I'm doing 43 things
Yup, did it. It was strange. It was a party. It was a protest. 32,000 registered runners, elbow to elbow through the streets of downtown Addis. But I think I’d like to do it again!!
metu's Life List
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1. have enough money to form my own charitable foundation
1 person -
2. take a shipping container of children's books to Ethiopia
1 person -
3. finish spinning the silk/alpaca blend & knit lace scarf
1 person -
4. teach granddaughter to knit & crochet
1 person -
5. raise rare and heritage breed chickens
1 person -
6. dance with my daughters and granddaughter on a beach in Thailand at dawn
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7. buy a violin and re-learn to play it
1 person -
8. make a moss-garden
1 person -
9. visit my nephew and nieces in California
1 person -
10. make an all-white garden
1 person -
11. build my soap-making workshop
1 person -
12. finish my novel
929 people -
13. build an eco-friendly house
114 people -
14. buy a condo/loft
1 person -
15. deepen my yoga practice
14 people -
16. Get Master degree in Eastern Religions
2 people -
17. Approach a beautiful stranger and kiss him
3 people -
18. improve my down-hill skiing
1 person -
19. kayak the inside passage in British Columbia
1 person -
20. write my stories about Ethiopia for granddaughter
1 person -
21. do a month-long retreat in a Buddhist monastery
1 person -
22. own a horse
749 people -
23. learn to speak Italian
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24. learn to speak Amharic
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25. trek in the Himalayas
14 people -
26. climb Mt. Kilimanjaro
507 people -
27. go on a bird watching voyage to Antarctica
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28. make a home in Tuscany
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29. cycle through Tuscany
1 cheer1 person -
30. trek southeast Ethiopia and Bale Mountains
1 person -
31. trek the African Rift Valley
1 person -
32. pick lavender in Provence
1 cheer1 person -
33. walk the Camino de Santiago
230 people -
34. drink Vodka at an ice hotel in Lapland
1 person -
35. smoke dope on a beach in Goa
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36. be in Japan for the cherry-blossoms
1 person -
37. walk through the tree-tops in a jungle, bird-watching
1 person -
38. skinny dipping in the blue waters of the Mediterranean in an isolated cove on a Greek island
1 person -
39. trek the Inca Trail to Machu Pichu
1 person -
40. camel trek in the Tengger Desert of Mongolia
1 person -
41. meet the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala
3 people -
42. canoe down the Zambezi
1 person -
43. hold a baby gorilla
6 people
Recent entries
Okay, so I sort of mastered the “fidel”. Now on to learning some useful vocabulary (the restaurant is good, Abebe!!), and the structure of the language!
I’m moving forward, in training now for a half-marathon in the fall. That should leave me well prepared for the 10 km in November, even though I’m still worried about the mountains and the altitude!
