tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812613322493101727.post737334922670761108..comments2010-05-29T02:47:04.396-04:00Comments on SpiritFire: Pilgrimage and Altered MindsetSteve Trombulakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11153650335335048959noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812613322493101727.post-89744376669323434812009-01-21T10:10:00.000-05:002009-01-21T10:10:00.000-05:00Thank you Andrew....Our journey to the mountain ta...Thank you Andrew....<BR/><BR/>Our journey to the mountain takes us down Rt. 22, a back-woods road that goes through many small upstate New York towns until we hit New Lebanon. While there are visual markers that tell me "I'm getting closer", it's the temporal markers that supply a feeling of progress. We just had our first staff meeting, and that always feels like a boost - the momentum has been achieved - and from now on, I mark the journey to SpiritFire via dates. When do I really "Arrive"? ... my landing always comes on Thursday night, watching the silent candlelight procession arrive from the pavilion. I get goosebumps, and know that I'm home.Akoma: Ghanaian Culture in VThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03968927942841176833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3812613322493101727.post-56310989005031216362009-01-21T10:03:00.000-05:002009-01-21T10:03:00.000-05:00I suddenly see the "portals" you refer to in so ma...I suddenly see the "portals" you refer to in so many places and faces since you've made this post, Andrew. One of the newest for me is facebook. At first this online network just seemed another way to have my precious time siphoned, but with so many familiar faces, profiles, comments and other bits of information, I feel connected with my fire family on a daily basis in a way that never existed before. I am only beginning to understand the potential of this amazing medium in which I thought only high school kids "wasted" their time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com