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In Praise of Walking
Estimated reading time: 1 minute, 34 seconds
I woke up this morning with renewed enthusiasm for my top-of-the-day walk.
Last night, I read the first third of In Praise of Walking by neuroscientist Shane O’Mara.
Mike, Elyssa, and my two grandsons, Nick and Wes, had given me for my birthday. Their visit on Sunday was filled with joy and happiness.
The visit occurred two years after Mike and Elyssa came to Cranford to help Jan. I had just thought about that coincidence after they left.
In Praise of Walking is described as a hymn to walking, the mechanical magic at the core of our humanity; the book combines two of my interests, walking and reading.
Enthused by the book, I began my walk by climbing the stairs to the train platform to prepare for the Big Climb.
Standing on track one, the westbound train approached. As it passed me, the sun shone and filled the middle of the train tracks.
The rays of bright light reminded me to stay the course, live fully, and bring Jan with me.
As I exited the station, the eastbound train, filled with commuters, roared into the Ctanford station.
My mind focused on memories of the cross-country train journey that Jan and I took in 1978. If only we could make the trip again.
I could feel tears welling up inside my eye sockets, but I held them back as I remembered that Jan was with me now and forever!
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These Feet Were Made for Walking
On Friday, the temperature for my morning walk was 55 degrees Fahrenheit.
Today was the polar opposite.
The reading on my Weather app was 5 Fahrenheit (-15 Celsius). With the wind, it felt like -13 Fahrenheit (-25 Celsius).
Yesterday, I walked 7.26 miles. Today I could only go 4.34 miles as nature, exacerbated by the cold, made an urgent call.
