∻ TRUE or FALSE ∻

[Shelti]

Please answer TRUE or FALSE to each

statement, then leave another one

for the next person, and I will begin with ~

You know how to eat
withchopsticks

[Westerly_2]

that is true

you remember when doctors in magazine ads advised us as to what cigarettes were best

[Angharad]

Yes, I do. After seeing that reversal, and many others, I'll never really buy the hearty recommendations of the medical community.

You would prefer never to see the business end of a doctor again.

[Westerly_2]

not really too fond, no. But  recognize the need

It  is raining where you are

[Angharad]

Yes it is, Madame Carnac the Magnificent!

You think rain is generally wonderful--thunderstorms not so much.

[Westerly_2]

kind of enjoy thunderstorms, actually. The drama of it

You'd rather a raincoat, than an umbrella, so both of your hands are free

[Angharad]

(I adore thunderstorms, but only if the lightning isn't striking nearby.)

Totally. I'd probably wear an umbrella hat if I could find one that really worked--hahahaha!

Washington State's weather doesn't depress you when (and if) you visit.

[Westerly_2]

never visited, but had a friend who lived there, and loved that it was always green, all year. She said the rain was light and misty and didn;t last all day.

you're pretty satisfied with your perfect spot

[Angharad]

Yeah, my mom was born in CA but was raised in WA. I often visited Guemes Island, when I was a kid, where her family had a summer home, and later when she lived there for a while. Just as your friend said, it's gorgeous. Lush, green, generally cool--few places like it in the US for growing flowers. And the wildlife! When we sat on the wrap-around porch of my mom's house on the island, flocks of hummingbirds buzzed us (hahaha), eagles flew overhead and nested in the trees which towered over us, deer ate her apples, otters and dolphins played in the waves. OH, I miss it!

In answer to your question--NOPE!  I do live by a beach, but I ended up here because I was taking over my mom's care and she wanted to live by the beach for what we expected to be the last 2 years of her life. She lived 17+ years, and now I'm stuck here (too complicated to explain). It's not so much the place as the people--just nothing in common save our humanity.  (And I can no longer seek refuge in nature.)

Turnaround, here--you're pretty happy with your perfect spot. 

[Westerly_2]

yeah .I grew up in CT. Good schools and pretty liberal, but the people, unless you knew them well, were a bit stand-off-ish. People of steady habits who kept their counsel. My husband developed breathing difficulties, and need a dry climate. so we ended up in Sacramento, where we had friends already who had moved from CT. I wouldn't consider relocating. It's a suburb - (I know, I know; it's not that bad) - with lots of conveniences close by: a big movie theater, book store, nice restaurants and grocery stores, etc. within a short drive

Can you tell me something I don't know about a cool place you have lived

[Angharad]

Yeah, Sacramento (and environs) is great. I love CA--as I said I spent a lot of my youth there.

(I'm only saying what I'm about to say because I'm pretty sure no one else will read it. My 3X great grandfather's statue--voted one of California's two greatest heroes--was moved to the Capitol building there in Sacramento several years ago when it got ousted from its 100-year place in the National Statuary Hall in DC by a statue of Ronald Reagan. It's nice to think you might have seen it.) 

In answer to your question, I'm not sure I can. I'm sure you know a lot about a wide range of places, and I don't know what you would consider cool. I've thought about this for 20 minutes--arrrgh, I guess because I've always moved, I just accept each new place with all its new features as "normal." Maybe you can give me an example....

Tell me something you consider cool about somewhere you've lived.

[Westerly_2]

I think I've been in the capitol building just once, when I first moved here.I don't remember the statues.

We were stationed in Germany about 40 years ago. I really liked that the people were so flower nurturing. They grew and sold big bunches of flowers o the street corners, and there were neat Mom & pop groceries nearby within walking distance on cobblestone streets . neat stuff, Beer, wine and lots of wursts. Also the outdoor beer fests  in the fall.

Tell me a place you liked for their farmers 'markets

[Angharad]

Now that I understand better what you mean about the last question, I could say that in Hawaii in the late 1950s and early 1960s there were still enclaves of pure Hawaiians on Oahu--mostly of royal blood. They were huge people--tall and often very broad. I think the girth still related to the concept of manna flowing through them. Their villages were much as they had been for centuries. They were the most loving, kind people I've ever known, and they felt children were precious. A luau there was nothing like the commercial affairs of today. I still remember the poi and lau-lau pork, the dancing and laughter, the gorgeous orchid leis (I used to make them) and, most of all, the aloha which imbued everything. I always thought I'd go "home" to Hawaii, but have never been back.     

Answering your question--San Francisco. Wonderful farmer's markets everywhere, all year 'round. 

If you could be an X-man, what super power would you want?