baking
biking
building things
Christmas lights
cuddling with my cat
dancing
drinking cocoa
eating toast
fixing things that are broken
growing things
ice skating
lying in the yard at night
my band
my family
nice pens
planning things
playing the violin
Portland's fabulous tango community
sewing
singing
skiing
visiting E.
walking in the cold
warm socks
watching snow fall
I wrote down this whole list and then realized that I'd left off the thing I spend most of my time doing these days: teaching. I do like teaching, but it didn't spring to mind. I never think I'm going to like teaching, and then when I'm in the middle of it and afterwards I realize that I do like it a lot. It's just that teaching requires me to be on stage. All day. I've often thought of myself as being right on the line between introvert and extravert, but looking at the rest of the list, it's pretty obvious to me that I'm more squarely on the introvert side than I realized. When necessary I've always been able to hurl myself to the extravert side. The kind of teaching I do, for the kind of results I want to get, requires me to be an extravert. It's gotten easier over time, but I think it will always be a bit of a stretch. It's probably good for me.