What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To believe that this life is all there is
Where would you like to live?
A pedestrian-friendly near the sea in a temperate climate
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
Sunshine, friends, flowers, and family… hopefully all in close proximity
To which faults do you feel most indulgent?
Of the 7? Gluttony and Sloth
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Jean Valjean
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
The Bennets who felt deeply and made mistakes, Pippi Longstocking
Who are your favorite characters in history?
The imperfect who strive for change: Gandhi, Princess Diana, Martin Luther King Jr.
Who are your favorite heroes in real life?
Any man or woman who leads an ordinary life with integrity and courage.
Your favorite painter?
Turner and Caravaggio
Your favorite composer?
Vivaldi, Rachmaninoff and Haydn
The quality you most admire in a man?
The courage to follow his heart
The quality you most admire in a woman?
The confidence to know that there is nothing to prove
Your favorite virtue?
Tolerance
Your favorite occupation?
Writing
Who would you have liked to be?
Me only more so
Your most marked characteristic?
Compassion
What do you most value in your friends?
Qualities that belong to them alone
What is your principle defect?
Complacency
What historical figures do you most despise?
There are many. Those who risked the lives of others in causes they did not actually believe in and lacked the courage to do the work they asked of others.
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
There are many but perhaps most of all the ability to leave each person or place a little better than I found it.
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
To never feel anything deeply
In what country would you like to live?
One that is my own… wherever it may be
What is your favorite color?
A certain shade of green
What is your favorite flower?
The tulip – for it’s simple elegance
What is your favorite bird?
Though not one for birds I’m partial to small, scrappy finches asking for my crumbs
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Pushkin, Hugo, Emerson, Thoreau, Proust and Anatole France
Who are your favorite poets?
Shakespeare, Keats, Wilde, Edna St Vincent Millay
What are your favorite names?
I have several at the moment. Girls: Kate, Chloe, Sophie, Madeline and Emma. Boys: Matthew, Paul, Lachlan, Joshua, and Trey.
What is it you most dislike?
My own worst qualities
What event in military history do you most admire?
Hannibal Barca crossing the Alps with elephants and defeating the Romans with an extremely tired army.
What reform do you most admire?
Any that is truthful
How would you like to die?
Fulfilled
What is your present state of mind?
Hopeful
What is your motto?
Be a first rate version of yourself, not a second rate version of anyone else. (Borrowed from Judy Garland)
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Hope you don’t mind, I borrowed the questionnaire for my own blog. I found you through Anjeanette’s blog. have a nice day!
Hope you don’t mind, I borrowed the questionnaire for my own blog. I found you through Anjeanette’s blog. have a nice day!
Hope you don’t mind, I borrowed the questionnaire for my own blog. I found you through Anjeanette’s blog. have a nice day!
Of course I don’t mind! Merry Christmas. :o)
Of course I don’t mind! Merry Christmas. :o)
Of course I don’t mind! Merry Christmas. :o)