Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Travel to Croatia. Cook a whole fish. Cook a whole pig. Observe a hog slaughter and butchering. Make kimchi. Go sailing. Ride in a Model T. Learn how to letterpress. Write a novel. Write another novel. Publish a novel. Make a baby with Kelly. Apply to PhD programs in rhetoric and composition and see what happens. Live abroad again. Be nice to someone every day. Teach college students fulltime. Grow pumpkins. Grow sour cherries. Grow asparagus. Build a pizza oven outside. Learn how to change my own oil. Go dog sledding. Go snowshoeing. Road trip across the US with Kelly. Go to Alaska. Go clamming. Own land. Keep chickens. Keep bees. Build a treehouse. Build a dollhouse. Hang a tree swing. Own a hammock. Learn how to whistle with my fingers. Adopt a pug puppy. Swim in hot springs. Get a mud bath. Watch a live birth. Hold someone's hand as they die. Travel to Spain. Travel to Prince Edward Island. Travel to Montreal. Travel to Mexico City. Sleep in a beachfront hut. Go a day without speaking. Learn to drive stick for real. Find a cause and volunteer for it consistently. Go to Mardi Gras. Read more poetry. Use a pottery wheel. Make more pies for people. Ride in a hot air balloon. Go to Champagne and drink a lot of it. Attend a seder. Return to Italy. Make 1,000 lovely things. Get back in a darkroom. Learn to be patient. Learn to be grateful.