GQkudzu

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GQkudzu's Life List

  1. 1. attend a ramp festival.
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    1 person
  2. 2. build a picnic table
    1 entry . 6 cheers
    4 people
  3. 3. finish this reading list
    4 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  4. 4. document my Appalachian experience in photographs
    14 entries . 11 cheers
    1 person
  5. 5. 43 random things about me
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    6 people
  6. 6. become intimate with Big South Fork
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  7. 7. own an orchid
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    2 people
  8. 8. do a retreat at Gethsemani Abbey
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    1 person
  9. 9. carve out a little spot on the Web for random observation, the channeling of negative energy and miscellania
    17 entries . 5 cheers
    1 person
  10. 10. be the Bono of my little world.
    1 entry . 7 cheers
    2 people
  11. 11. ride a bike around Cades Cove.
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  12. 12. subscribe to a blog or two that I like -- read it regularly -- become a fan.
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    1 person
  13. 13. establish permanent garden beds.
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  14. 14. make coffee with a French press.
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    1 person
  15. 15. try yoga.
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    321 people
  16. 16. start a conversation with a stranger.
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    52 people
  17. 17. spend money at that little country store where my grandmother used to shop.
    1 entry . 3 cheers
    1 person
  18. 18. make dandelion wine.
    2 entries . 3 cheers
    22 people
  19. 19. submit 100 short fiction manuscripts or get 3 published in print journals, whichever comes first.
    2 entries . 1 cheer
    1 person
  20. 20. hike a total of 120 miles in 2009.
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  21. 21. Start a Roth IRA
    1 entry . 11 cheers
    97 people
  22. 22. get rid of my inferiority complex
    3 entries . 21 cheers
    32 people
  23. 23. serve as an officer of an organization
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    1 person
  24. 24. raise my own queen bee
    2 entries . 17 cheers
    1 person
  25. 25. keep chickens
    2 entries . 40 cheers
    66 people
  26. 26. brew my own beer
    7 entries . 37 cheers
    613 people
  27. 27. run a 5k
    8 entries . 31 cheers
    2,162 people
  28. 28. get an MFA in Creative Writing
    3 entries . 42 cheers
    70 people
  29. 29. get my Master's degree
    11 entries . 36 cheers
    1,072 people
  30. 30. finish my novel
    6 entries . 41 cheers
    852 people
  31. 31. reach my ideal weight
    1 entry . 15 cheers
    133 people
  32. 32. start a Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign
    1 entry . 22 cheers
    3 people
  33. 33. raise cattle
    1 entry . 5 cheers
    4 people
  34. 34. stay at LeConte Lodge
    3 entries . 4 cheers
    1 person
  35. 35. have a total of 12 beehives
    5 entries . 11 cheers
    1 person
  36. 36. sell vegetables
    1 entry . 13 cheers
    1 person
  37. 37. learn the constellations
    1 entry . 21 cheers
    565 people
  38. 38. spend a vacation in Chattanooga
    1 entry . 8 cheers
    1 person
  39. 39. attend the Sewanee Summer Music Festival
    2 entries . 4 cheers
    3 people
  40. 40. have a 3 month emergency fund
    1 entry . 40 cheers
    60 people
  41. 41. do 50 pushups a day
    6 entries . 10 cheers
    4 people
  42. 42. own peacocks
    32 cheers
    3 people
  43. 43. re-learn Spanish
    10 entries . 44 cheers
    237 people
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carve out a little spot on the Web for random observation, the channeling of negative energy and miscellania (read all 17 entries…)
Anonymity on 43Things 4 weeks ago

I was just considering linking my 43Things list to my Facebook account, but in reading through my goals as well as the goals I’ve accomplished, I think anonymity is better. If people who know me well are reading my list, then I may be more apt to write goals and entries that will cast me in a more favorable - though not necessarily realistic - light. Nah, let’s stay anonymous and real.



attend the Sewanee Summer Music Festival (read all 2 entries…)
Missed it again 4 weeks ago

Okay, this came and went without me once more. It seems there are always bigger fish to fry during the summer months, and this festival gets pushed to the back burner.



have a total of 12 beehives (read all 5 entries…)
Back to square one 4 weeks ago

Of the last 4 hives I installed, I lost one in the summer of 2008. Then, I lost the remaining 3 over the winter, which was frustrating, but even very conscientious beekeepers around here lost a lot of hives last winter. So, as of spring of this year, I’ve been bee-less. My plan is to start from scratch in 2010 with ONE hive. I plan to baby that hive, let it grow strong. Then, I’ll begin making splits from it in 2011. I may also buy another swarm or two then. But, the plan is to manage only one hive in 2010. So, this goal may take a while longer than originally planned.



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