Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips While looking at different things I used while taking a walk, I found a little file on the desktop of my computer called “Checklist.txt.” I created this early in the walk and used it often to help myself remember to do things each evening. I was, after all, a bit tired each […]

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by Dwayne Phillips While I was taking a walk, I was what I’ll call “semi-employed.” During 2008, I was employed by the government. During 2009, I was employed by a corporation. Well, sort of employed. The situation was very different in the two years, but equally complex. I won’t go into the details (boring), but […]

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by Dwayne Phillips That is a good question. I don’t have an answer. While taking a walk, I would refer to places as towns and cities. Some of the towns and their populations are: Boligee, Alabama 345 Eutaw, Alabama 1,800 Calhoun, Tennessee 400 Sweetwater, Tennessee 5,500 New Market, Virginia 550 I found these numbers on […]

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by Dwayne Phillips “Relax, breathe, calm yourself,” is what I thought over and over. On the road, especially when alone, I wanted to go faster. “If I could only walk four miles an hour, I could…” I don’t remember how many times I ran this calculation while walking. I never found a good answer to […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I used a Visa card extensively while taking a walk. My wife didn’t like this. “How can you use a credit card when you are buying something that cost two dollars?” was her usual disdainful question. I understood her dislike for this, but I still used the Visa card. Every day I […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Things go wrong out on the road while taking a walk. Here are a few of the things that happened to me. Get bit by something – This occurred near Harrisonburg, Virginia. My lower leg turned red and swelled. Pain shot from my foot up to my hip on every step for […]

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by Dwayne Phillips One of the the rare questions people asked me was: What did you learn about yourself? I had to think about that one for a while. Here are a few things I learned and re-learned about myself. So, I learned: Why I became an engineer – I am fascinated how things are […]

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by Dwayne Phillips One of the common questions people ask is: What is the most interesting thing you saw? First, I am one of those people who are thrown by extreme questions such as what is “the most” or “the least” and such. I freeze physically while I start ranking things in my mind trying […]

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by Dwayne Phillips One of the more common questions people asked me was, “while you were passing through such-and-such town, did you eat at such-and-such’s restaurant?” About 90% of the time, my answer was, “no.” I had a lot of great meals while taking a walk. Alas, there is only so much food a person […]

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by Dwayne Phillips The vast majority of motels in America today  have free breakfast. If you don’t believe me, just check the ads or look on the Internet. Some of the motels have real breakfast: see, for example, Holiday Inn Express. Most of the rest have bread, bread with sugar on it (in various guises), […]

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