Interesting Stuff
I have been ill, physically ill — pink eye, ear infections, gloppity green goop coming up when I cough. Charming, I know. Writing is hard for me when I feel like crap, but it’s always necessary. So, just a few thoughts from my antibiotic/cough medicine/eye and ear drop inundated body —
I’m anxious to begin a blog series I’ve been pondering for a while called IPPIKSO — Interesting People/Places I’ve Known, Sort of. In another day or two I’m counting on being able to dive in and kick it off — here’s hoping!
Sometimes life hands us situations — like goopy eyes and ears for example — that make us slow down, step back and breathe deeply (when that doesn’t force us to cough up a lung). I’m napping a lot, reading when I can concentrate (so loving LIFE AFTER LIFE by Kate Atkinson), watching James Comey testify before Congress (good God, that’s one smart man). I’m also pondering IPPIKSO and where to begin — Interesting People & Places I’ve Known, Sort of — — should I stick ONLY to people and places I’ve directly known? Or can it become an eight degrees of separation thing? I mean, really, why not? If I find someone who could connect me to my dream people, people I WANT to talk to, well, why not? Right? I mean someone must be able to connect me to Tom Brokaw or Tom Hanks? Judy Collins? Bruce Springsteen?
The series will deserve its own graphic, and thanks to a good friend, we’re working on it:
(Thanks to a very interesting friend who will hopefully appear in IPPIKSO)Places — I do have a long list of places to write about — predominately in the States & western Europe, but not only there. My favorite cities abroad? Glasgow — Paris — Prague — Tel Aviv….where to begin? Favorite places to be in the mountains? Chamonix, France? Murren, Switzerland? Boulder, Colorado Favorite places to be by saltwater? Tel Aviv? Cape Cod? Southern Gulf Coast of Florida? Favorite places to be by freshwater? New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, Wisconsin.
People? My goodness, my life is FULL of fascinating folks. It will be a matter of finding who is willing to be interviewed and share some of their stories. In my orbit now are:
several folks personally or through a partner or friend facing transgender issuesseveral teachers who change lives by caring and following througha Pulitzer-finalist author who focuses on kindnessa striving actress in NYC, another in Hollywooda woman running a farm in western Massachusettsa veritable neighborhood of intriguing folks in Austin, TX (including an alt rock star)a single mother in Ohio raising fine young menveterinarians with giant heartsa prominent photojournalist based out of NYCthe director of a folk music venue in CAa single mother in N.J. raising three children and assisting with her father’s needs while she tries to keep her sanity studying guitaran up & coming literary agent & podcastera former Olympic gymnasta professional dancera major gifts officer at a prominent Chicago museuman archaeologist with an interest in Peruvian textileslawyers in the northeast and midwest working in so many different facets of law…..Okay, let’s face it. Everyone is interesting! Every single one of us. We each carry stories — don’t feel put off if you didn’t make my list above — my list goes on and on and on.
So, what intrigues you, dear readers? Any thoughts, interests on where to begin?? While I sometimes loathe those blog requests, this time I really want your feedback. What, where, who?? Any starting points you want to see for IPPIKSO??? If you’re unsure how to leave a comment in the Medium format, after the tags at the end of this article, you’ll see a heart and a cartoon speech window. Press the speech window to leave a reply. And regarding the heart, see below. Thanks for visiting.
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