Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips People ask me the title question. This is short for Have you done any more walking? Similar question I am asked are Are you still walking? When you going walking again? The answer is always the same, No (with a smile) Walking from Reston, Virginia down to Louisiana was fun – a […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Walking a thousand miles down a U.S. highway is a fairly unique endeavor. You learn to do some unique things very well. In other words, you become very good at things that no one else values. One such thing area of expertise that I acquired was judging a quarter mile. I can […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Perhaps this is the first installment of several on this topic. We shall see: Most horns honking at me: Alabama Most people per day stopping and asking me if I wanted a ride: Mississippi Most southern accent: Alabama Most non-American sounding accent: South Louisiana Most buildings built in the 1700s: Virginia Most […]

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by Dwayne Phillips That sounds like a good sci fi title, but this is reality. Georgia, all of it, is in the eastern time zone. I am in the far, far northwest corner of Georgia (Trenton, GA). The sun comes up here at 7:15AM. In all time zones at this time of year the sun […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I am seeing this sign more often the past week in southwestern Virginia and northeastern Tennessee. Mostly at car dealerships – used car dealerships. These businesses make their money on financing. There is no telling what kind of interest rates they charge and what they find for collateral. My guess is they […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I have seen fire hydrants on several stretches of road. I am all for fire hydrants, fire safety, lower home owners insurance rates, and so on. I am also puzzled by a fire hydrant every quarter mile for miles on end out in the country. Sometimes there are eight hydrants per mile. […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I am walking in a south westerly direction each day. I don’t walk north and I don’t walk east.  The sun hits my in the back and on my left side in the morning. The sun gradually moves around to hit my face and right side in the afternoons. Maybe someone who […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Note: I’m visiting the dentist later this morning. I believe he is going to do some major work. Ouch! So, here is another odd essay about taking a walk. The late Charles Kuralt did his “On the Road” pieces for CBS News for 20+ years. I loved those as a kid. One […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Note: We are back home this weekend. I went to the dentist on Monday and will go back again on Tuesday. Now we hope to be walking again on Wednesday the 24th. While not walking, I will fill my days with a few essays on topics that come to me while walking. […]

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by Dwayne Phillips Two more notes for September 17th. The best sign I have seen on a front porch was from some town yesterday (cannot remember which). In 1897 nothing happened here We spent the night in a motel in New Market, Virginia. We are in our late 40s. I think we are 30 years […]

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