I am timing this to appear at 07:07:07 on 07/07/07. I am just finding this day to be pretty exciting. So, instead of the Friday Fives, I’m going for the Seven Sevens.
Seven Lists for this Seven Heaven Day:
My Seven Natural Wonders (well, natural places that I love)
- Top of Looking Glass Rock in Western North Carolina
- Point Reyes Lighthouse in California
- Desert View Tower, Grand Canyon, Arizona
- Mount Aso, Kyushu, Japan
- Stonehenge, Salisbury Plain, England
- Cadillac Mountain, Acadia National Park, Maine
- French Broad River and Max Patch Mountain, North Carolina
Seven Songs I would Cover if I had a Cover Band
- Walking on the Moon, Police
- I Love Rock and Roll, Joan Jett
- You Really Got A Hold On Me, The Miracles
- A Little Respect, Erasure
- Close to You, Carpenters
- Sweet Surrender, John Denver
- A Nightingale Sang in Berkley Square, Manhattan Transfer
Seven Foods Combinations I Love
- Hot fudge and cold vanilla ice cream
- Hot apple pie and cold vanilla ice cream
- Strawberries and champagne
- Fried potatoes and dill
- Peanut butter crackers and milk
- Warm chocolate chip cookies and milk
- Coffee and cream
Seven Things I hope to do someday (mostly realistic)
- Fly in outer space
- Run/Ride in some kind of race
- Watch my nephews and nieces graduate from high school/college
- Finish all of the project on my house
- Hear Aretha Franklin in person (see next list)
- See Mount Fuji
- Get 300 birds on my lifelist
Seven Singers I Want(ed) to Hear Live
- Aretha Franklin
- Ray Charles (did it)
- kd lang (did it)
- Bette Midler (did it)
- Rickie Lee Jones (did it)
- Chrissie Hynde (did it)
- Frank Sinatra (oh well)
Seven Skills I would like to have
- Real chef knife work
- Plumbing
- Fine carpentry
- Painting or sculpture
- Graceful movement
- Remembering people’s names
- Meditation ability
Seven Books I Can Read Over and Over
- To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee
- Harriet the Spy, Louise Fitzhugh
- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Roald Dahl
- Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson
- Six of One, Rita Mae Brown
- The Razor’s Edge, W. Somerset Maugham
- The Color of Nature, Exploratorium