
These are a few things that I must achieve in order to remain happy and satisfied. It’s not so many really, as I probably have over 50 years left to do so:
Write something that more than 100 people read
Perfect a chilli jam recipe
Walk to the Temple of the Winds with my baby in my arms
Make a patchwork quilt
Keep chickens
Write a book that I’m happy with
Walk to the Monastery in Petra again
Have my own library
Learn to drive and immediately take off on an ill-advised road trip
Go to a jazz bar in Paris and dance all night
Plant a kitchen garden
Get married in the Divinity School at the Bodleian Library
See the Aurora Borealis
Own a house with a porch and hang a wooden swinging seat
Visit all the oldest libraries in Europe
Get paid to do something I love
Go to Easter Island
Have a kitten
Own a Mulberry Roxanne
Hear the Muezzin in Istanbul again
Am I right? Tell me!