[pct-l] Wandering Star

[marmot marmot]

Every time the sun comes out after many days of rain I start to sing--badly loudly --"We all come from the Goddess". It's an old chant. I'm not religious    I just like the rhythm and joy of it. Marmot

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> On Jan 2, 2014, at 10:36 PM, "Paint Your Wagon" <n801yz at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Paint Your Wagon: I love your movie namesake--I sing "Wandering Star" a lot on the trail. 
> Love cranky old Lee Marvin. I have always wanted to put together a trail song book--
> Wandering Star would definitely be in it. That and "Blue Shadows on the Trail" from The Three Amigos.--Fireweed
> 
> Fireweed, 
> 
> You are very kind. Thank you. 
> After learning that the trail names Grasshopper and Mongoose were both taken, 
> I reduced my trail name choices down to Paint Your Wagon and A Man Named Horse. 
> Based on two rather audacious film’s titles: One full of mischief and fun, 
> the other about human endurance and the ability to tolerate or more aptly put, 
> master pain and self.  I liked then both, but when combined; Paint Your Man Named Horse was just a but much,
> so I picked the one that seemed to best convey the kind of philosophy that I wanted to experience and express, 
> while both on and off the trail. In addition, long distance hiking revealed (more clearly that) the more time I spent on the trail, 
> the more I mastered endurance and pain, as best a human being can, and the more I learned to tolerate myself.
> It’s been a smashing success.
> 
> At your service,
> PaintYW
> 
> PS I shall have to follow up in the morrow, and treat myself to Blue Shadows on the Trail.
> For now, goodnight. 
> 
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