse, repeat.  Note to self:  Don't do this with your best books.

My dream of happiness: All of my loved ones gathered around the dining room table on Christmas Eve after having come in from the cold singing carols in the neighborhood laughing and eating and imbibing an abundance of favorite foods and drink.

When or where were you happiest? I always enjoy the here and now.

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? To be poor, sick, hungry, and cold--the plight of too many on this tragic orb.

What is your greatest fear? Germs, Homelessness.

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? I expect perfectionism from others and they resent it.

On what occasion do you lie? Only when the truth will not work

What do you most dislike about your appearance?  I am losing my hair and have a panza.

Which words or phrases do you most overuse? Awesome, Cool, Gentle ______, who's fussing?  Boys, behave!

What I would like to be:  A beautiful opera singer-- a slightly chubby soprano celebrated and admired the world over for her beauty and talent with white roses. 

Where I’d like to live:  Santa Fe, NM in the summer.  Las Cruces, NM in the winter.

My favorite color:  That pale shade of lavender blue just as the sun is setting.

The flower that I like:  A long stemmed white rose with the barest tint of green on the tips each petal.  One is bejeweled with a sparkling twinklebell of dew.

My favorite bird:  In the east:  cardinal  In the west:  bluejay

My favorite authors: F. Scott Fitzgerald, Flann O'Brien, Kurt Vonnegut, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, John Irving, John Kennedy Toole, Allan Gurganess, Barbara Kingsolver, Mary Karr, Martin Amis, Christopher Hitchens

My favorite poets:  William Shakespeare, John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Walt Whitman, T. S. Eliot, William Carlos Williams, e. e. cummings, Robert Frost, Paul Simon, Jim Morrison, Bob Dylan

My favorite heroes in fiction: Prince Charming, Atticus Finch, Jay Gatsby

My favorite heroines in fiction:  Snow White, Nancy Drew, Scarlett O'Hara, Lucy Marsden

Composers I like: J. S. Bach, Vivaldi, Tchaikovsky, Gershwin

My favorite painters: Michelangelo, Van Gogh, Picasso, Utrillo, John Singer Sargent, Thomas Hart Benton, Alphonse Mucha, Erte, Maxfield Parrish, Norman Rockwell, Chuck Close, Banksy

My heroes in real life: The legions of schoolteachers who go to work everyday striving to show excellence in every content area inspiring students to "get a life" of the mind.

My favorite names: Hillary, Charlotte, Paul, Robert, Jaime, Victoria

What I most detest: Deliberate cruelty

Personality types I most dislike:  Rude, arrogant, inconsiderate, avaricious

The military exploit I most admire: The Battle of the Bulge

The reform I admire the most: The Civil Rights Movement

The natural gift I wish I had: The ability to pick up foreign languages with ease, to play a musical instrument

What is your greatest regret?  That I lacked confidence in myself and aimed low

How I’d like to die: After a long and happy life at peace and surrounded by my loved ones in a comfortable bed with The Beatles playing in the background--side two Abbey Road--Golden Slumbers all the way through to Her Majesty

My present state of mind:  Content yet worried about loved ones

The faults for which I have the most tolerance: overindulgence in any of the creature comforts, flattering me

My motto: Don't tread on me.