And after taking one-handed close-ups of them in my hand, a nice man took my camera and got the shot to prove it was me.
Totally amazing to have this small wild creature hop on your hand, look at you, then dart into the tree with its prize, the next one taking its place. I felt like a Disney princess!
Gwyneth1's Life List
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1. go on a hot air balloon cruise
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2. go birding with Ural in Texas!
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3. REALLY declutter!
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4. do a yoga retreat on Hog Island Maine
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5. go dogsledding by moonlight
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6. get over my fear of photographing strangers
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7. paint a room some color other than white
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8. write headlines for the Weekly World News!
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9. start or find a really awesome book club
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10. maintain my yoga practice
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11. run a 10k race again
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12. play bodhran well enough to not invite all the bad jokes!
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13. see both my sons find their passion and place in the world
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14. just once, get a REALLY awesome hummingbird photo
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15. see a wolf in the wild
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16. ski the American Birkebeiner
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17. see an Ivory Billed Woodpecker
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18. lose 10 pounds
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19. go back to Ireland on one of Mick Maloney's storytelling tours
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20. get my husband on an airplane and go to Cinque Terre
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21. spend less time online
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22. go to NYC with my friend Julie
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23. take early retirement and be a storyteller full time
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24. have an article published in a major scrapbooking magazine
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25. get a hot tub
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26. ride my bike from Trempealeau to the end of the Sparta trail!
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27. work on Project Puffin on Matinicus Island
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28. stop being such a packrat
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29. go on a road trip with no predetermined destination
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30. eat more locally grown food
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31. have one of my stories published as a kids' picture book
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32. travel to all seven continents
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Recent entries
I did it! Not just one, but dozens came to eat!
2 years ago
Nearly finished now
3 years ago
I have just three more layouts and the final page to complete. I bought an album, which was delivered on Halloween, and have begun to fill it.
Will make this an annual event
3 years ago
In spite of the stress over “will I lose my investment?” I didn’t, and the weekend was full of learning and community. I plan to make this an annual event, so if you’re a storyteller or a wannabe storyteller in the upper midwest, think about it!


