50 Things I Could Still Do With this One Wild and Precious Life*

Finish my book about lesbian-feminist publishing
Publish an edited collection of poetry by at least one more forgotten lesbian-feminist writer
Complete the biography project I have started poking at
Complete another edited project I have been poking at
Write some more poems, maybe publish them as a book
Archive and preserve lesbian-feminist print culture
Shine a light on transformative literary work
Dye my gray hair purple
Reread all of Virginia Woolf
Read all of Proust and Gide (not sure that I actually want to do that, but I continue to be intrigued)
Learn Hebrew
. Read the Talmud over the seven year cycle of Daf Yomi
Learn to play the banjo
Learn to play the mandolin
Learn to play the dulcimer
Rescue one more large dog and help him or he become happy and well-adjusted
Help Sadie continue on her path of being happy, well-adjusted, less barky, and less neurotic (though that may be impossible)
Rescue a few small dogs and help them have happy lives
Rescue another kitten
Own a convertible and drive around Florida in the winter with the top down
Write one of the series of poems about one of the cool topics I have in mind
Write more letters
Complete the project of writing through all 613 mitzvot
Read at least 2,000 more books
Read everything by Zora Neale Hurston
Publish 20-30 more issues of Sinister Wisdom
Identify a handful of new Sapphic Classics
Help Sinister Wisdom be a sustainable, on-going concern
Do something lasting that benefits lesbian writers and artists
Make paper
Refurbish a letter press
Print revolutionary tracts
Print beautiful notecards
Train women on the letterpress
Complete another 30 day Bikram challenge
Travel to every continent
See the great wildlife of Africa
Visit Macchu Pichu
Eat and stay at the Milkweed Inn
Have a little cabin on the shores of Lake Michigan
Use all of my paper and craft supplies
Wear out my clothes
Love and protect Tibe fiercely
Speak with honesty
Be kind
Be inspired
Believe
Live with awe and delight
Die naked surrounded by friends
Turn 50

*https://www.loc.gov/poetry/180/133.html

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