curmudgey




I'm doing 27 things
 

curmudgey's Life List

  1. 1. Visit Paris
    1 entry
    1,210 people
  2. 2. Invent something useful
    1 cheer
    148 people
  3. 3. Ride the rails
    8 people
  4. 4. Find out the significance of having 43 items on one's list
    1 person
  5. 5. Pursue wabi-sabi
    1 entry
    1 person
  6. 6. Live in solitude for a while
    1 person
  7. 7. Write a song
    1 cheer
    4,194 people
  8. 8. Learn to be more aware of and appreciate mono no aware in daily life
    1 entry
    1 person
  9. 9. Climb the CN Tower stairs in under 20 minutes
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    1 person
  10. 10. Paddle the Don River
    1 entry
    1 person
  11. 11. Save a person's life
    46 people
  12. 12. Draw cartoons
    1 entry
    35 people
  13. 13. Go vagabonding
    3 people
  14. 14. Go rambling
    1 entry
    1 person
  15. 15. See Britten's Midsummer Night's Dream
    2 entries
    1 person
  16. 16. Make a coffin for my dad
    1 entry
    1 person
  17. 17. Improve my Spanish
    1 cheer
    1,040 people
  18. 18. Learn to tango
    2 cheers
    1,147 people
  19. 19. Paint some more portraits
    1 person
  20. 20. Finally get started with the series of paintings that's been in my mind for about 12 years
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  21. 21. Finish the kitchen reno
    3 entries
    1 person
  22. 22. Clean up the shed
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    1 person
  23. 23. Get the Suzuki running
    1 person
  24. 24. Finish and sell the Obama speech booklets I printed
    1 entry
    1 person
  25. 25. Print an abstract poster on the Vandercook SP15
    1 person
  26. 26. Go on an overnight sail
    1 cheer
    1 person
  27. 27. Get a truckload of peaches from the Niagara region to distribute to my suburban friends, to help sweeten their 100-mile diet while helping Ontario fruit farmers
    1 entry
    1 person

How I did it
How to rejoice in the fact that the apple tree is blooming more than ever before
It took me
21 days
It made me
Blissful


How to buy a new camera
It took me
5 months
It made me
Elated!


Recent entries
Finish the kitchen reno (read all 3 entries…)
the cabinets are finished 5 months ago

the cabinet-maker came and put on the finishing touches. We had a bottle of champagne to celebrate the completion, and chatted awhile in the sparkling new kitchen. I thanked him for teaching us a lesson in the virtue of patience (he was several weeks late in completing the job).



Rejoice in the fact that the apple tree is blooming more than ever before (read all 3 entries…)
Here's a photo 5 months ago

Took a photo of the apple blossoms with my new camera.



Paddle the Don River
The Don River runs through Toronto 5 months ago

It is opened to canoists once a year in the Spring.



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