Dreams

To do before I die:

Be published in a glossy magazine.
Be published in a serious journal.
Write an article for a travel magazine
Go on a balloon ride over the Serengeti
Visit a butterfly conservatory and let a butterfly land on my shoulder. Or my nose.
Hike in Alaska
Support myself as a writer, scientist, pastry chef
Become debt free and stay that way for at least a year
Be able to save more than ten dollars a month
Visit all 50 states

Restore an older home and live in it.
Go skinny dipping in the South of France, in Spain, Italy, Portugal.
Own a cottage with a view of the ocean
Fall deeply in love -- helplessly and unconditionally.
Ask someone I've only just met to go on a date/go out on a date with someone I’ve just met
Kiss the Blarney Stone
Find a four leaf clover
Make love in a bed of flowers
Go parasailing
Visit every continent

Go wine tasting in Italy and in California
Go on an African safari
See the pyramids in Egypt
Sunbathe topless in the Greek Isles
Get married to my soul mate
Kiss atop a Ferris wheel (preferably a double one)
Get high in Amsterdam
Ride in a gondola in Venice
Design a house, see it built and live in it
Get a pastry license
Go to graduate school for a PhD
Dive the Red Sea
Make love in the rain
Love myself unconditionally
Learn how to play pool.

Visit the Berlin Wall.
Visit Paris and eat a croissant in a bistro at the foot of the Eiffel Tower
Learn to play poker
Horseback ride through the west
See Mount Rushmore
Take a cross country road trip
See a ballet in Russia
Camp under the stars in the west with no ambient light. Or Africa
See the Redwood Forest
Visit Niagara Falls

Things I have done, seen and been:

Graduated from college
Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
Visited the top of the Empire State Building
Slept in an overnight train
Sailed so far in the ocean that no land was in sight
Had a poem published (on the internet)
Saw the Grand Canyon
Went to Disney World
Saw a humpback whale
Lived in a foreign country, alone
Lived in DC
Saw the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and JFK’s eternal flame
Saw the Vietnam memorial, Korea memorial, WWII memorial, Lincoln memorial, Roosevelt memorial, Washington memorial, Jefferson memorial
Moved out on my own
Owned my dream Jeep CJ7
Learned to drive stick
Skinny dipped in glacier melt water in Alaska.
Played for a live audience
White water rafted in Alaska
Swam in the Atlantic Ocean
Swam in the Pacific Ocean
Visited Norway
Made love on the beach
Been engaged
Been unengaged
Fell in love
Had my heart broken