My Favorites
Here are some of my favorite things in various categories. So what do you like? Let me know some of your favorite things below in the comments section. Thank you!
Watching TV, looking at or creating art, reading, learning new things, playing the piano, listening to music, working on websites
Chocolate, cheese, lasagna, ice cream, pasta, pizza, and more chocolate, of course!
Yes, I love garden fresh vegetables — especially homegrown tomatoes.
Paris, Chartres Cathedral, St-Denis, Reims, Amiens, Bourges, Vezelay, Autun, Normandy, and Provence in France; Scotland, especially the Highlands; Italy to view the art and architecture; the Netherlands; Belgium; Germany; Salzburg, Austria; England; Missouri, California, Indiana, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, Washington, and Colorado to visit family and friends; Greenville, South Carolina and Chapel Hill, North Carolina to relive college days; the beach and mountains.
The Voice, Ed Sullivan, Carol Burnett, I Love Lucy, Leave It to Beaver, Lassie, Touched by an Angel, The Wonder Years, Northern Exposure, Andy Griffith Show, The Waltons, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Golden Girls, Bob Newhart (all of his TV series), Dick Van Dyke Show. I also love watching Christmas movies on TV. My favorite Christmas TV specials were those by Perry Como, Andy Williams, and the Carpenters.
I enjoy a wide range of music — everything from opera and classical, rock, folk, pop, and bluegrass to Broadway show tunes. Favorite artists include the Carpenters, Perry Como, Simon and Garfunkel, MercyMe, Rich Mullins, the Beach Boys, the Monkees, the Association, the Moody Blues, and the Beatles.
The Sound of Music, It’s a Wonderful Life, Field of Dreams, Forrest Gump, Chariots of Fire, Steel Magnolias, The Notebook, plus more musicals (Brigadoon, Camelot, South Pacific, Oklahoma, Carousel, Sunday in the Park with George)
I enjoy all the seasons, but my favorite one is autumn. It is the time of cooler temperatures, gorgeous fall colors, intensely blue skies, Halloween, Thanksgiving, and the time right before Christmas. I always feel physically and emotionally more energetic in the fall of the year. I also love spring flowers and snow in the winter (whenever we have one here :). My least favorite time is summer because of the humidity and the heat.
I definitely like some periods better than others and some art works more than others. However, as a student of art history, I was trained to appreciate various artistic periods and styles. If I had to choose, I would say that Medieval and Modern are my two favorites. I love Medieval because I love the Romanesque and Gothic styles and appreciate the Christian iconography. I love Modern because I enjoy the work of so many modern artists, including the Impressionists, Henri Matisse, and Marc Chagall.