Vale of Evening Fog

I was tagg'd by Zoe, who I found a couple of weeks ago when I was browsing. She's a really good writer, and she likes to keep it mystical, as do I. . . So here's the thing:

first the rules:

1) Post these rules before you give your facts

2) List 8 random facts about yourself

3) At the end of your post, choose (tag) 8 people and list their names, linking to them

4) Leave a comment on their blog, letting them know they've been tagged

then the facts:

1. I feel better about things in general than I ever have in my life. I'm about to turn forty, and I'm no longer a spring chickie, but I guess I've been through enough and made it past enough to know that it's all added up to something. I'm not entirely comfortable in my skin, yet I've never been more comfortable than right now. A secret: getting older is really really awesome! I feel like Miss Jean Brodie, except without the outsider's perspective.

2. I'm a really good roller skater, and I'm super strong. I was never very coordinated when I was younger. Oh, I was a disco skating queen and I took lots of gymnastics and played soccer and stuff. But back then, I was clumsy. Now I feel coordinated and capable and even graceful.

3. No scars, no tats, and no secret history. What you see is what you get. I'm really pretty wholesome, and I'm honest, and I LONG to be a paragon of good health. Though I know sadness, I expect happiness. I'm still working on embracing what's great about now. It's all there in front of me, and I just have to open my arms.

4. I was born a blonde, then I went brown. Since then I've had orange, bleach blonde, black, an unfortunate morning of dark green (dressed to match to pull it off), then brown again for a long time, now reddish, and underneath, a little gray. The grays started when I was 26.

5. I don't know if I'm able to become pregnant. I made halfhearted attempts once, with a someone, and nothing. Me? Him? Don't know. Part of me longs to, and part of me worries that I'd wind up alone and in a jam if I did.

6. I have always worked very hard, and though I've never been rich, I've always managed to do the kind of work that fulfills me. But if you know, as I know, what phsyical labor means (I like work that's part physical because I love the feel of my muscles stretching and contracting), you know too how rough that can be on the feet.

7. I'd rather eat spinach than chocolate, and I swear I'm not lying.

8. Ienjoy any activity that's solitary or that I can share quietly with one patient person. That means writing, rock climbing, pool, yoga, meditation, camping, cooking, and hopefully chess (I've never found the person who could teach me). Though I dress kinda funky, I'm a bit of an introvert.

Now,

I tag:

the best friend, ginab
the hot & wise Matty
the exquisite Miss S
the elusive Josh Williams
the talented Ticharu
the lovely Meredith
the five-year-old Phillipe!
the incredible Karen Little