Love these lists.. To find the others that I saw in the middle of the night, search for "25 things". Here's mine:
- I am voracious reader
- I wear mostly black and sometimes red
- I believe in mystery and energetic fields; I walk the labyrinths at Grace Cathedral
- When I wake up, I listen for the hum of the universe and give thanks
- I love black + white photographs. I love shadows and darkness. People forget that Dionysus ruled Delphi 6 months of the year. I love winter for the “going in” aspects of cold and more darkness.
- I love cities and the built environment
- My few real friends are extremely precious to me
- I’m not good at small talk
- I have loved deeply but not wisely, and I’m afraid I don’t know what love is. I want to know real intimacy before I die. I want my lover and I to guard each other’s solitude. I still haven’t found what I’m looking for. I love Dr. Gregory House, Dave Robicheaux, Law & Order, and David Morrell ‘snovels which are all about trust, relationships, intimacy and betrayal.
- I bruise easily
- I’m a great driver and have driven across the country several times alone
- I can’t imagine why someone would go to Las Vegas for fun
- I love fruit and don’t eat enough vegetables; starch is my downfall. I hate lima beans and anchovies.
- I don’t smoke and I don’t drink wine
- I miss my cat Bête who died last year and believe that the sporadic beeping sound my old car emits is her talking to me. I always acknowledge her contact.
- I have visions of monks chanting in dim hallways
- I’m afraid of heights, small airless places, flying, and crowds (I’m arm pit height)
- I want to write 10 more books
- I want to be Thomas Friedman (oh not a foreign correspondent, but someone who writes books about the convergence of business, government, and non-profits to make this a sustainable world), to be an important and valued voice in the discussion about how to get America back on track.
- I want to have spiritual relationship with money (along the lines of what Lynne Twist speaks of in “The Soul of Money.”)
- I’m not very domestic (domesticated?) – I’m a terrible housekeeper and only occasionally an adequate cook
- I see patterns and connections (business, people, networking, trends); often I’m about 10 years ahead of my time
- People trust me
- I drink whiskey (Jameson’s Irish or Johnny Black)
- I identify with outsiders and I like living on the edges (of the continent, of the desert… New York, Corrales NM, San Francisco)
- I sleep between leopard print sheets, with leopard print pillow cases and a leopard print comforter
- I have a red briefcase


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Ah, Jameson's and Gregory House...
What is armpit height? (I'm 4'10")
Glad you decided to share. I will not take this bait. I will not take this bait. I will not take this bait.
thanks dorinda -- these lists let us see common ground, don't they? it encourages me.
m, arm pit height means that I'm 5'2" and my breathing apparatus fits snugly into arm pits in crowds -- and if I can see and I can't breath easily I freak! please please take the bait so we can see our common ground and our uniqueness.
umbrealla, yes these lists show us how much we have in common and where our differences are. i love them. i'm glad you're seeing our connections.
Waiting for #18!
have a happy holiday.
I would love that coffee...
yeah. let's find a place.... delicious.
good to know not everyone like vegas.
"I want my lover and I to guard each other’s solitude."
Beautiful.
thank you Natalie... i always *love* it when when my writing affects someone positively -- with the words as well as the "music." thanks so much.
Think I'm gonna try this one.
and hyblaean, those few seconds or even minutes can be so helpful and a serene conscious moment before the busyness of the day takes over.