1. what is your name and how old are you? - Liz (according to my younger brothers) and I was born in the first half of the last century (I get the giggles whenever I say that)
2. How many pets do you have and what is their names? - 14 of my own cats - Macduff, Limb of Satan, Tom, Taranis, Dude, Maeve, Dagda, Nougat, Ginger, Pete, Belle, Raven, Thumper, and Saphire, plus 4 foster kittens at present.
3. What is your favorite food? - Mediteranean foods such as Rattouille; fresh picked greens in a salad with virgin olive oil, high quality balsamic vinegar and grey poupon dressing; cheese straws; raspberries & honey mangoes; marzipan - ooops! I like food.
4. Where do you live? - north of Seattle, Washington state
5. Are you married, single? - single
6. Where did you find out about Pet Talk? - searching the web for cat forums
7. What do you like to do in your spare time? - hard landscaping,planting and tending my garden; watching movies while surrounded by cats; reading; poking around thrift and junk shops; playing Yahoo's Bookworm
8. Who would you like to meet in your lifetime? - Jane Goodall
9. If you could be any celebrity...who would you be? - I wouldn't
10. What kind of music do you like? - Hard Rock; singers with raw & raspy voices like Janice Joplin and Joe Cocker; R&B; Blues; 17th & 18thC classical.
11. Who is your hero and why? - Jane Goodall. She has dedicated her life to research on chimpanzees and tries to use her celebrity status to improve their lot in research facilities. Despite observing the way humans often treat their close relatives, she remains an optimist.
12. Do you have any best friends? - a couple
13. Do you like the Redsox, or the Yankees? - what are they? Just kidding. I admire individual sports people such as athletes, sailors.
14. If you could be any animal in the world, what would you be? - my cat, Ginger who has spent 20 very comfortable years in one home.