Every year I make a list of new things to try. These New Things are a pretty predictable mix of physical challenges, weird foods, and books/movies that everyone-other-than-me is familiar with. But this year, I’m trying something different....
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New Thing: Read East of Eden
I always thought that I hated Steinbeck. His books seemed to be a never-ending parade of men and farms and depression and desperation. I remember dragging myself through Grapes of Wrath in 11th grade English, staring into the middle distance with...
New Thing: Watch ‘The Sandlot’
Each year I make a list of new things I want to try; it’s part of how I live my life on purpose. Some of these new things are exciting, many are terribly mundane. Apparently, I spent most of my childhood living under a rock. It was a PBS,...
New Thing: Experience Energy Healing
Let me preface this post by telling you, for like the ninth time, that I’m not a particularly woo-woo human. I do not own crystals. I do not set intentions. If I burn incense it’s because we waited too long to take out the compost. I have a pretty...
Help me think of new things to try!
If you've been reading Yes & Yes for long, you've probably noticed the frequently changing, occasionally updated list over in the sidebar. Each year around my birthday, I make a list of new things I want to try and then (with varying degrees of...
New Thing: Read Catch-22
Each year I make a list of new things I want to try; it's part of how I live my life on purpose. Some of these new things are exciting, many are terribly mundane. “Oh, yes. I remember reading Catch-22,” my dad says between bites of baked...
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