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Wednesday, December 12, 2007 - Foscue Creek Park, Demopolis AL

 In the woods, Foscue Creek Park, Demopolis AL, December 13, 2007
In the woods, Foscue Creek Park, Demopolis AL, December 13, 2007

No boat traffic, except for a fisherman, casting for catfish I guess, and a muskrat resting on the opposite point (where the great blue heron was yesterday morning). No fog either. Today is shaping up to a sunny day in the seventies. We like it. Later I might take a walk along the trails down at the lower pool below the lock. Gotta go, my oatmeal is ready.

Night camp

Site 42 - Foscue Creek Campground, Demopolis AL

Ask What Surprised Them

I was afraid of flying for a long time and could only travel vicariously. When friends came back from faraway places, it wasn't just out of politeness that I asked what they saw. I really wanted to know. And I found the best way to get information out of them was to ask what surprised them. How was the place different from what they expected? This is an extremely useful question. You can ask it of the most unobservant people, and it will extract information they didn't even know they were recording.

The Age of the Essay, Paul Graham, September 2004

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