I'm doing 38 things
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Marta Noble's Life List
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1. make love stay
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2. go out on "date nights" with my spouse on a regular basis
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3. set a personal record for speed in using up a tube of toothpaste
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4. combat consumerism by creating things myself
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5. do 100 sit-ups daily for 100 consecutive days
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6. learn to make Senfgurken
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7. needlepoint a growth chart
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8. overcome my aversion to phones
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9. improve my German
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10. send more care packages to my friends
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11. learn to make stained glass
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12. listen to all 24 hours of 9 Beet Stretch
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13. learn to identify mushrooms
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14. downsize
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15. host Couchsurfers more often
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16. Raise chickens
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17. grow an herb garden
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18. write more letters
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19. return phone calls
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20. put all of my opera recordings onto my iPod
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21. visit Alaska via the Inside Passage
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22. visit all 50 states
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23. get a visa for Germany
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24. learn to play the cello
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25. let myself cry more
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26. learn the constellations
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27. see Tom Waits perform live
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28. get a pair of inline skates
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29. learn to play the concertina
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30. try knitting a cable pattern
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31. learn to crochet
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32. make sourdough bread
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33. try new things
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34. go to pastry school
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35. take a roadtrip across Canada
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36. visit 50 World Heritage sites
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37. watch 50 movies in 2010
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38. read 12 books in 2010
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Recent entries
A nice semi-raised bed has come together gradually and very nicely over the last year. I’m so happy to go back there and see new leafy green sprouts or shoots. So far, I’ve got several types of mint, rosemary, sage, nasturtium, Italian parsley, fennel, chamomile, thyme, calendula, green onions. There are also some nice things that wouldn’t be classified as herbs, namely pumpkin, gem squash, cucumbers, rhubarb, lamb’s lettuce, potatoes, and sunflower. That’s all in addition to a good run of rapini, arugula, kohlrabi, snow peas, and cilanto/coriander.
It is extremely satisfying to pick flavorful fresh herbs and greens for cooking, snacking, salad, what-have-you, and to smile proudly for having tended the tasties from seed.
Underway in the garden, but not yet big and strong enough to do much with, I have some cumin, caraway, lovage (Bohnenkraut), ramsons (Bärlauch), dill, broccoli, rapeseed, and sorrel. Some will be ready for winter harvest, and some will have to wait till next year.
How exciting to look ahead! How mouthwatering!
Outside of injury/death, there’s nothing that should keep me from completing this; it is a matter of willpower. I don’t need any tools or gadgets, a vehicle or a special place, or even a half hour. I just need myself, my body, a flat surface, and 5 minutes. And discipline.
I jumped in a bit too enthusiastically at the beginning of the year, overestimating my abilities, and straining my poor little belly. This one is not designed to go 0 to 100 overnight.
Over the last month, I’ve comfortably built up from 30/night to 40/night to 60. Last week, I hit 100 and decided (well, didn’t have much choice considering the ticking clock) to go for the gold.
So far, so good.
