Question Time Over Coffee

This is the abridged edition to Rory’s questions. There are questions that I don’t think I can answer or that don’t seem to apply to me. Then there are questions I prefer not to answer. These are what remain.

Tattoos are a very personal lifestyle choice by those who have their bodies inked. Do tattoos look good on everyone? If you are inked, have you ever regretted any of your tattoos?

First, I have a tattoo. One tattoo. It’s a phoenix, representing how I keep coming back.

I designed it myself and I have never regretted it. It is, after all, just one tattoo.

What enrichment do you personally receive from being social?

I get new ideas and new ways of looking at things. It’s what I most enjoy about blogging. I love the feedback!

Have you become noticeably more socially isolated or socially interactive after the pandemic and the lockdowns? There may be no difference in your social behaviour; if this is the case, let me know below.

We weren’t very sociable before the lockdowns, but we are less sociable now. The problem wasn’t the lockdowns. The problem is YEARS. Three years — at our age — makes a big difference in our ability to “go out” and do stuff. I don’t drive anymore and Garry only drives when he has no choice. Considering that there’s no public transportation here, that alone is limiting. But the weather matters too and New England isn’t a great place for aging bodies.

What will you be doing this weekend?

As little as possible!

As the writer and author of your blog, how connected do you feel to your audience? Does your blog reveal too much, too little or just the right balance of you to your readers?

I really don’t know how to answer that because I suppose it depends on the individual readers and how they feel about what I write. I have changed my style over the 11 years of blogging. I’m a lot less political, more photographic, more personal on some levels, less personal on others. But really, that’s more of a question to ask my readers than me. I write. How other react I have no idea.

What do you believe is the greatest threat to our planet today?

Habitat destruction. Every acre we destroy gives our rapidly depleting wildlife less room to survive. No amount of backyard feeding is going to replace woods and forests where they can nest and do all the things that make them special. We can’t seem to stop destroying the places that nurture us. It’s not just us. All the things we love need earth to be “real.”

It leaves me feeling demoralized. Optimism seems rather misplaces these days.

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