I've been thinking about making a list of things I want to do before I die. Like the premise of the new Jack Nicholson film, the Bucket List, I could write down everything I want to do before I kick the bucket. But that would be hard. I have the book that lists 1000 places to see before you die to give me traveling suggestions, and I know some things I don't want to do like bungee jumping and taking a hot-air balloon ride or going back to Mexico or any island I've already done enough islands in my life. My darling niece, Dara, has put together a list of new things she wants to do during the month of November and she seems to working that off successfully, but putting together a list for the rest of one's whole life seems way to daunting. So, I'll start with a couple: Climb down into the Grand Canyon Go to the parts of the United States I haven't been to yet -- Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, the Carolina's Get my memoir published Get a poetry book published It looks like a … [Read more...]