Sunset!

The sunrise gets in my eyes as I'm driving to work 😆 

Are you familiar with Meyers-Briggs? If so, do you know what your personality type is (mine is INFJ, for example)?

Yes on both counts, but as its accuracy and real-world usefulness are rather questionable (there's a good article about it here from a UK newspaper), I don't take it seriously.

If you could master any one musical instrument to the point of becoming a superstar on it, which one would you choose?

Hmm. Maybe violin/fiddle?

Do you keep a list of books to read?

Yes, I keep a list of books to read. Do I use that list? Nooooo... not always...  

Do you have a go-to icebreaker question?

It would be a good idea, but no.

Do you have a favourite summer stone fruit (nectarine, peach, plum, apricot, etc.)?

Oooh yum, apricots, definitely. Pretty closely followed by plums, which my mum uses in cooking a lot when they're in season (in Australia!), especially for plum cake and plum cobbler.

Have you ever starred in any amateur theatre productions — and if you've done more than one, which play did you most enjoy being in?

Nope, never had a starring role.

If you could have any role in a musical, play, TV show, or movie, what would it be and why?

Ooh, excellent question! It's hard to narrow it down. But I'm in the middle of an X-Men rewatch, and Kitty Pryde would be a lot of fun to play.

What is your favorite song or music artist?

One of my favorite songs is Pink Pony Club by Chapell Roan 

What's your favorite piece of furniture that you own?

I don't know if this is exactly furniture or not, but there's a giant urn in my house that I really like (looks like it could have been an artifact from some ancient civilization).

What was your favourite part about this past week?

Reading The 100 Cupboards series by N.D. Wilson.  

Have you ever read a Bible commentary such as Michael Card's?

Yes — I love William Barclay's commentaries on the New Testament, and The Interpreter's Bible and The New Interpreter's Bible are ones I often used for references while I was doing my religion studies major at university. Very helpful and thought-provoking.

What famous event in history (any era, anywhere in the world) do you most wish you could have witnessed?

That's a hard question (seems to have stopped everyone!) but perhaps something Biblical.

What's something you're looking forward to in 2023?

The possibility of travel.

What are your favourite things about the season of the year that you are in now?

Cool crisp weather, frost and sometimes snow, beautiful sky-scapes when the low sun shines through the bare trees, and of course Christmas!! (Although as I know from my childhood, Christmas does also come just the same where it's summer. )

What are some books on your to-read list for the coming year?