Taking a walk

• Walking , Henry David Thoreau


• Reveries of the Solitary Walker , Jean-Jacques Rousseau


• Ki (Trees), Kōda Aya


• Méditations poétiques , Alphonse de Lamartine


• A Field Guide to Getting Lost , Oristelle Bonis et Rebecca Solnit


• Pilgrim at Tinker Creek , Annie Dillard


• The Gardener and His Master , Jean de La Fontaine


• A Philosophy of Walking ,

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A walk-n-talk works like this: gather 5-10 curious, kind, generous, patient, inspiring people and set a walking course through the countryside for a week, plus or minus a day or two. A week works well because it may take a day or two or three for people to open up, for the so-called “situational extroverts” to fully emerge from their shells, for... See more

12km a day is a good pace. You may think, 12km? That is nothing! But it is very much something. It allows for exploring small towns and villages along the way, for taking breaks as needed, brewing coffee in the home of a farmer who spontaneously invites you in out of the rain, tasting a few varieties of local wine at a pop-up Chinese winery, for... See more

We often associate loneliness with seniority, an image of elderly people cooped up inside. However, young adults are twice as likely to be lonely than seniors—a whopping 79 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds report feelings of loneliness.