Selfish Choice: Who I want to have a single event dinner with during 2015:

My wish for a special dinner this year would be to configure a dinner table in my home with the following (bring the dead ones back):

• Mark Twain
• Dave Brubeck
• Ernest Hemingway
• Lee Allan Sanders
• Erma Bombeck
• Hillary Clinton
• Eleanor Roosevelt
• Helen Louise Russell
• Hamsa Merlet

Starter topic: Create a nurturing quotation that will resonate with and help today's YA population to succeed.