Favorite books: 

The Lord of the Rings, J.R.R. Tolkien
Mere Christianity, C.S. Lewis
To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
Cry, the Beloved Country, Alan Paton
The Giver, Lois Lowery
Dandelion Wine, Ray Bradbury
The Color Purple, Alice Walker
Oral History, Lee Smith
The Lords of Discipline, Pat Conroy
A Canticle for Leibowitz,  Walter M. Miller, Jr. 


Favorite childhood book:

The Boxcar Children, Gertrude C. Warner

Favorite places:

North Carolina (especially Highlands, Blowing Rock, Waynesville, New Bern, Saluda, Bath, Beaufort , Edenton and Southport)
Sedona, Arizona
The Big Island, Hawaii
Oxford, England
The South Carolina Lowcountry (ALL of its food, Charleston, Beaufort, Brookgreen Gardens, Hilton Head and Mepkin Abby)
Grand Teton National Park
The North Shore, Massachusetts
Ottawa, Canada (  YES, I said Ottawa !)

Favorite TV:

Big Bang Theory
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds
Young Sheldon
Shitts Creek
Derry Girls
Downton Abbey, The Durrels of Corfu, Granchester, Hotel Portofino
Outlander (ashamed, but true)
Modern Family
Old school: The Beverly Hillbillies, Dennis the Menace, Dark Shadows, Leave It to Beaver, The Big Valley

Favorite dog breeds: golden retriever, miniature schnauzer, Bernese Mountain Dog, Norwich terrier

Favorite experience: Spending a week at C.S. Lewis' house, the Kilns, in Headington Quarry, England

Favorite Books of the Bible:  The Gospels

Favorite scripture verse: 

Romans 8:38-39

³⁸ For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come,

³⁹ Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.