frontiermidwife

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I'm doing 36 things
 

frontiermidwife's Life List

  1. 1. be personally responsible for stopping global climate change
    22 entries . 42 cheers
    2 people
  2. 2. live simply
    17 entries . 69 cheers
    3,260 people
  3. 3. lead a spiritual life
    15 entries . 32 cheers
    1 person
  4. 4. Practice healthy eating
    11 entries . 8 cheers
    2 people
  5. 5. walk every day
    36 entries . 48 cheers
    269 people
  6. 6. Keep downsizing
    15 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  7. 7. be a tourist in my home community
    16 entries . 9 cheers
    2 people
  8. 8. write short reviews of my favorite local businesses
    20 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  9. 9. write some short essays about stuff that interests me
    31 entries . 22 cheers
    3 people
  10. 10. make some plans for my future lifestyle
    27 entries . 20 cheers
    1 person
  11. 11. Write to legislative representatives about my opinions.
    9 entries . 19 cheers
    1 person
  12. 12. return to writing regular letters on behalf of Amnesty International
    9 entries . 23 cheers
    1 person
  13. 13. Write one handwritten letter to a friend per month
    28 entries . 27 cheers
    2 people
  14. 14. Knit some pretty things
    24 entries . 4 cheers
    1 person
  15. 15. weave a tiny tapestry
    5 entries . 13 cheers
    1 person
  16. 16. knit the Bohus sweater
    6 entries . 1 cheer
    2 people
  17. 17. Find the best pair of red shoes
    9 entries . 13 cheers
    1 person
  18. 18. give one new Kiva loan per month for a year
    15 entries . 11 cheers
    13 people
  19. 19. Read the unread books that I already own
    23 entries . 7 cheers
    1 person
  20. 20. "detail" my apartment
    19 entries . 4 cheers
    1 person
  21. 21. take short trips to see natural areas outside of Salt Lake City
    15 entries . 19 cheers
    1 person
  22. 22. visit all the national parks in the west
    10 entries . 3 cheers
    1 person
  23. 23. visit other Zen or Buddhist centers
    1 entry . 2 cheers
    1 person
  24. 24. travel to California
    3 entries
    62 people
  25. 25. visit Portland OR
    1 entry
    15 people
  26. 26. visit Vancouver, BC
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    8 people
  27. 27. visit Sedona
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    11 people
  28. 28. visit Las Vegas
    1 entry . 1 cheer
    259 people
  29. 29. continue to do weight training
    11 entries . 12 cheers
    1 person
  30. 30. study weaving with Sharon Alderman
    2 entries . 2 cheers
    1 person
  31. 31. Take a class in watercolor painting
    9 entries . 23 cheers
    2 people
  32. 32. Learn how to make a podcast
    1 entry
    2 people
  33. 33. learn to do Tai Chi
    3 entries . 13 cheers
    4 people
  34. 34. teach another person to knit
    4 entries . 24 cheers
    1 person
  35. 35. become a certified celebrant
    2 entries
    1 person
  36. 36. make things this summer
    8 entries
    1 person

How I did it
How to finish the Fair Isle mittens
It took me
10 years
It made me
relieved


How to get my Ravelry site together
It took me
9 months
It made me
satisfied


How to cook without having to use the big stove
It took me
5 months
It made me
pleased


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become a certified celebrant (read all 2 entries…)
Studying hard now 1 week ago

I hav e completed the independent study and am now learning about fundamentals with a small group (8 of us). I find it interesting what my classmates want to do. Two of them, for example, intend to study funerals and ceremonies about loss. People from Canada say it’s difficult to get qualified to do weddings there legally so they intend to do a wide variety of ceremonies. I know that I ma going to do weddings so that I can be of service to my nieces and some other young people I know, but really I’m not that interested in weddings I find. I want to learn about “other” ceremonies, especially the ones that aren’t really named in our society. I think maybe I’m going to do two specific ceremony classes at the same time next spring. It will be work, but others have done it, and I know I can too.



walk every day (read all 36 entries…)
Back in town 1 week ago

I’m back in the city now for the winter. I’v e been pretty good about going out every day. I’m doing the coffee shop thing daily. I have no coffee at all at home. Right now it’s lovely weather, just right and my favorite time of year.



live simply (read all 17 entries…)
Happy Minimalist 1 week ago

I’m reading this short book by Peter Lawrence called the Happy Minimalist. He makes the good case for simple living, but by now I’m not reading much that I don’t already know. But by comparison the the author, I live in a cluttered mansion. For example he says he has almost no furniture. He uses a sleeping bag very happily. I think he may be suggesting we all do the same. Or at least he challenges the notion that a bed and all the bed related stuff is something that everybody “needs.” In that I have to admit he is correct. We need some kind of protected place to sleep securely, and in most places simply being indoors in “enough.” The author says he can and has moved cross country all packed into a very small car and that he could pack up and move within an hour or so probably. There is a certain virtue to that, I guess, but honestly, that is not how I want to live.

For myself, I prefer sleeping in a bed and I appreciate my sofa, dining table, and chairs. I have a bookshelf, a sideboard and a dresser that I find to be pretty and that I am glad I own and intend to keep for a long time. I have several light fixtures so I don’t have to be moving a lamp around the place all the time. I do own several books that right now I prefer to keep. And then there is the art. I have art work and art objects all over the place. I think that is the part of my place that would make me very unhappy if I couldn’t have it. I could sleep on the floor as long as there was some art on the walls. It could be less than I have now….a serene Japanese scroll could be enough. But I need art around me.



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