After decades of adding to his bucket list, Gerald started erasing, thinning the herd.

Angkor Wat, Fez Music Festival, Solar de Uyuni. Not likely. Life turned Autumn.

“But you’re still alive, right?” encouraged Sara.

The question hugged Gerald, his soul matched the turning leaves.

He added Tasmania to his list.

Jimmy is a writer from Portland, Oregon. Having worked in the horticultural side of life for over 30 years, he is now working on a book about his backpacking adventures around South Asia in the early 1990’s.