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On Mon, 11 Jan 16 18:18:27 UTC Medusa59 (56) answered the Proust Questionnaire (click on a question to read other answers):

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?
To feel unnecessary
Where would you like to live?
Key West split with Italy
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To transcend above ugliness and experience true love
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Selfishness and anger
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Atticus Finch and Tess D'Ubberville
Who are your favorite characters in history?
Lady Randolph Churchill
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
My daughters
Who are your favorite heroines of fiction?
Pippi Longstocking
Your favorite painter?
Van Gogh
Your favorite musician?
Either Rubenstein or Yo Yo Ma
The quality you most admire in a man?
Empathy/kindness
The quality you most admire in a woman?
Intelligence and a sense of humor
Your favorite virtue?
True kindness
Your favorite occupation?
Viewing art
Who would you have liked to be?
Robin Williams
Your most marked characteristic?
Empathy
What do you most value in your friends?
Brutal honesty
What is your principle defect?
Weakness of will
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
Never to have experienced life with my daughters
What would you like to be?
A better mother
What is your favorite color?
Blue
What is your favorite flower?
Daisies
What is your favorite bird?
Great Blue Heron
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Charles Dickens
Who are your favorite poets?
Robert Frost and Emily Dickenson
Who are your heroes in real life?
Women who rise above abuse with a sense of calm and dignity
Who are your favorite heroines of history?
Elizabeth the 1st
What are your favorite names?
MickeyMichele
What is it you most dislike?
A world without humor
What historical figures do you most despise?
Joseph Mengele
What event in military history do you most admire?
D Day
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
A beautiful singing voice
How would you like to die?
Quietly
What is your present state of mind?
Grateful
What is your motto?
Life is short...eat dessert first

I love this photo of my youngest daughter and the young man she was involved with in this picture. A suggestion of strolling through the woods with Robert Frost.

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