From my handwritten journal (written in green ink, no less) on July 17, 2000

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I’ve been thinking about what I really want (Though, as I’ve said to John, I am destined to follow on his coattails rather than forging my own destiny):

• live in the Isle of Man for a period of time; a season, a year, a few years
• write sometime important
• study yoga, nutrition and natural healing
• grow a huge, beautiful flower garden
• return to school and study literature, women’s studies, and literary history (made that last one up, but surely it exists somewhere)
• take more trips (holidays) and just wander and meditate in beautiful places
• try to do things in old fashioned ways i.e. spin wool, weave, quilt, sew, do needlepoint etc
• get a housekeeper
• have a “library:” a room in the home totally devoted to the love of and perusal of books

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How strange it is to think that I’ve tried my hand at all of those now–except for the Isle of Man part, but I suspect that living in Belgium is close enough  🙂