Lesley Dobis

I learned long ago you can’t die of embarrassment. So laugh at me or with me. Just let me tell you what happened.

Storyteller. Accidental farmer. Word witch.

5 Things You Might Not Know About Me

I’ve done yoga continuously since 1989 right through all my pregnancies and I still practice today. When I first told my parents about it, they thought I had joined a cult.
I was a massage therapist from 2000-2020
I’m among 2% of people who see numbers in color in my head. It’s a type of synesthesia. Each number always shows up as the same color. I share this trait with novelist Vladimir Nabokov, physicist Richard Feynman, and composer Franz Liszt.
I’m an INFJ, Virgo, Year of the Snake, and enneagram 9 (although everyone thinks I’m a 6).
In 1987 I received a commendation from the U.S. Army for my work there as a civilian. I collected evidence of fraudulent welding practices on tanks that were later used in Iraq. We used a cobalt source to see into the metal without destroying it. Yes, it was radioactive and I can’t believe I did that. Don’t tell my mom!