People walk among and around us and, as often as not, we don’t even know their names, what matters to them or what brings them joy.

This column’s goal is to do exactly that — bring our many personalities together so we can know more and relate more to the people we see every day.

Everyone has a story; we’ve all had good days and bad days.

We’ve walked different paths and seen different things, but we’re all still neighbors. We have more in common than we have differences.

Today I talked with Jeff Pennington.

Q: What is the best meal you’ve ever had?

A: It was a Mediterranean Turkish meal.

Q: Where were you when the 9/11 terrorist attacks took place?

A: I was plastering an in-ground swimming pool.

Q: Who is the most fearless person you know?

A:  That would be my friend Ronnie.

Q: What is your favorite type of art?

A: Of all forms, my favorite is photography.

Q: Where is your favorite place in the world?

A: My home in Kemmerer, Wyoming.

Q: What non-living person has had the most impact on you?

A: My mother. She taught me to persevere no matter how tough things get. I never forgot that lesson.

Q: What is the most dangerous situation you’ve ever been in?

A: It was while flying my airplane, and I got spatial disorientation, which is when you’re in either clouds or, in this case, smoke,              and you don’t notice that your plane is no longer level. Luckily, I was able to get out of that.