Collaborative writing applied

A new experiment takes shape. I want to develop some sense of who my distant relatives are. Distant, in my case means 350, 1,500, or 3,500 miles away. None of this down the block messing around for us. So I have remote grandchildren. I've been inviting them to visit, one a year. (Remember that I don't live at the end of the earth without a reason.) The latest invitee is from the east coast of America, hasn't been to Alaska, doesn't go camping, and doesn't expect to find moose in the back yard in the morning.

Trying to pry out of a youngster a clue to what interests them is always difficult. When that youngster lives far away, doesn't send letters or email, and is one of those mysterious girl-things, about which I know nothing, it gets downright scary. So in my true geekish spirit, I put up a Writely collaborative writing board, seeded it with words about next summer's trip, and invited the young lady, her parents, and her grandparents to, well, collaborate in planning a trip.

Now if I can just keep my finger off the keyboard long enough to let someone else make a change, maybe good things will occur.

Waiting to see,
Long lost Lewy