Last night, as I worked on the computer … at home … in my off hours … I hit the wall. “This isn’t enough,” I said. The dogs perked up their ears. Charlie, too. “I’d like for us to get out, explore, do things in the community instead of being always working on a project or the computer, or reading a book (not that reading is bad, mind you). Let’s go DO something.”

Grateful for hitting the wall, which spurred us into action. In the space of 20 minutes, we had a list of “things to do” and “places to go” that will carry us nearly to 2015.