Re: Fw: [at-l] My Trail Name

[tmcginnis@ucclan.state.in.us (Thomas McGinnis)]

     Well, my day just started LOTS better!
     BTW, we don't play the Dead all that often in our house, but it seems 
     we play enough...Whenever I put them on, our kids, from BEFORE the 
     time that they could walk, would/will proceed directly into the front 
     room to "dance."
     "When in Doubt, Twirl."      <----Hey, That'd make a great trail name.


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Subject: Fw: [at-l] My Trail Name
Author:  rambleon@email.unc.edu (Jeremy Reiter) at ima
Date:    10/15/98 5:10 PM


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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