Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips An essential piece of equipment for walking is the bandanna (can be spelled either bandana or bandanna). I prefer the dark blue classic look. The only other acceptable color is red. Everything else is, well something else. Among the uses for the bandanna while walking: Wrap around your digital camera so it […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I stopped into a roadside gas station and food mart today. I saw an RC Cola, and that meant one thing: I was in one of the finer establishments in the country. A little more looking and there it was – Peach Nehi. You see, Peach Nehi is the best soft drink […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I post this from Chattanooga, TN. I have driven here today. This is where we halted last year on November 4th (the day our grandson was born). Weather willing, I start walking again tomorrow.

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by Dwayne Phillips I just received approval for a Leave of Absence from my job. I will be walking again. The plan is to start on Tuesday September 22nd. This is great news.

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I may be out on the road walking again soon. My boss has arranged for me to be off work six to eight weeks without pay (that doesn’t sound like good news during a recession, does it?). I don’t know when this will start – maybe in September, maybe in October. I’ll miss my grandson […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Rivers and hills go together. I guess I knew this at some point in my life, but walking impresses the lesson. It really is pretty simple and is based on the simple fact of physics and fluid dynamics that, water flows downhill Rivers are at the bottom of a set of hills. […]

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by Dwayne Phillips If you are using the RSS feed to this blog or something that points you to it when something changes, you have noticed something: Lots of changes to the blog entries. I belong to a small writers group. This week I was challenged to do something related to writing that I had […]

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by Dwayne Phillips We paused our walk on November 4th with the birth of our grandson. That was almost a month ago. I miss the walking – a lot. I am trying to find a way to be back on the road. What is holding me is the mundane task of finding a job. I […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I sing to cows while walking. Now and then I pull out my little iPod and listen to music. I tend to sing along sometimes. There is no one to listen but the cows in the pastures. This is one of the things that make this walking so much fun.

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by Dwayne Phillips Most of this walk passes through rural areas. That is perhaps why I am enjoying it so much. As such, we walk by many grazing cows. The cows are quite entertaining. They are accustomed to all manner of motor vehicles. Tractor trailers, tractors, pickups, motorcycles (really loud motorcycles – are there any […]

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