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Mielikki
if you won a contest where you could go anywhere in the world, with 4 people, and unlimited funds, and for an unlimited amount of time, where would you go, whom would you take, what would you buy, and how long would you stay there?
I would take my husband, kids and a native Russian speaker to Russia - traveling to the Orthodox sites and the museums . I'd like to take a whole year so I could experience White Nights, a Russian winter, and Lent and Pascha. I’m sure I’d buy lots of goodies.

March Hare
I just found this …and thought of you! (I wonder why? ;)…Another set of awards also in its 2nd year is the Eastern Christian New Media Awards.
Thank you.

Deb
What is your earliest memory?
When I was two, we lived in Denver while my father went to Law School. My parents were good friends with several other couples with young kids at the Married Student Housing. They were getting together, and we were playing in the bedroom, climbing up a dresser to the top of the bunk bed, and jumping off. One of the girls climbed onto the dresser, and it fell over on her. I remember that, and going to get our parents(although I’m sure she was crying too and they knew)

Presbytera Kathy
What is your favorite thing to do?
I should say pray, but the answer is read.

Philippa

You are forced to move into a one room efficiency apartment. What five things would top your list to take with you?
Assuming my kids and husband are coming with me, or the kids are grown and housed elsewhere, I’d say
1)Icons
2)Photographs and scrapbooks
3)Coffee maker
4)My cats
5)I have two heirloom rosaries. Although I don’t use them in my spiritual practice, I am honored and touched to own them.

Elizabeth
what do you enjoy doing when you have solitude?
Giggle. Again, I should say pray, but the answer is read.

Emily (waves! I don’t know if you’ve commented before, hi!)
If you had another baby, what would you name him or her?
My favorite girl’s name is Eleanor . Dh doesn’t like it, so my other favorites are Amelia and Sonja (it'd be short for Sophia)
I’ve long said if I were to have another boy, I’d name him Julian or Theodore , but I’ve been loving Jasper lately.

RW
If you could go back and choose a different career path what would you choose?
Assuming I was good in science, I’d love to be a Midwife.
I’d also say that if I could learn Russian fluently, I’d love to go back and get my Masters in Russian and Eastern European (specifically Serbian) studies.

Lauren
why are you a vegetarian?
Originally (we became vegetarians in 1992) we felt that eating lower on the food chain was a better use of resources. It has expanded to be mostly about eating healthy and local. Having said that, while I don’t envision myself eating meat (by now, the smell, texture and idea don’t sit well with me) I do think that many people eat healthy through locally farmed meat.

Rosemary (I’m so glad everyone so far is staying healthy)
Can you describe what would be a perfect day for you

Sleeping in, a wonderful homemade breakfast with lots of coffee, nowhere to go so lots of time to read and to scrapbook. And, probably, dinner out.

Thank you for playing along – they were a lot more philosophical than I expected.