Curious as a Cat

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1) What are the three most important family values in your family? For the world? Are they the same?

In the family: trust/honesty, working together/shared responsibility, knowledge of where we came from. In the world: truth, honor, history. So, yes, essentially, they are the same.

2) Name your least favorite candy. Why do you dislike it so much?

I'm not fond of dark chocolate in general. I don't care for nuts in candy bars (though I like homemade fudge with some nuts), or coconut in most candy. Not a fan of black licorice. In fact, let's go with that last one. Yuck.

3) Among your friends, which would you choose as the next Pope?

I wouldn't choose any of the friends who are Catholic, ironically. it would be interesting if Trud was running things. Jenny would be a fabulicious Pope, seriously, though. Wow--what a picture! She'd be good. She's Methodist; Trud's vaguely Buddhist. Oh, or Molly. Molly for Pope; she's already in Italy so at least she's got that going for her.... ;-)

4) What is the slowest realization you've ever come to?

That I really don't have to take shit from people, that my reaction when people are rude/stupid is appropriate--though perhaps I should be more tactful in its expression--and saying no when asked a favor by someone who has screwed me over is perfectly acceptable.

5) Show and Tell. What comes to mind first when you see this picture? Or, tell a story if it reminds you of one.
Public Domain Photo

This photo reminds me of the roads in Yorkshire and Scotland. They are very narrow and have barely enough space to pass a car coming toward you. In Yorkshire, there are these stone walls on either side of the road, too, so it's all rather treacherous. And those walls are freakin' amazing! No mortar, just centuries of stacked rocks that are as solid as any mortared wall but also quite fragile. It actually makes me cry to see a dry stone wall that's been destroyed out of thoughtlessness. As for the rest of the landscape...the background and trees don't look particularly much like Yorkshire/Scotland. I wonder where it was taken....