That's a really nice thought, Dave. I'm going to save it, for when I need to practice, but don't have the time/energy/physical wherewithall, so I can recognize the pure joy in just getting out to paddle, no matter what else you can't do just now. Thanks, Joan > No Flame Here - Kenneth Grahame said it best - > > "There is nothing-absolutely nothing-half so much worth doing as > simply > messing about in > boats. In or out of 'em, it doesn't matter. Nothing seems really to > matter, > that's the charm of > it. Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive > at your > destination or > whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere > at all, > you're always > busy, and you never do anything in particular; and when you've done > it > there's always > something else to do, and you can do it if you like, but you'd much > better > not." > > Dave Seng > Juneau, Alaska > *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed May 24 2000 - 19:53:15 PDT
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