Okay, I have to be honest here, (I am sure that the other ladies on the board feel the same) this has been the most erotic interview I have seen so far!
Thanks Starlinn!
I really am just a "what you see is what you get "kinda fellow.
So the fact that this interview has an erotic element to it; I take as a VERY sweet compliment.
1. Do you garden? If so, what do you grow?
I love to garden. I'm a practical gardener so I raise that which I can eat.
I also like to keep an herb garden for cooking. There's nothing like fresh produce on the table!!! Having just moved in to this new place I haven't put in a garden yet but that will happen next Spring.
Luckily my brother is a market gardener who sells at the local farmer's market. He specializes in organically grown heritage varities so I have a metal work for vegetables barter thing going on to keep those fresh veggies coming in.
2. If you had a chance to have dinner with a famous person, who would it be and what would you talk about?
Story Musgrave.
A shuttle astronaut who I view as a true citizen of the universe. He's the most multi-dimensional individual I've ever been aware of. I'd just want to speak with him about his take on the nature of existence.
3. Do you believe in capital punishment?
Not inside the system it's currently administered in.
My spiritual philosophy is founded in balance and I believe there are individuals that personify the negative side of existence and their acts are truly heinous and a danger to us all. In some cases it's necessary to exorcise that individual from the plane we exist on. But how to go about that in the best way? I wish someone had a real answer to that.
4. If you were writing a letter to your sweetheart, how would you address her?
Just that: Sweetheart. It's one of my favorite words. If not that, then her first name. The most personal of titles.
5. Baseball Game, or Chick Flick
I'm really not a sports guy. I'd rather participate in something than observe it (well, there's a few things I DO like to watch
).
I do need to qualify this a bit. My father passed away from cancer in the mid 90's and I was his caregiver for the last seven months of his life. Being from St Louis he was a BIG Cardinals fan and he loved watching baseball
so we'd watch a fair amount of it together (I kind of grinned and bore it).
But if I could have him back for just a day, I'd watch all the damn baseball he wanted!!!
I'm hot and cold on chick flicks. If they're so steeped in the pain that's possible in a relationship then they are a little much for me. But if they
incorporate the wonder moments I really enjoy them.
My favorites:
Always
(Remake of the old movie; A Guy Named Joe)
An American President
Forever Young
IQ
6. What do you see when you look out the window nearest your computer?
The hill that's in my avatar.
7. Do you have a fireplace in your house?
I don't. Wish there was room for one. My place is small (900 SqFt)
and there's not really a good place for one in the remodel plans I have.
I do have a woodburning cookstove.
(beautiful thing I got about 8 years ago)
I do all of my cooking on it and it heats my home as well. As we speak I'm in the process of doing all the work to install it into the new house. I can't wait to get it fired up again. It's one of the greatest day to day joys I have!
8. Do you go for walks?
Anywhere between 2 and 5 times a day. I've established a nature trail around the perimeter of my property (five acres) and it changes from a moss covered 60ft tall rock bluff that extends down one entire property line to deeply wooded moss covered fir trees and alder groves. All VERY hilly. The diversity is amazing! The pups and I are developing quite a relationship with the land and all the critters we cohabit with!
9. What is your favorite season
We're in it. Fall. I love all the seasons and the differences they bring but there's something about Fall that just put's me at absolute peace with my surroundings!
PS..those flowers sound wonderful. Now for some wine..
The fawn lilies and foxglove grow wild on my place and in the Spring they cover everything!
If I were to deliver those flowers to you we'd have to make a day of it.
Conversations and explorations and do the sort of things that would inspire you to select the wine that you thought fit the day. As I said earlier in the interview I really am a wine novice so I'd have to take your lead on that.