3 WISHES
1.
A gorgeous, moderately huge goat farm. With two cows. and lots of dogs. Lots of dogs. Somewhere in Delmarva or PA
2.
My parents’ happiness – economic security, anything they need. possibly to include a nice ranch type farm in PA.
3.
and a carved, but unpainted, one of these. with stipends for fixtures, of course.

Why is it so difficult for most of us to love someone unconditionally ?
It’s nearly possible to do unless you have experienced and understand it. That said, being loved unconditionally does not necessarily correlate or lead to that understanding or substantive experience. It’s easy enough to do after you encounter it. At some point it just hits you – this person loves me, no matter what. I love this person, no matter what. It doesn’t have to be reciprocal to the same person, but once you’ve felt it even a little its always a possibility. Until you really encounter it, you can’t claim to love unconditionally – but after you have, that feeling becomes as much a part of you as knowing their name. (Author’s note: Clearly this is all based on family, not romance.)

If you could absorb the talent of another person, what would it be and from who?
While it’s tempting to want Pablo Casal’s skill, I don’t think that would serve me as well as it would have once. I’m honestly not sure what talent I’d most want at this point, and therefore have no idea from whom to Ursula-spell-steal it. It would be nice to be a great painter, a great musician… but those aren’t what I want to be anymore. A great actress? It would be nice, but I’d rather not be a celebrity. I don’t think I really need to be draining anyone else for the ability to coherently argue and follow my career path…just some luck and good connections. If I had to snitch a talent, I’d probably like to be able to draw really well. My doodles are so boring and anytime I get inspired…I’m relegated to writing it down in words or making a horrible mess of it artistically. I can paint alright…its drawing what I”m trying to paint that messes things up. So we’ll go with that. I want to be able to draw. I’ll steal it from the first good artist I see.