Taking A Walk

by Dwayne Phillips It was a hot, sunny day in Northern Alabama. I was walking along in the late morning, soaked as usual with perspiration caused by the heat and humidity. There was a little house to the left. I guess it had a bedroom or two with maybe 500 square feet of living area. […]

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by Dwayne Phillips We were in Wytheville, Virginia (pronounced with-ville or as the young woman in the motel lobby said “wee-ith-vee-ill”).  Our motel was tucked in an odd corner of a street just off Route 11 and Interstate 81. Sort of around the corner next to a traffic light was this little Mexican Restaurant called […]

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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 As a subset of these stories, I will write a few short stories about great meals I had while taking a walk. It was a Sunday afternoon in Ellisville, Mississippi. I was visiting with my older brother, his wife, and daughter. After attending church services with them, we went for lunch at […]

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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 TDY (government acronym for temporary duty). It was 1980, I was 21 and just out of college. I went TDY for 78 days. That was 78 days and nights living in housing supplied by the government. Maybe three for four nights in motels, the rest in strange places on military bases and […]

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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 For all but a day or two, the walking in 2009 was done in the Central Time Zone. I had a tough time switching from Eastern time to Central time (see this post). Once switched, however, I loved the Central Time zone. Television programs that start at 8 PM Eastern time start […]

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by Dwayne Phillip I got an iPhone shortly after ending the walking in November of 2008. I have the 3G model. Lots of Internet access and such, camera, but no compass and the goodies that come in the model of 2009 (the 3GS). I had this iPhone the entire time walking in 2009. It was […]

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by Dwayne Phillips I enjoyed taking a walk for 1,100 miles or so. When asked about doing it again or doing another route, I reply that I would do it given finances and such. It was fun. There were tough times in the walk. There were periods where the weather was either too wet, too […]

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