A year of adventures

 Just one bingo, but I'll take it! What did I add?  Non-fiction book: The In-Between. Reading it for book group - it was a very fast read. When I initially added this item to my bingo options, I was thinking of reading The Ball is Round - a Global History of Soccer; then I realized it was 900+ pages and my enthusiasm cooled.  PBS show or series: Magpie Murders - which was quite fun! I'd it recommended a few times, and had a few other positive reviews of the author's novels, so I'm glad I finally tried it out. I'll keep an eye out for more of his (Anthony Horowitz) books.  Movie in theater: Let's Get Lost - an arty documentary about Chet Baker, from 1988. It was beautiful, and left me with a million questions, and seeing it in a sold-out theater was fun. Pro tip: apparently heroin messes a person up. Definitely plan to avoid that.  Zoom call with a friend: I'm part of a small group of 7 who get together when we can; 4 of us were in-person and one joined onsc...

 So far, so good, and I see a couple possible bingos forming.  Culture I went to a new-to-me museum: The Oregon Historical Society . I'm certain I've been there before, but I don't remember it, or spending any time with the exhibits, so I'm counting it as new. I learned it's free to people in my county, and it was a very enjoyable way to spend some time!  No place on this card, but related: I also went to a historical architecture presentation at a different museum, and it was so good I've now become a member. I'd been there before so it didn't qualify for a bingo square. Live music: I went to see The Sextones at the Jack London Revue. I saw them one other time - they're kind of retro R&B (their wikipedia page says soul & funk - sure) and are a lot of fun.  I have a ticket to see a documentary on Friday about Chet Baker at my favorite non-profit indie theater, The Hollywood Theatre  - so unless something happens, I can check this off soon.  ...

I haven't made resolutions the last few years, but I wanted a way to be mindful and stay engaged with doing new/meaningful things this coming year. Someone mentioned they'd heard about people making bingo cards and that really took off for me. I did some brainstorming and brought my idea to fb, and in the end I generated a series of cards:  My intent is to go for one bingo (5 cells in a row, any direction) per month, but hey, maybe I'll get motivated to do more!  A couple people asked how to do this so I figured it's better to write it up where I can find & share it!  Here's how I made the cards.  Made a list of activities that I might want to do or be reminded/prompted to do. Grouped them into five categories Dug around til I found a site that would let me generate free bingo cards and would respect the category concept (rather than fully randomizing my items across the whole card). Do you want to play? Here are my categories/activities; feel free to change the...