to-do list

A three month expanse of summer in front of me. Consider this a mental preparation:

1. Read books and books and books. For starters... The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath, For Whom the Bell Tolls - Ernest Hemingway, The Stranger - Albert Camus, Catch-22 - Joseph Heller. Pause for breath. In Cold Blood - Truman Capote, Death Comes for the Archbishop - Willa Cather, Lolita - Vladimir Nabakov, Things Fall Apart - Chinua Achebe. I am completely in earnest about this list!!!

2. Be as healthy as is conceivably possible. Good food and running and swimming and biking and water and sun and sleep. This also includes moisturizing. :-) Ha.

3. Exploration and adventure. Novelty. Fear.

4. Pursue friendships, help them grow roots, give them a history.

5. Embrace my time at Brevard in North Carolina. Six and a half weeks isn't that long. Imagine what can be learned in that amount of time -- music is waiting for me.

6. Write a song or two or seven. (to be posted here)

7. Drink lots of good wine, beer, and whiskey.

8. Avoid shopping. Commercialism can be overwhelming, plus I will be very poor. And I have better things to do with my time.

9. Learn to play drums and guitar. I'm half there already!

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