Bucket List

• ✔ Get a book published.

• ✔ Be the featured reader at a literary reading.

• ✔ Start a publishing company.

• Get a novel published.

• Win a prestigious award for one of my books.

• ✔ Go whale watching.

• ✔ Pat a zebra.

• ✔ Pat a penguin.

• Go swimming with dolphins.

• ✔ Skinny dip.

• ✔ Ride a hot air balloon.

• Ride a hot air balloon over a mountain.

• ✔ Stand inside/under/within a waterfall.

• Go on a multi-day back-country hike.

• Hike part of the Appalachian Trail.

• ✔ See sundogs.

• ✔ Watch the sun rise over the ocean.

• ✔ Watch the sun rise over mountains.

• See the green flash.

• Watch a space shuttle launch.

See live:

• ✔ The Breeders
• ✔ The Pixies
• ✔ Sonic Youth
• ✔ Radiohead
• R.E.M.
• ✔ Violent Femmes

• Visit ōkunoshima (“Rabbit Island”) in Japan.

• ✔ Visit one of the Great Lakes.

• ✔ Go to Bonnaroo.

• Go to Worldcon.

Visit all the Canadian provinces and territories:

• ✔ Newfoundland & Labrador
• ✔ Nova Scotia
• ✔ New Brunswick
• ✔ Prince Edward Island
• ✔ Quebec
• ✔ Ontario
• ✔ Manitoba
• ✔ Saskatchewan
• ✔ Alberta
• ✔ British Columbia
• Northwest Territories
• Nunavut
• Yukon Territory

Visit all the U.S. states:

• ✔ Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• ✔ Arkansas
• ✔ California
• ✔ Colorado
• ✔ Connecticut
• Delaware
• ✔ District of Columbia
• ✔ Florida
• ✔ Georgia
• Hawaii
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• ✔ Kentucky
• ✔ Louisiana
• ✔ Maine
• ✔ Maryland
• ✔ Massachusetts
• Michigan
• ✔ Minnesota
• ✔ Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• ✔ New Hampshire
• ✔ New Jersey
• New Mexico
• ✔ New York
• ✔ North Carolina
• North Dakota
• ✔ Ohio
• Oklahoma
• ✔ Oregon
• ✔ Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• ✔ Tennessee
• ✔ Texas
• Utah
• ✔ Vermont
• ✔ Virginia
• ✔ Washington
• ✔ West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming

Set foot on each of the seven continents:

• Asia
• ✔ Africa
• Antarctica
• Australia
• ✔ Europe
• ✔ North America
• South America