following up with more questions

[saffronhare]

This set is for rougewench.

1. If your present self were introducing me to your ten-years-ago self, what would you say was splendid about her? Would your ten-years-ago self have had an entirely different opinion about what was splendid? (This doesn't mean that quality isn't splendid anymore. Sure hope my verb tenses aren't all uck-fayed there.)

2. I don't really play many any computer games. Is WOW something a noob should ever pick up? Why or why not? If not, what's a good beginner's game?

3. Do you speak or read any foreign languages (other than legal-ese)? What language would you like to learn that you don't already know?

4. How has preparation of the women in your brothel evolved over the years? What are your first clues that somebody else's character is really working for them?

5. Imagine you have a very ordinary day (or a couple of very ordinary days) in which you calmly and gracefully manage to do all the things you know you should be doing for the vitality of your body and spirit. What does that period of time look like?

Comments

your questions

[brandy22kc.livejournal.com]

1. I hear you talk about military life a lot, were you in the military or was your family, and eith way which branch?

2. I'm gonna put this one back on you cause i just love your kid's names...what are the stories behind each name?

3. How did you find gaia community, and what has it brought to you?

4. what was brought you to join the ritual teams?

5. what do you think is one of the most unique things you've done in your life and why?

Re: your questions

[saffronhare.livejournal.com]

1. I was raised in the military. My father was Army, Air Defense Artillery. When I graduated high school, I went to West Point because that's what aggressive daughters of officers do. After two years, a couple of shoulder reconstructions, and an evolution or two in my frontal lobe, I considered that perhaps I'd already served 20 years and maybe ought to go learn something else in this lifetime.

2. Rowan's middle name (Teresa) is a family name shared by my maternal grandmother, an aunt, a cousin, and a few other people. It also flowed well with Rowan, an Irish-inspired name that would have worked for either a boy or a girl. I liked its protective qualities. Fiona is a name we really liked. Her middle name (Colette) comes from Andrew's grandmother Colletta. We thought Fiona Coletta was maybe a little too Rosanna Rosannadanna, and Grandma agreed. She said she always preferred Colette anyway. Grandma passed away a few weeks before Fiona was born. Kira Marie is a name with no family ties whatsoever. It took us forever to come up with it, because we hadn't really figured on having three kids. The boy's name I wish I'd been able to bestow is Arden James. (sigh)

3. When we lived in RI, we were members of the UU congregation in Providence. As we prepared for our relocation, I searched for a UU church out here and was stunned to find one that was both UU *and* pagan! We first walked in the doors in February of 2000; became members in May 2000 and haven't stopped coming since.

4. When Fiona was not quite a year old, I was trying to get back to my own spiritual practice and reclaim a sense of self. I am not the sort of priest who is any good at sitting with the sick or sick-at-heart. But I learn and grow so much in the work of developing liturgy and serving the community in this way. It is a joyful thing, to celebrate a ritual.

5. Wow. I really have no idea. Honestly, I think I am pretty ordinary. :) Unique experiences aren't always what they're cracked up to be. I've had a lot of unexpected things happen to me -- and I have a lot of scars from them, literal and metaphorical -- but I don't know that I've accomplished anything unique yet. It may be that my mission in life is nothing more than to open the right peanut butter jar at the right time for the right reasons, you know? Some days, I think it might be bordering on hubris to think otherwise.