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35 Random Facts About Me

I once shot a neighbor and his dog with rock salt,
my father had loaded the shell;

I like old houses and old people;

Most days I feel androgynous and am quite comfortable it;

In spring and fall, I drive the back roads with all the windows down;

I feel at home with sassafras, ferns and gnarly apple trees;

I have systemic lupus arithmatosis;

For my favorite cousin, music notes have colors and numbers.

I like to do laundry but am very tired on doing everything for everybody;

Smoking is a joy I indulge in frequently;

The poems of Tennyson always sing to me;

My grandmother was in an insane asylum and couldn’t remember my name,
even though I am partly named for her;

I get five o-clock shadow on my legs;

I love the evening ‘tween time especially when the light is yellow;

I don’t like the city;

My father could play the jaw’s harp, I use to try to do it myself but always hurt my teeth;

Rainy days are a comfort to me.

As a teenage I stole Camel cigarettes from my Father and Lucky Strikes from my uncle;

Death seems like a new exciting adventure waiting for me.

I have my own religion with roots deep in dark loam, and it has never failed me.

I buy white cotton socks and I always wear them without shoes;

I like to be invisible and am sometimes so good that I being to resent the ability.

I don’t remember my childhood.  I like good West Virginia moonshine.

I see invisible people all the time and they talk to me.

I still miss the child from my miscarriage in 1970,
even though, as a rule, I’m not that fond of children;

The smell of fresh green marijuana sends me somewhere wonderful,
I don't like to smoke it, only smell it.

When I hear good music I accompany it with dancing in my head. 
I always wanted dance lessons;

I am a little afraid of cows.

I understand the language of violets and buttercups, it’s convoluted fairy speak.

I was once married to a habitual liar who was also crazy.  He’s dead now.

I am a collector of useless information and gadgets.

I am so much shorter than I think I am.