I sent this out on the

Learning

by Randal Matheny

I'm not afraid of storms that wail and whip,
For I am learning how to sail my ship.

-- Randal in Brazil (randal@onebox.com), February 14, 2002

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Louisa May Alcott wrote it first:

"I'm not afraid of storms, for I'm learning how to sail my ship."

-- anon (noone@nowhere.com), February 14, 2002.

Yes, indeed. I quoted her in my introductory paragraph, but due to an html error of mine, it got bleeped out. I requested our honorable forum moderator to fix it, but her time has greater priorities, I'm sure, than correcting blurbs like this.

Thanks for chiming in with the quote.

-- Randal in Brazil (randal@onebox.com), February 15, 2002.