Fw: [at-l] My Trail Name

[rambleon@email.unc.edu (Jeremy Reiter)]

Patty (Four Winds) wrote:
> An accident occurred today - someone thought my screen name meant something
> other than what it did.
> 
> He called me "Four Winds." 
> 
> But I liked it - so I researched the name.  I liked it even more.  
> 
> "Follow your own footsteps. Learn from the rivers, the trees and the rocks.
> Honor yourself, and all of creation." 
> 
> Four Winds
> Ga > Me  00

Here's some more for you.... these are the lyrics from Franklin's Tower, by the
Grateful Dead. The lyrics were written by the unequaled wordsmith Robert
Hunter, lyricist for the Grateful Dead. Much is fitting for a thru, and the "If
you plant ice..." is one of my favorite lines. 

FRANKLIN'S TOWER
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In another time's forgotten space
your eyes looked through your mother's face
Wildflower seed on the sand and stone
may the four winds blow you safely home 

Roll away ... the dew
Roll away... the dew
Roll away... the dew
Roll away... the dew

You ask me where the four winds dwell
In Franklin's tower there hangs a bell
It can ring, turn night to day
Ring like fire when you lose your way

Roll away... the dew . . .

God help the child who rings that bell
It may have one good ring left, you can't tell
One watch by night, one watch by day
If you get confused just listen to the music play

Roll away... the dew . . .

Some come to laugh their past away
Some come to make it just one more day
Whichever way your pleasure tends
if you plant ice you're gonna harvest wind

Roll away... the dew . . .

In Franklin's Tower the four winds sleep
Like four lean hounds the lighthouse keep
Wildflower seed in the sand and wind
May the four winds blow you home again

Roll away... the dew
Roll away... the dew
Roll away... the dew
Roll away... the dew
You better roll away the dew

Walk with music,

-Rambleon-

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