by jo | Sep 16, 2014 | Everyday Stories, People I meet, Travel
I was at the post office. It was 4:40 and I needed to mail a stack of about 7 envelopes all registered mail (meaning, apparently, that I have to fill out a form for each of the already-addressed envelopes with to-from info as well as estimated value included inside,...
by jo | Sep 9, 2014 | Everyday Stories, The "New" Challenge
Last October, I had a realization that in less than a year I would be turning 25. I remembered that your pre-frontal cortex supposedly becomes fully developed by the time you are 25 years old. Meaning that it’s harder to learn new instruments, new languages, or...
by jo | Sep 9, 2014 | The "New" Challenge
Here are my 26 goals to accomplish before I turn 26 on August 7, 2015 1. Climb another 14er 2. Do a cartwheel 3. Read a Graphic Novel 4. Write/Draw a cartoon/comic series (short or ongoing) 5. Return to Büsingen, Switzerland 6. Read the Brothers Karamozov or Moby Dick...
by jo | Aug 5, 2014 | Everyday Stories
In 2 days, I will turn 25. Kind of a big birthday in my eyes. On my last birthday, I wrote a column about the discipline of celebrating what is good, even if life is hard. It was a good piece that I still think I should abide by. The thing is, I wrote about how life...