Saturday 9 - One Less Set of Footsteps

 

This week's tune? Hear it here.

1. Jim Croce sings that "tomorrow is a dream away." What are you dreaming about today?
   
   Dreaming to stay in London forever!
   
   
2. He promises that his lover will soon hear one less voice a-talking. Who is the most recent person you spoke to? (Texts, e-mails and IMs don't count.)
   
   One of my daughters.
   
   
3. He admits that he and his lover have run out of things to say to one another anyway. Let's turn that around: Is there someone in your life with whom the conversation always flows freely?
   
   Yes, many people. When you put in your person a conversation goes well.
   
   
4. He mentions the jeans hanging upon her door. Do you often wear blue jeans? 
   
   Regularly.
   I have all sorts, with a belt, without, with pockets, without, nice dark blue, and bleached and stone washed. Skinny and flared.
   
   
5. As a high school student, Jim Croce was not especially interested in music. During those years he concentrated on foreign languages, especially German. Say something to us in German.
   
   Gerne! Stelle mir einfach deine nächste Frage.
   
   
6. His focus changed when he got to college. That's when he joined a choral group that was chosen for a foreign exchange tour of Africa and the Middle East. When did you first travel far from home? Where did you go?
   
   Well, we live near the German border, so I traveled there when I was young.
   But my main travel was to England with my father when I was 11.  
   
   
7. In 1973, when this song was popular, Norman Mailer was atop the best seller lists with his controversial biography of Marilyn Monroe. When you curl up with a book, is it more likely to be fiction or non-fiction?
   
   Science fiction, preferably.
   But I read everything when it is written well.
   
   
8. Home calculators were innovative in 1973. You could choose a large desktop calculator that featured big keys and plugs into the wall, or a hand-held, battery-operated model. Today every cellphone and laptop has a calculator built in, so do you ever still reach for a stand-alone calculator?
   
   No, to paper and pen.
   
   
9. Random question: Here's $100. What will you spend it on?
   
   Going with my friends in the London Eye.
   Or a tent I can take with me in an easy way.
   Or help in the house to get things done I can't do alone.

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About **Syl

Syl: "Life is a chain of challenges. Sometimes the largest challenges are we ourselves. Facing life, facing others and facing yourself requires either a worryless attitude or plain courage. Most of the time it is dealing with judgement. Maybe life is about getting rid of it."