!Christina's June Questions
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agk's phlog 
30 June 2021 @ 1245
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written on X61 under ceiling fan
sore from a long motorcycle ride
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My answers to Christina's June five questions.

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1. Whom would you like to be for one day?

   - Connie Lamb, my least helpful, most vindictive 
     professor in nursing college. I'm curious why
     she's like that.
   - Milkmaid on Kostroma agriculture experimental 
     station in 1960s. To bond deeply with moose and 
     enjoy sisterhood with milkmaids in tough environ-
     ment, advancing science.

2. What did you yearn for in your childhood that your 
   parents never gave you?

   In childhood (before 7 years), I had everything. 
   Dog. Cornfields, creek, woods, cemetary, and church 
   to explore. My parents had friends with children 
   the age of my brother and me. Bonnie, church 
   custodian, watched us sometimes. Grandparents, aunt 
   and uncle, cousin Bryan weren't far away. We trick-
   or-treated at the nursing home where dad did 
   hospice ministry, and got bar-b-q, hushpuppies, and 
   slaw in town at Speedy's on special occasions.

   After we moved I wish my parents gave me more care/
   protection and more autonomy. I took autonomy by 
   fighting my way out of the house, getting a job at 
   11 years, and exploring trouble.

3. How do you know when it's time to ask for help?

   When I don't have a mental model of how to proceed,
   but brute force feels too risky.

4. Recommend, and provide a recipe if you have one, a 
   refreshing summer beverage.

   Stuff into a big glass Ball jar mint from the patch 
   out the back door and two Lipton tea bags. Put in 
   sun for a couple hours. Chill. Sweeten if you want.

   After heavy labor outside in the heat (when drinking 
   water would cause vomiting), mix: 
   - tablespoon or more of honey, 
   - splash of cider vinegar,
   - pinch of salt 
   with water in the tallest glass you have and drink. 

   Alternatively, drink pickle juice, or juice off the 
   sauerkraut.  

5. Which childhood things do you still enjoy?

   I like to tell silly jokes, wrestle, invent things,
   explore, play pretend, tie up or get tied up by a 
   friend with rope, walk barefoot, get muddy. I like 
   to wrestle with a dog and splash in the creek. I 
   like to climb trees and watch trains. I like 
   skinned knees, bruises, and black eyes. I like 
   running really fast and peeing outside.