1) Do you like to go out on the weekends or have quiet time?
Quiet time, no question. I am irrevocably introverted; for all my unquenchable adoration of people and their hearts and gifts and foibles, I have no trouble spending days (and days and days) alone. I sometimes fantasize about retiring as a lighthousekeeper or lone tender of some abandoned outpost, with nothing but an endless supply of empty books to write in.

And then I realize how much I'd miss everyone, and I change my mind.

2) Do you spend time with friends or family?
Yep. Strangers, too. I'm introverted, but sociable and outgoing.

3) What activities make you happy?
The same I've been listing in recent Q&Rs: reading; writing; listening; rambling conversations; writing, and writing, and writing. There are more, though, of course: long meandering walks; winter evenings dedicated to cooking and meals; summer afternoons to wine-tastings; hikes with no particular goal in mind; fall farmer's markets; saunas outside in the snow; road trips; bookstore excursions; travel of all sorts; taking classes; learning. My list is near endless, I think.

4) Do you have something planned for this weekend?
Yes, but loosely. I'm trying to let my weekends flow.

5) If you could go anywhere this weekend, where would you go?
Mexico. ;)

1) Do you like walks?
I love walking. A few years ago, i lived about four miles from the place I was working, and used to walk there and back each day. I don't think I'd ever felt so deeply at peace, or comfortable, or in touch with the world. I walk still (although nowhere near so much), only because of how profoundly happy it makes my body. I think I was made to lope slowly over plains--I am all legs and long limbs and walking is pure pleasure.

2) Do you enjoy dancing? (if yes, what kind?)
Yes, although I'm sure others might laugh to see what my version looks like. Outside from a few years of childhood ballet, and a bit of modern experimentation, I've got no formal training in dance and have no idea how to even differentiate between most styles. My version of dance is informed by authentic movement. I just unleash my body for a while and go along for the ride.

3) What's your favorite thing to do for exercise?
My favorite thing is the sweet fulfillment of mere movement--whatever movement calls me. It might be walking or running or hiking or swimming or clambering or skipping or swinging or dancing. I like just to move.

4) What activities do you like to do outdoors?
Aside from basking in the sun and dancing in puddles, I like walking (again) most of all.

5) How does the sunshine make you feel?
Whole.

1) What is your favorite room in your house/ apartment?
I'm lucky in that two of my favorite rooms blend into each other—the living room and dining room and kitchen are all part of one large open area, and I can curl happily with a book on the couch while dinner is being made. My favorite rooms, then, are the living room and kitchen, for different reasons... although were I truly honest I would say that my answer changes with my moods and health. When I'm not feeling well, or when it's late, nothing compares to my bedroom.

2) Who do you feel at home with? (friends, a partner, family, a pet)
My Mark. My family. My friends. The earth. You.

3) What colors do you have in your home?
Ooh. Our house, during the day, looks muted and minimal—the walls are an unobtrusive white, with wood floors and stone countertops and black and buckskin leather furniture. At night, though... we've got an outrageous assortment of strangely colored lights tucked and inset, many of which cycle through an otherworldly spectrum, and which leave the whole place feeling like some strange underwater universe. I have all colors, though you'd never know it to look at it during the day.

I should take pictures.

4) If you could live anywhere, where would it be?
I don't know yet. I'm working on discovering the answer. :)

5) Finish this sentence in two to five words: Home is where the .....
Home is where the world is still.