The question
What period or moment in your life brought you the most joy?Originally asked
The Guardian, to a different person each week, The Q&A
Asked in 52 of the 131 consecutive instalments of The Guardian's The Q&A harvested on 2026-08-29.
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This year's a pretty good year.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 24 August 2013 source ↗
January 15, 1991. Walking up Congress Avenue in Austin, with thousands of others, to see Mom sworn in as governor of Texas.
In the mountains, climbing into beautiful places—anything that has to do with nature. I feel best in nature or near nature. And I was most happy, of course, when I was with my husband and we were in beautiful landscapes.
In 1988, when the final whistle went in the FA Cup final and we beat Liverpool.
My childhood summers in Trenton, Ohio, and starting work at Warner Bros.
Oh, I have a long list. You should ask me what I like about myself—that list is much shorter.
People who punch down.
Cooking out with my closest friends and laughing until we are crying.
That I’ll become a recluse with too many dogs.
Thank you notes I haven't written.
My niece, Petra Janney, who got her pilot’s license to rescue animals from rural kill shelters and have them placed with different pet adoption agencies.
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