Who was your most influential teacher? Why?
It may not be recognized as a common wonder but having literate parents is a huge advantage when you are curious, preschool and juvenile. My mother taught me all the things that, I think, many still get primarily in school. Reading, writing and arithmetic came to me from my mother.
What makes you most anxious?
It happens often enough to confirm that I am human and not some amped up version of a good citizen or exemplary judge. Watching someone walk away from an encounter with me and I suddenly realize I could have said or done something profoundly caring. The thought that my contact also recognized the missed opportunity is less rattling . A heart that recognizes that a moment of glory just slipped by is in good shape. So this kind of anxiety has an accompanying comfort. Even the criminal and uninformed person wants to be known as caring for another person. The brightest lights of human life shine with caring activity.
I do believe in the triumph of justice and while many of us across the globe are becoming apathetic as we see atrocities and wrongdoing pass as “nothing to see here” the mighty are going to fall. If snowfall in southern California in February 2023 does not convince anyone that tables turn we are likely to say that Nazis, fascists, armed insurrectionists, semiliterate preachers, and gun-runners are the ideal type of citizens.
What is the biggest challenge you will face in the next six months?
To ease the burden of waiting to see conservatives reduced to cons I will pray that the wheels of justice respond to pedal to the metal and distract myself with writing and keeping an eye out for a winged addition to my life list.
What advice would you give to your teenage self?
Teenage is a transforming time that depends on the balance we strike – there is an ideal ratio for each individual – between the priorities of our ancestors and the necessary resources of our generation.
Stops are levers that modify – add, subtract, or change the levels – the layers of music that an organist adds to a piece he is playing. Spread the wings of love and creative release, soar like an eagle, and flap your wings less. Do not work so hard at being you.
Criminal insurrectionists and their confessors attacking the symbols and substance of life as we know it are in the same boring bag. Regrettably, they suck the oxygen out of too many rooms.
What bores you?
Fleas and other pests are a real risk with human company as they are with animal company. If my choices result in flea discomfort, so be it. the baker the cook will certainly delight with their creations, and the inmates and indigents will always be saying facts. The singers and dancers always have a place of honor in the citadel of great foundations, so their company is bound to b a source of joy, happiness and peace.
Who are your favorite people to be around?
If there was a biography about you, what would the title be?
Life is Fun, But Not a Joke 