- Karle Wilson
"I like to walk about amidst the beautiful things that adorn the world."
- George Santayana
How to Live a Good Life: Advice From Wise Persons
"I was never less alone than when by myself."
- Edward Gibbon
"The walking stick serves the purpose of an advertisement that the bearer's hands are employed otherwise that in useful effort, and it therefore has utility as an evidence of leisure."
- Thorstein Veblen, Theory of the Leisure Class
Walking - Quotations, Sayings, Poems, Lore
Solitude - Quotations
Traveling, Camping and Hiking in Oregon
Pleasure, Satisfaction, Desire - Quotations
Nearly every Saturday morning, from 1998-2017, I walked four miles along a quiet paved country lane - Kilkenny Lane. This was in a rural area about 8 miles south of Red Bluff, CA. The photograph below, taken by Karen, was on a nice Spring day.
"I was never less alone than when by myself."
- Edward Gibbon
"The walking stick serves the purpose of an advertisement that the bearer's hands are employed otherwise that in useful effort, and it therefore has utility as an evidence of leisure."
- Thorstein Veblen, Theory of the Leisure Class
"... the brisk exercise imparts
elasticity to the muscles, fresh and healthy blood circulates through the brain,
the mind works well, the eye is clear, the step is firm, and the day's exertion
always make the evening's repose thoroughly enjoyable."
- Dr. David Livingstone
Currently, I am reading the books on pragmatism, Washington State, erotica, and the history of modern philosophy.
- Dr. David Livingstone
Currently, I am reading the books on pragmatism, Washington State, erotica, and the history of modern philosophy.
On Desire: Why We Want What We Want
By William B. Irvine. Oxford University Press, 2006. 322 pages.
By William B. Irvine. Oxford University Press, 2006. 322 pages. Walking - Quotations, Sayings, Poems, Lore
Solitude - Quotations
Traveling, Camping and Hiking in Oregon
Pleasure, Satisfaction, Desire - Quotations
Nearly every Saturday morning, from 1998-2017, I walked four miles along a quiet paved country lane - Kilkenny Lane. This was in a rural area about 8 miles south of Red Bluff, CA. The photograph below, taken by Karen, was on a nice Spring day.
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