this time ~ this space

The Meme

1. link to the person who tagged you
2. share 7 random/weird things about yourself
3. tag 7 ppl and make link to their blogs
4. leave the comment to each person’s blogs, just to let them know that they have been tagged

I have been tagged by Richard to reveal seven things about myself so, here goes …

(1) My blogging handle comes from a memory I have as a four year old. I remember standing by a long row of pink, rose and wine coloured hollyhocks and watching motionlessly as a hummingbird flew in and entered a flower just past my nose. A tiny red feather fell from the bird and landed on my moccasin.

(2) I prefer vegetarian food and the way to my heart is through my stomach (I love men who can cook).

(3) My favourite animal is the horse but I love all animals — domestic and wild.

(4) This summer I gave up being a bra-less hippy chick and became addicted to wearing expensive, lacy lingerie.

(5) I’m into aromatherapy and I love bubblebaths.

(6) I do not like wearing nail polish on my finger and toe nails.

(7) Regardless of the season, I always wear socks to bed.

I’m choosing not to tag any particular readers. Instead, I’m calling for volunteers.

Love, like truth and beauty, is concrete. Love is not fundamentally a sweet feeling; not, at heart, a matter of sentiment, attachment, or being “drawn toward.” Love is active, effective, a matter of making reciprocal and mutually beneficial relation with one’s friends and enemies.

Love is a choice — not simply, or necessarily, a rational choice, but rather a willingness to be present to others without pretense or guile.

Love is a conversion to humanity — a willingness to participate with others in the healing of a broken world and broken lives. Love is the choice to experience life as a member of the human family, a partner in the dance of life, rather than as an alien in the world or as a deity above the world, aloof and apart from human flesh. –Carter Heyward