What is your idea of perfect happiness?
Flow
What is your greatest fear?
Confinement
What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?
Over-thinking
What is the trait you most deplore in others?
Cruelty
Which living person do you most admire?
No one person – even our heroes are flawed.
What is your greatest extravagance?
Leila, my Standard Poodle
What do you consider the most overrated virtue?
Politeness
What do you most dislike about your appearance?
Impact of aging
Which living person do you most despise?
Trump
Which words or phrases do you most overuse?
‘Intelligent’, according to one of my most long-standing friends
When and where were you happiest?
As a child, on Galiano Island, British Columbia
Which talent would you most like to have?
To be multilingual
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?
To be Superwoman; physically strong, athletic, robust
What do you consider your greatest achievement?
Overcoming adversity.
If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be?
A documentary photographer and filmmaker.
Where would you most like to live?
Close to my sons and their families, wherever that may be.
What is your most treasured possession?
My camera – it opens the rest of the world to me.
Which historical figure do you most identify with?
I don’t.
Who are your heroes in real life?
My mom – my family.
What is your greatest regret?
Mortality.
