Comments on: Treasure Hunt clue #1 – Start with Wandering http://whatareyougivingaway.com/2009/09/treasure-hunt-clue-1-start-with-wandering/ Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:07:36 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Shawna R. B. Atteberry http://whatareyougivingaway.com/2009/09/treasure-hunt-clue-1-start-with-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-254 Shawna R. B. Atteberry Thu, 24 Sep 2009 19:33:42 +0000 http://whatareyougivingaway.com/?p=419#comment-254 I found the perfect place to wander. Admission is free at The Field Museum today, and I am off to wander about. I found the perfect place to wander. Admission is free at The Field Museum today, and I am off to wander about.

]]> By: Shawna R. B. Atteberry http://whatareyougivingaway.com/2009/09/treasure-hunt-clue-1-start-with-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-252 Shawna R. B. Atteberry Thu, 24 Sep 2009 16:03:46 +0000 http://whatareyougivingaway.com/?p=419#comment-252 I live in Chicago! If you have time to get together my number is 312.933.3599. I love to wander too; now I just have to decided where I want to wander. I live in Chicago! If you have time to get together my number is 312.933.3599.

I love to wander too; now I just have to decided where I want to wander.

]]> By: Jo-Anne http://whatareyougivingaway.com/2009/09/treasure-hunt-clue-1-start-with-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-250 Jo-Anne Thu, 24 Sep 2009 15:24:39 +0000 http://whatareyougivingaway.com/?p=419#comment-250 What a great little mental wander, Heather! Thank you. One of my favourite wanders was about 20 years ago during a 2-hour layover in Washington, DC, where I'd never been and knew no-one. I stashed my luggage in a locker, got on an airport shuttle and disembarked at a hotel when I caught sight of the Pentagon. I rambled, checking out the people, the beautifully-maintained streets and gardens, the Smithsonian Institution, then asked some construction workers for directions back to the airport. Entered the airport on the run and barely got through security with my luggage in enough time to board the aircraft before it took off. It remains one of my favourite adventures (and the only time I've been to D.C.). Your reminder "You don't have to be good, you just have to try" is going up in bold marker on my calendar for everyone in my family to see. It was what I needed to hear today. You know, in a documentary I recently saw on J.K. Rowling, the author was asked how she described herself. Without hesitation, she replied, "I'm a trier." I hereby dedicate today to trying things I might fail at. What a great little mental wander, Heather! Thank you.

One of my favourite wanders was about 20 years ago during a 2-hour layover in Washington, DC, where I’d never been and knew no-one. I stashed my luggage in a locker, got on an airport shuttle and disembarked at a hotel when I caught sight of the Pentagon. I rambled, checking out the people, the beautifully-maintained streets and gardens, the Smithsonian Institution, then asked some construction workers for directions back to the airport. Entered the airport on the run and barely got through security with my luggage in enough time to board the aircraft before it took off. It remains one of my favourite adventures (and the only time I’ve been to D.C.).

Your reminder “You don’t have to be good, you just have to try” is going up in bold marker on my calendar for everyone in my family to see. It was what I needed to hear today. You know, in a documentary I recently saw on J.K. Rowling, the author was asked how she described herself. Without hesitation, she replied, “I’m a trier.”

I hereby dedicate today to trying things I might fail at.

]]> By: Sherry http://whatareyougivingaway.com/2009/09/treasure-hunt-clue-1-start-with-wandering/comment-page-1/#comment-248 Sherry Thu, 24 Sep 2009 13:36:50 +0000 http://whatareyougivingaway.com/?p=419#comment-248 You are really taking the roads traveled in the coming week...many forms of transportation on your wandering journey! This really made me smile...thinking back to being a child and wandering home, changing my route and imagining that I was traveling to a different place, that I was transported. I was only on a street around the corner, but in my mind I was far away. My mother always told me I was filled with wanderlust...I think she was right! Safe travels! You are really taking the roads traveled in the coming week…many forms of transportation on your wandering journey!

This really made me smile…thinking back to being a child and wandering home, changing my route and imagining that I was traveling to a different place, that I was transported. I was only on a street around the corner, but in my mind I was far away.

My mother always told me I was filled with wanderlust…I think she was right!

Safe travels!

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