Every day I wake up and more leaves have dumped onto the ground. It’s startling how quickly it happens, but I guess life is just flying by me so fast right now; everything seems to be manic and blurry. I’ve been getting to know so many new and wonderful people here in Wausau and here online. Sometimes my journalist background kicks into high gear, and I switch into interview mode. Questions, questions, questions! Like this:
1. Did you do anything special this year to see the trees in peak color? I know some people went up Granite Peak or went for a drive up north. What did you do?
2. I’m in the process of acquiring a piano (once I can find enough people to help me move it). I’m feeling rather sentimental about this. It’s been years since I’ve lived with a piano, but I had faith I that another one would come into my life. I’m looking forward to a Christmas season full of carols. Do you listen to special Christmas music during the holidays? If so, what kind? Do you play your own?
3. If you had an unlimited variety of desserts to choose from, what would you pick as your favorite? For my daughter’s first birthday, we all picked out our favorite sweet treat from the grocery store to celebrate instead of getting a cake. I picked cheesecake with cherries. My husband and son picked out some chocolate-y cookies.
4. Here at Citizen Wausau, we want more of or neighbors to get online and join the conversation. It opens up new networking lines, gives many people the opportunity to speak up, and provides a table for civil debate. What do you do online? Do you have specific sites you go to every day? Do you interact with people online or just look at things?
5. In Wisconsin Rapids, a computer error caused the price of gas at one station to go from 3.47 to 34.7. A LOT of people took advantage of this and gassed up … and told their friends. Would you have done it? Were they just sticking it to the man?
