Playing tag

Last week John at Full-On Foward tagged me in one of those seven things about you type of post. I’m to list seven things seven things about me and then tag seven others. I never tag others, but have occasionally done tags and told John that I would be proud to do this one. It’s been a while since I’ve done a tag… but I’ve written so much that it’s been harder to come up with seven things to surprise or shock you (especially when considering my self-imposed limitations in my blog), but here goes:

1. The first four years of my life we lived in a log cabin (unlike Abe, I was born in a hospital)
2. Like John, I love ballet. It probably has more to do with a fetish for women with shapely legs than for the art.
3. When I living in Western NC, I brought season tickets to the Charlotte Opera. It was to impress a woman with whom I hoped to share the season. It turned out that I attended each opera (there were 3) with a different woman. (that should give Murf something to chew on)
4. I taught myself semaphore when I was a kid. I was grounded in my room and one of my few books was the Boy Scout handbook. I no longer know it, but knowing it came in handy at a camporee when I was able to help our patrol win an event.
5. At one time, I was pretty good at reading CW (continuous wave or the way Morse Code is transmitted). I still know the letters but probably couldn’t translate anything above 5 words a minute.
6. I often battle feelings of melancholy.
7. I have never lived in a place that I didn’t find something about it to celebrate. Although I’ve never been a member of a Chamber of Commerce, I could have always been a spokesperson for them.

I spent Thursday through Saturday at an incredible conference, the Festival of Writing and Faith at Calvin College. I hope to post some about that in the coming week.

The photo was taken two weeks ago in North Carolina. The pollen was so heavy that it created a haze and gives a yellow tint to the steel rails.