Describe yourself in six words. You can use six individual words or a short sentence.

I recently participated in a Zoom class that started with this prompt. I replied “California, Alaska, commercial fisherman, book publisher.”

You can be very inventive in few words. Be adventurous and give us a clue about your life story. Here are some examples I’ve heard.

• “Will I put the kettle on?”
• “Can you see me counting fingers.”
• “Orphans need not whiskey or cigarettes.”
• “Why did she marry the enemy?”
• “The fire ate 18 young women.”
• “Homeless cats dreaming of cities.”
• “You made me feel as though I matter.”
• “I’ve always wanted to be a professional recreationalist.”
• “Kansas mother institutionalized for life. Why?”
• “Family, food, forest, one lovely mess.”
• “Voices from the past speak again.”
• “Lost by plague, recovery by travel.”
• “Idaho is my dowager aunt with a story to tell.”