[pct-l] Trail jewelery

[dsaufley at sprynet.com (dsaufley@sprynet.com)]

I've been collecting rock mementos instinctively since I was a little girl; it's hard to explain why (other than I was a strange child -- still am).  Something about carrying a small piece of a place that meant something to me resonates deeply.  

L-Rod

-----Original Message-----
>From: Carolyn Eddy <ECPG@peoplepc.com>
>Sent: Feb 22, 2006 12:57 PM
>To: PCT List <pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net>, Randy Trick <rjtrick@myuw.net>
>Subject: Re: [pct-l] Trail jewelery
>
>I have to agree that talismans, (talismen?) are an important part of my 
>trips, more so as I get older, and since I got sick, fewer. I'm in the 
>process of getting ready to sell my house and I hope, move closer to Mt Hood 
>and keep running across these things. Photos are great, but the small pieces 
>of rock I just ran across from the top of Beartooth Pass (one for each trip) 
>speak to me in a way that a photo does not. It's a very tangible reminder 
>that I was really there and accomplished something I set out to do.My 
>grandfather started this when I was young by teaching us to collect agates, 
>and the "bringing home rocks" motif sems to have stuck. Needless to say they 
>are very small pieces of rock. :-))
>
>Carolyn Eddy
>"Sweet Goat Mama"
>www.goattracksmagazine.com
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>Carolyn Eddy
>"Sweet Goat Mama"
>www.goattracksmagazine.com 
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