Ever wonder what sorts of embarrassing questions I ask my Blogger Insider partners? Wonder no more. Here’s what Lee had to say to my queries:
1. Every material item in your home will be disintegrated at the touch of a button. You are allowed to save one thing from this horrendous fate. What item would you choose and why?
I’ll have to cheat and say my antique trunk. I store all of my valuables, mementos and important papers in there.
2. What’s the worst nickname you ever had?
My name is Vonnalee, but when I was in grade school it was shortened to Vonna. My maiden name is Carr. Naturally, the nickname that stuck was Honda. (After I started using Lee, the “le car” that followed wasn’t nearly as bad.)
3. That’s a long list of “Life Logs.” How many of those do you manage to read on a regular basis?
All of them. Some are daily must-reads. The rest are staggered throughout the week. A select few are reserved for those days, or nights, when I have time to really savor what I’m reading. Those are the more intense (make you think) blogs/or journals on the list.
4. If you had to reduce the “Life Logs” list to just five — which five would they be, and why? (Or does that count as five questions?)
I couldn’t do it. Most of the people on my list are also my friends. So, in essence, what you are asking me to do is choose between friends, and I would just as soon throw out the whole list as to pretend any one of them is less, or more, important than the others.
5. Is there a reason you chose pale, almost-unreadable green and faded purple for your blog colors?
(*LOL*)
My previous monitor was a piece of crap, and those were not the colors I was seeing at all! (Hence the new design immediately following the purchase of a new monitor.)
(Note from Dave: Subsequent to my sending this question, Lee changed her color scheme. I can’t comment on any causal link there …)
6. So, aside from the color scheme, what one thing would you most like to change about your blog? Why?
That it is always in a state of incompleteness.
7. Since presumably you’ve checked my blog out, too, what one thing would you most like me to change about it? Why?
Your “about” page lacks substance. Generally speaking, an “about” page gives me an idea of who the author is and whether or not we will have common interests. And it always the first page I seek out on a new site.
8. So what’s the silliest question anyone’s ever asked you about your Paganism? No, not the most tiresome or insulting (which I assume is the inevitable Satan question) — the silliest.
Take your pick:
“Don’t you know you’re going to Hell?”
(Uh … no. I don’t believe in Hell.)
“Do you sacrifice animals or people?”
(Neither. Blood is just too messy.)
“Doesn’t the idea of God knowing who and what you are bother you?”
(Obviously not.)
“Do you have to own a black cat?”
(Yes. If you don’t, the other Pagans will make fun of you.)
“Can you really fly?”
(I can, but I’m afraid of heights.)
9. As you read this, what are you wearing (and why)?
A terrycloth bathrobe, sweatpants, t-shirt and bedroom slippers. Every piece is old, worn-out and (best of all) comfortable!
10. What one thing would you want your children to remember you for?
(So that’s where I got that question from!)
That I believe(d) in and practice(d) unconditional love.
11. You mentioned about how prayer from others has let you “witness miracles in our lives.” For those who haven’t been a regular reader of yours, can you recount one of those miracles?
I’ll give you two … Both my mother and my brother-in-law have been in near death situations with little to no hope of survival. However, both showed signs of improving immediately after I posted requests for prayer. As of today, both are doing well. Maybe they would have recovered anyway. Maybe not.
12. You’ve been blogging since last July. What’s different about your life now from your life then?
My house is dirtier.
13. Why Blogger Insider?
Bob the Corgi was doing it, and I do everything she does. It’s one of those keeping up with the Jones’ kind of thing … 😉
(Well, there you go. Obviously I have to do something about my About page. Thanks, Lee!)