20 Q's - Dini Petty


	What is your current state of mind? Perplexed as usual by what you are hoping to learn from my 20 questions. What are the components of bliss? Health. If you could invite anyone from history to dinner who would it be? Casanova. What is the best piece of advice you were ever given, and who gave it to you? “Take care of yourself love, because if you don’t, no one else will.” My Grandmother Edith Petty What is the one thing you’d change about yourself? I’d be 5’9” instead of 5’6”. What is the most outrageous thing you’ve heard said about yourself? Men I’ve supposedly married should have called and asked for alimony. What would it take to make you go, WOW!!!? Attending the performance of The Queen the Bear and the Bumblebee, which I wrote and was preformed April 10, 2011 by the Calgary Pro Musica Society. WOW!!! Who are your real life heroes? Those who live through hell and get up and keep going and somehow keep smiling. What feature/quality do you find most interesting in another person? Adventurous. What word of phrase do you most overuse? F#@%. What is your earliest memory of childhood? Lying on the ground in my snowsuit and watching snowflakes drift down. Age 3. You have $100.00, what do you spend it on? Fresh flowers and wine. What has been your greatest memory? Time spent with my children. What would your autobiography be called? Fortuitous Circumstances or The Misadventures of Dini Petty. What’s your pet peeve? What really ticks you off? Liars. Who is your favourite fictional hero? No one comes to mind. Who is the most interesting person you’ve ever met? Too many to name but Theresa Sedore (a religious martyr) is one of the top five. You have an afternoon all to yourself away from everything and everybody. How do you spend it? Swim for an hour then a fabulous lunch on a terrace with a great view, good music, a good book and nothing to do but soak it all up. You arrive at the pearly gates, what does St. Peter say to you? Welcome, there are a few friends who’ve arranged a welcome party. If the whole world were listening, what would you say? “Take care of yourself love, because if you don’t no one else will.” GL	Photo by Steve Uhraney