I guess I’m getting a little sentimental, because I have a landmark birthday coming up, and it’s surprising me how impacted I am by it, but I’ve been thinking a lot about the future (as well as the past). For a writer, to look to the future means to evaluate where you are now and what you would like to be when you grow up. I guess I’m not grown up yet, because I’m still looking at a very long list of wishes and dreams and hopes and goals. I wonder sometimes what would happen if I finish this list. That’s a scary thought. During the last two years, I…