My Husband, who has been with me for 20yrs. the first 10yrs. were great, and then I became very sick. He has been there for me and does not let anybody treat me disrespectful. He takes me to doctors apt. he sits with me, he sits in the waiting room for all of the surgeries I have had . He is the best! So I am going to spend it with him and love every minute.

Sadly, my hubby will not be home on that day, so if I might induldge in my fantasy life, if but only for a moment….Pierce Brosnon, dressed like 007, of course!!

In my hectic life, time alone would be my desire. My architect husband is often with clients during the evening, so I would do as I often do when the power fails and I’m alone. I light a few candles, and spin. No, not the exercise kind of spinning, but the fiber into yarn kind of spinning. I wish I could communicate to everyone how wonderfully relaxing and fulfilling it is to sit and turn fibers like soy, milkweed, sheep’s wool, alpaca, etc, into a useable and beautiful product. When I spin in candlelight, especially when the power is off, there is not a single noise to disturb the silence: no television or radio, no fridge turning off and on—only the sound of my wheel whirring as my feet work the treadles. I think of how many women before me, in another time, of course, did just as I am doing, and I am content. But, then, the lights come on, the radio blares, and the fridges begins another cooling cycle. But for just a little while…I’m content because I know I can do this again.

If I could, I would turn back the clock to when my children were small. My husband and I were married shortly after World War II. We had four beautiful babies in four years and five months - can you imagine four pre-schoolers? No, we were not Catholic, just madly, deliriously in love. Those were such happy years. I would dearly love to cuddle with those tiny little loved ones once again. All phases of my life have been happy, but those were really the best of all times. I am a great-grandmother many times over now.

OK, I’m going to be dutiful in turning off my power for an hour so I should get to imagine that I’m living my fantasy while I’m in the dark. I’d love to entertain Steve Perry during that hour.

Dark? Can’t we light a candle or a fire? Although just hanging out and sky gazing in places where they can still be seen….. Here’s my list, not in any particular order…Andrea Boccelli and that amazing voice…Sting, well just because he’s Sting (and Trudy says it’s okay)…Antonio Banderas dressed as Zorro… the late delicious Errol Flynn or Clark Gable…and my first love for that irreplaceable purity….

Gabriel Burne…………not much else to be said

I agree with Arlene. I would love to turn back the clock and spend an evening under the stars with my daughter as a child. We went sailboating every summer up in the San Juan Islands in Washington State and some nights were so clear and beautiful. One especially enchanting night we spent cuddled in sleeping bags on the deck watching a fantastic comet show, singing songs, telling stories, teasing Dad, just being a family. My daughter remembers her childhood as being magical, and I am so happy that we were able to have so many mystical nights under the stars. I wouldn’t trade those family times for any celebrity’s company (well, Iris, you had to mention Antonio Banderas dressed as Zorro—that is a little distracting)