Hanging with the Dianthus that is taking on the sidewalk

Man with Floppy Hat
photo by
Margaret Almon

mockery gets me no where--- I keep being tagged

A week ago, Giggles asked me for a simple request--- tell us 6 things about yourself. I said something like, "Don't hold your breath." Three days ago, my Flickr friend, Mosaic Hippie Chick, tagged me and requested 16 things about myself. Then a dear friend, who I hope to see in February, , tagged me for 25 things. OK, I give, but I am not tagging (thus cursing myself further) anyone.

1. My one grandmother made me quilts, the other strudel... I have made both.
2. at 6:15 this morning I found out that snow has given me a day off and that my best friend in Oregon found me in facebook. I can't say when I last heard from her.
   
3. despite number 2, I am no fan of snow and would have rather had a sunny pleasant day at work glowing in the joy of being found by my friend.
   
4. 20 months ago I did not blog or belong to flickr, facebook, lastFM, Folia, blotanical...
   
5. a baptist once called me an anglo-catholic-catholic... he got it right.
   
6. The cells in my body remembered yoga after being away for 20+ years.
   
7. I know how to grow, harvest, roast, and eat anaheim green chiles.
   
8. I favor jazz these days, but in the past in order, I have favored .. ELO, Pink Floyd, The Who, Bob Dylan, The Talking Heads, Nanci Griffith. However, I have always favored Johnny Cash.
   
9. I wish I had never taken joy, peace, hope, or love out of another person's life.
10. I worship a God, who I am not sure exists.
    
11. I think God is OK with number 10.
    
12. It seems to be a habit now... every summer I fall into silence for 8 days at a Jesuit Retreat Center.
    
13. I have taught ... Biology, Geology, Anatomy, Physics, Ecology, and once at my first job, a non-lab Chemistry class. I have also taught other subjects.
    
14. My first teaching job had me wearing a uniform and my hair was many many inches shorter... Valley Forge Military Academy.
    
15. I once worked with my dad for a summer. That is why I have drafting tools and write in capital letters at times.
    
16. I was not a scout for very long, but I did win a pinebox derby.
    
17. The worst part of my job--- PAPER WORK.
    
18. I have never had a pet with fur.
    
19. I dig cats and dogs and other animals with fur.
    
20. As an adult, I have moved away from too many friends PA- MA- OR- IL- PA. Now that I have settled down, I know how it feels to be left behind.
    
21. I truly believe that one can heal from physical, emotional, and spiritual wounds.
    
22. The sunflower in the photo grew taller in one summer, than I have in 45 years. I am glad I can still be amazed.
23. A yellow-bellied sapsucker once snapped me out of feeling sorry for myself. I saw its presence as a gift.
    
24. My mom used to make me banana cakes on my birthday. I married a woman who does not like bananas.
    
25. I have had only 2 hair cuts since I started a horticulture program 12.5 years ago. Both were donations to locks of love
    
26. and one for good luck... I don't cut myself as much in my glass studio these days... dang, did I curse myself again.... I love the uncertainty of my life that keeps unfolding, so for now that box filled with Band-Aids remains outside my studio.