Mine is fairly obvious. Gitchigumee is the Ojibwa, or Chippewa, word for Lake Superior, final resting place for the crew of the Edmund Fitzgerald. Also, it's a place I visit every year or two and enjoy its beauty. I had the privilege of kayaking on Gitchigumee this past summer, for the first time, and it was incredible.
As for my sign-off, it's simply one of the most beautifully written pieces of literature ever, and now that you mention it, it goes well with my Native American "handle."
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"There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run. When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun. Long before the white man, and long before the wheel. When the green dark forest was too silent to be real."
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