Re: [at-l] Pat's sample journal

[Pat Villeneuve <patv@falcon.cc.ukans.edu>]

Yeah, in general I agree. That entry was longer than usual--3 1/2 
pages--because the day was pretty interesting to me and also because I 
had a shorter day the next day that allowed me the time to flesh it out. 
Some of my entries are rather cryptic. That said, I do like to write, 
and my head tends to compose as I walk, whether I want it to or not. 
(Actually, it beats the hell out of 354 renditions of "I've Got Spurs 
That Jingle, Jangle, Jingle"...) 

Sean, my hiking partner for that section, actually was a writer. He 
carried a palmtop, a couple of paper notebooks, and beaucoup batteries 
for his head lamp. Made my writing quantity look meager. Don't care. We 
all have different ways to fill our time on the trail and to remember 
our time there.

Give Me Chocolate

Felix wrote:
> 
> That may all be fine and dandy, BUT...Where does the time and energy come
> from (to prepositionally end a sentence.) All of the things written in
> the entry would be the things you would want to write (theoretically),
> but every day won't have things worth writing. Every day won't end with
> you feeling like sitting in the corner of a cold, wet shelter writing
> about how badly a day went. I'm glad that I didn't write anymore than I
> did, to be honest. I remember one night Groovin' Moose and I were in a
> shelter and he wrote 3 pages in his journal. I said "Man, that much stuff
> didn't happen today." Actually, thinking back on it now, I spent most of
> my time messing with the minds of my sheltermates. What fun. My .03
> (inflation, ya know...)
> 
> --
> Felix J. McGillicuddy
> ME-->GA '98
> "Your Move"
> 
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