Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips I was just inside Georgia heading into Alabama. The name of the town was Rising Fawn, Georgia. A wonderful name. I had parked at a large church building and started walking my bicycle south through the town towards Alabama. On the far side of the road was what looked like a small […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I was walking though Trussville, Alabama – a northern suburb of Birmingham. It was a weekday afternoon, sunny, hot, and lots of vehicles on the road. Oh, if there were only a sidewalk. Well, there wasn’t a sidewalk. I was pushing my bicycle while walking on the edge of the road. It […]

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by Dwayne Phillips It was mid-morning and I was walking through Livingston, Alabama. It was the time of day  that if I sought a diner or cafe that I would drop in for coffee and something to eat like pie or cake. I didn’t see any such diners or cafes, but off to the right […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I like chile relleno; I have for years. See the Wikipedia page about chile relleno. You take a green chile of one type or another, put cheese and sometimes meat inside it, batter it, and fry the whole thing. They are great. One time in Livingston, Alabama and one time in Laurel, […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I stopped walking about 3PM every day. Every day, that is, except for two. Once near Attalla, Alabama there was a midday storm. I waited for the storm to pass and then walked in the humid, cloudy aftermath from 3 to 6 PM. The second day I walked after 3PM is the […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I walked through many small towns and many small, small towns. All these towns were one of the highlights of my walk. Many small towns are not doing well economically. I would judge their health by the percentage of empty storefronts in their old downtown areas. Far too many were half occupied. […]

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by Dwayne Phillips This is the first of my stories from taking a walk. I was barked at by countless dogs on the walk. I was chased by a few hundred of these dogs. Dogs are territorial animals. They bark and chase if you enter their territory. It was easy to tell the territories of […]

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by Dwayne Phillips It was hot today folks. 80 degrees at 6AM and 95 in the afternoon. During today’s walk, I drank four 20-ounce bottles of water, one 20-ounce bottle of Gatorade, one 20-ounce Welch’s Grape Soda (the number 2 best soft drink in the world), one 12-ounce Coke, and one cup of coffee. I […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Another 18 miles walked today. The temperature was 68 degrees in the morning with a low cloud cover. We ended with 88 degrees and mostly sunny. I am glad that I was able to start at 7AM and end before 3PM. After 3PM the heat coming off the pavement is much worse […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I awoke to the sound of thunderstorms (seems like a good title for a book or something). They were moving through the area. This delayed the start of walking today and also caused me to break the walk for an hour in mid-morning. The temperature was 65 degrees with the threatening skies […]

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