Hi Jean, "Move and be moved" a favorite quote from my long time (24 years) yoga teacher. I walk at least 2 miles a day in the rolling blocks of Maxwell Park and I write a lot about it each day on One Typed Page. Concentrate on what you CAN do each day. I use Leki trekking sticks when I walk. This helps with balance. Sometimes I just take one trekking stick. Now it has become a defensive weapon in case I get into trouble, 1) Scream like hell 2) run 3) use the trekking stick like a machete if #2 is not possible. I do not wear jewelry, or carry a fanny pack. Only a scarf with a secret zip that has copies of my ID and health info. I shouldn't have to reassure my husband and son what steps I have to take to protect myself. But that is how it is. Probably a dinner conversation that priviledged whites don't have to think of having. Today, in Oakland, a man had to fend off 4 attackers who were in the middle of robbing his elderly parents (Vietnamese) coming home from shopping - he came at them with a machete -- and they ran off. All on apartment video. Another day. Walk. "Move and be moved."
Thanks for your response, Catie. Great to know about others using trekking poles; I understand that in Scandinavian countries everyone uses them, but here not so much. In any case, I like to think that they serve more than one purpose. ;-) I wish I had posted some of your walking notes in this issue. Maybe the next? I just found this interesting website on "walking art / walking aesthetics": https://walkingart.interartive.org/ I always encounter great stuff about my topic AFTER I post the newsletter and send it out! :-0
Hi Jean, "Move and be moved" a favorite quote from my long time (24 years) yoga teacher. I walk at least 2 miles a day in the rolling blocks of Maxwell Park and I write a lot about it each day on One Typed Page. Concentrate on what you CAN do each day. I use Leki trekking sticks when I walk. This helps with balance. Sometimes I just take one trekking stick. Now it has become a defensive weapon in case I get into trouble, 1) Scream like hell 2) run 3) use the trekking stick like a machete if #2 is not possible. I do not wear jewelry, or carry a fanny pack. Only a scarf with a secret zip that has copies of my ID and health info. I shouldn't have to reassure my husband and son what steps I have to take to protect myself. But that is how it is. Probably a dinner conversation that priviledged whites don't have to think of having. Today, in Oakland, a man had to fend off 4 attackers who were in the middle of robbing his elderly parents (Vietnamese) coming home from shopping - he came at them with a machete -- and they ran off. All on apartment video. Another day. Walk. "Move and be moved."
Thanks for your response, Catie. Great to know about others using trekking poles; I understand that in Scandinavian countries everyone uses them, but here not so much. In any case, I like to think that they serve more than one purpose. ;-) I wish I had posted some of your walking notes in this issue. Maybe the next? I just found this interesting website on "walking art / walking aesthetics": https://walkingart.interartive.org/ I always encounter great stuff about my topic AFTER I post the newsletter and send it out! :-0