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Lee Slonimsky Walks Woodstock To Write Poems

(When Lee Slonimsky told me that commutes from his home across the Hudson River to Woodstock simply to walk our roads and write poems, I wanted to know more. He has written a guest blog. He recently published a thriller … Continue reading

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From “Walking” by Henry David Thoreau

I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that is, of taking walks,—who had a genius, so to speak, for sauntering: which word is beautifully derived from … Continue reading

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From “Footpaths” by John Burroughs

It is not walking merely, it is keeping yourself in tune for a walk, in a spiritual and bodily condition in which you can find entertainment and exhilaration in so simple and natural a pastime. You are eligible to any … Continue reading

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The Philosophy of Walking, by John Cowper Powys

(Have you heard of John Cowper Powys? Neither had I, until Michael Perkins treated me to A Philosophy of Solitude published by Powys in 1933. It scintillates with arguments against group thinking. Here’s a passage about walking, sex, and the … Continue reading

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“Walking” By Edward Abbey

(From The Journey Home.) Whenever possible I avoid the practice myself. If God had meant us to walk, he would have kept us down on all fours, with well-padded paws. He would have constructed our planet on the model of … Continue reading

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