10. A fruit you dislike and why I’m going to cheat a little because I can’t think of any fruit I dislike. Sure, I favor some–cherries, blueberries, pineapple–but don’t hate any. Well, I don’t like plain raw mango. But I do love mango in anything, so that doesn’t count. Let’s talk tomatoes instead. A my …
9. Your feelings on ageism My feelings on this mirror my feelings on any other kind of prejudice. Nobody should be judged because of the category they fall into. I have friends in their 70s who do more before breakfast than most young people do all day. I know people in their teens and twenties …
8. A book you love and one you don’t Oh boy. I love a lot of books. I guess I’ll choose one of my all-time favorites, The Book Thief. I read it in less than two days. I was in the final chapters when my husband and kids came home from somewhere. “Leave me alone!” …
7. What tattoos you have and if they have meaning I have three. My first is on the side of my right shin. It’s a scale of justice atop a book. The scale is shaped like the Greek letter psi. This is my academic tat, symbolic of my law and psychology degrees, as well as …
6. Someone who fascinates you and why This one is really hard for me. I have a PhD in psychology plus I’m an author, both of which are evidence that I find human beings in general fascinating. All of them. Each person has his or her own story. One of my favorite pastimes is people …
5. A place you would live, but have never visited. Ooh, this is a tough one! I’ve visited a lot of places and would happily live in almost all of them, at least for a while. In the US, I’m going to say New Orleans. I’ve always wanted to go there but somehow never have. …
4. Ten interesting facts about yourself I’m not sure how interesting these are, but here goes: My day job is criminal justice professor. When I was in college, I took 3 years of Russian and 1 of Latin. I’m now the shortest person in my household. In my youth, my jobs included fast food, taking …
3. Your first love and first kiss; if separate, discuss both. First kiss first. I was in 6th grade and I went to see Star Wars with a boy. So it was my first date too. At the end of the movie–before our moms came to pick us up–we had a quick kiss on the …
2. Your earliest memory. I was two. At the time, we lived in Illinois, but we were visiting my grandparents in Oregon. I remember standing at the counter next to my grandmother–I must have been standing on a chair–and helping her decorate a cake. I also remember when my grandparents’ friends came over for a …
In a fit of masochism, I’ve decided to try a 30-Day Writing Challenge. Join me! You can comment here with your own responses to the day’s prompt. Five problems with social media. Perfect! It can become overwhelming. It takes a lot of time for me to keep up with my personal and professional social media. …