Once again, I’m doing the Sunday Stealing, Last year, I… This is even though some of the questions are similar to the Sedingerian quiz I’m mostly posting tomorrow. You can compare and contrast my answers!
What song will always remind you of last year? Doesn’t have to be a song released last year.
Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush. It recharted last year in the UK because of the program Stranger Things, which, BTW, I have never watched and don’t even know what platform it’s on. But I have heard it more often than ever since nearly four decades ago.
What do you wish you would have done more of?
Work on genealogy. I discovered that someone had posted on their family tree on Ancestry the purported parents of my great-grandfather, Samuel Walker, who I vaguely remember. But I don’t think this citation is correct because the demographics don’t work.
What do you wish you would have done less of?
Looking at the weekly COVID designation for my county. By the way, I swear Albany County and adjacent Rensselaer County were in lockstep regarding their COVID status for the entire year. It wasn’t true of other counties in the metro, such as Schenectady and Saratoga.
What was your favorite new TV program? Movie? Album/Songs? Or if you didn’t pick up any new ones, what are you still watching/listening to? Any recommendations?
Definitely no new TV program. I liked the new Puss In Boots movie I saw this week. Here is some music; I’d pick the new/old Sinatra album.
Too long ago
What did you do on your birthday and how old were you? Did you feel differently?
I have no idea what I did on my birthday. I was some multiple of 23; no, I didn’t feel particularly different.
What political or social issue stirred you the most?
The Supreme Court overturned women’s right to choose what they do with their bodies and the subsequent draconian laws passed by states.
Who was the most interesting new person you met?
Someone I talked with at the library gala.
What changed at your job?
The great thing about retirement is that I don’t have to think about that.
What changed in your home?
My daughter went to college.
Describe how a relationship changed.
My daughter went to college.
Do you think you are still the same person that you were at the beginning of the year? How so?
Goodness, I hope not. If you’re not learning, you’re not living.
Summarize the year in three words or less. Bonus points for doing it in one word. Explain.
Liminal. It is a word that one of my pastors used in sermons at least twice. I mentioned this here. “Liminal ” comes from the Latin root, limen, which means “threshold.” The liminal space is the “crossing over” space – a space where you have left something behind, yet you are not yet fully in something else.
I like that word, liminal. Happy New Year!
What an interesting word!