My A - Z

Allergic to shrimp and bee stings ( ... and nothing else that I know of)

Blanche is my middle name

Creating is my passion. I don't see it as being about what I 'make'. It's who I am. Whatever I 'make' is an extension of that.

Dreaming (while sleeping) has always been enjoyable for me - like seeing free movies every night (maybe why I sleep through movies?? See letter 'S' below)

Elspeth is Scottish for Elizabeth and the two meanings I've seen for it are (i) "God an oath" and (ii) "God's Grand-daughter"

Firstborn of three girls

Gave up smoking and drinking on January 8, 2001 and never looked back

Helping animals in whatever way(s) I can when I see them in need (e.g. injured birds, dogs at roadside, lost animals, etc). is something I've always been strongly moved to do

I would never want to be anyone else but me

Jumping out of a speeding hijacked car in 1998 was one of the most dangerous things I've experienced. I was uninjured except for bad bruises (still have scars on back) and strange pain in wrist (see letter X below).

Kundalini is the kind of yoga I've been practising since October 2000

Libran ... the best

My blood crawls when I see lots of small dots or raised bumps in a cluster together ... or small moving things in a cluster (e.g. a heap of maggots, especially if in a festering wound)

Northern Lights ... I intend to see/experience them in my lifetime

Over the years I think less and less about 'what my purpose in this life is'. The question used to consume me. I realise that just 'being' who I am is the purpose.

Pictionary is my favourite board game, but I haven't played it in ages.

Quitting my job in advertising in 1999 was one of the best birthday gifts I ever gave myself. (Wrote the resignation letter on 7 September so that the departure date would be 7 October, my birthday).

Rawist since May 2008

Sleep through many/most movies ...

'Thank You' is something I say often in my head

Understanding others and myself beneath the surface (and learning from the two) is something I constantly strive to do

Very good at making 'something' out of 'nothing' when that needs to happen.

Wonderment in simple, small, everyday, often overlooked things and moments (and the ability/propensity for this) is one of my life's most enjoyable gifts/experiences.

X-rays done on knee (damaged ligament while dancing at toga party years ago), chest (routine, for medical), wrist (damaged after jumping out of speeding hijacked car - see J)

Yoga has been and continues to be transforming and enhancing for me

Zoos ... I don't like them.