How good is that name! You are marvelous. I had to go searching for a native speaker saying it aloud in Amharic. No luck yet. Never caught word of it before. Lucy, born at dawn, goes so well with it. You, born at dawn, are marvelous. So much wonder in the bones of our Before. I love how reading your post makes me wanna walk long. Thanks.
Loved, loved, loved the voice over on this. I found myself tearing up at your heart warming sign-off!
I spend a lot of time in a discord server with my friends over in the UK and we come back to the idea of right-to-wander often. As a Floridian, my brain can't comprehend feeling safe whilst potentially on another's property; yards are littered with the little yellow snake flag warning of 'treading'. Capitalism has privatized so much of something that isn't even ours, we are but a moment on our Mother Earth's timeline. We all belong, and I so wish our communities were built to emphasize that. Thank you for writing this, it was was wonderful-- what an adventure with friends!!!
Such a lovely gift to myself to read (and listen) to your thoughtful and well-crafted words on this stormy day.
As to “connections and relationships,” the following excerpt from your composition caught my eye:
“The weight of scientific evidence points to the reality that we evolved to be interdependent, and to care for one another—a reality innate to our development, not an offshoot of it. The more recent proposition that humans evolved to be individualistic and competitive is contradicted by millions of years of hominin history.”
Because any value and/or presumption we clamp onto about ourselves and the world is metastatic by nature—such as humans are uniquely brought into being by the creator of the universe so as to be superior to, and masters of, all that we see; such that all that we see exists merely as commodity for our happiness, ambitions, and designs; such that to own and make profitable, by any means whatsoever, any portion of non-human nature, is self-evidently an entitlement bestowed upon us by the Lord and Creator of all—then perhaps that “No Trespassing” sign has migrated from the fence post to then hang around our own hearts and minds. Then, instead of “just walking each other home,” we are, each of us, spending our lives building fences, hanging signs, otherizing, and blazing our own lonely trails.
Thank you for sharing with us, Antonia. It sounds like you had a wonderful time connecting and experiencing.
I am so happy you were able to slow down and catch up with old and new friends Nia. Walking with friends is probably the fondest of times one can look back upon. I used to do a lot of walking with friends in cantonment areas of the hill city where I did my graduation, can’t remember I was ever happier than that in my life so far. True meaning and connection reveals the nature of human existence which is belonging and love. As spiritual guru Ram Dass said, ‘We are all just walking each other home’.
Nia i love reading your writing, your thoughts, and the beauty you find around you so much. How wonderful to think of Lucy and deep time and walking, to delight in companionship even through pain on long walks, to believe and witness others who also love this world in a similar way. I always end up feeling so much lighter after reading your essays. 💜 🧚🏻
I love this piece for so many reasons, but one is that it helped me to recall and smile again over a recent walk my daughter (who is 16) and I took all over our current home of Omaha, NE. She wanted to visit a local cathedral because she likes the architecture and the quiet; so do I. We set off on a warm, sunny weekend day. We walked to the cathedral, then a coffee shop, then a grocery, then home. Once we got going, it seemed there wasn't a place we couldn't visit, and we saw the city in such an intimate way. Thank you Antonia!
Reading this is so healing for me. In evangelical world Lucy was made fun of as a fraud and proof that we couldn’t trust science/media. I’m looking to reclaim some wonder and a sense of time by re-thinking about ancient ancestors!
Fantastic as always, and beautiful. Pretty amazing about Lucy, and how long ago she was walking. Yes, I do think we evolved to help and take care of others. I recently read something - wish I could remember where - about disasters and how people help each other vs trying to only protect themselves (maybe have been about terrible storms somewhere in South America and communities being devastated). Yes, time is short (for us) and we are marvelous, and I owe ya an email 😉😀. Take care, hope the knee has recovered!
It was lovely meeting you and walking with you, Nia! Even in pain. I broke my tibia when I was 7 years old, and it over grew, and despite corrective lifts, long walks often give me pain. The thoughts of Lucy make me feel less injured. I will read First Steps. Thank you for your kind words about my writing. I've picked up a copy of A Walking Life, and I look forward to reading it.
Our Wednesday men's hiking group, the Sons of the Beach, or SOBs for short, did our first off-island Cascade foothills hike of the year this past week, Wallace Falls in the Skykomish Valley. Of course the ferny ride, the car pool, and the apres-hike refreshments and conversation are as important as the exercise.
I'm sure you and I will have a walking conversation one day. Until then, if you need another beta reader for that water chapter, I might know someone.
It's always a good day for a walk, Antonia, and always a good day to read your reminders of that truth. Thanks for this. If you're ever in midcoast Maine, you've got an open invitation for a stroll. We were just out today walking the ice of a beaver pond/bog. So much life to see.
The sky is my favorite art show. Always new
How good is that name! You are marvelous. I had to go searching for a native speaker saying it aloud in Amharic. No luck yet. Never caught word of it before. Lucy, born at dawn, goes so well with it. You, born at dawn, are marvelous. So much wonder in the bones of our Before. I love how reading your post makes me wanna walk long. Thanks.
Loved, loved, loved the voice over on this. I found myself tearing up at your heart warming sign-off!
I spend a lot of time in a discord server with my friends over in the UK and we come back to the idea of right-to-wander often. As a Floridian, my brain can't comprehend feeling safe whilst potentially on another's property; yards are littered with the little yellow snake flag warning of 'treading'. Capitalism has privatized so much of something that isn't even ours, we are but a moment on our Mother Earth's timeline. We all belong, and I so wish our communities were built to emphasize that. Thank you for writing this, it was was wonderful-- what an adventure with friends!!!
Such a lovely gift to myself to read (and listen) to your thoughtful and well-crafted words on this stormy day.
As to “connections and relationships,” the following excerpt from your composition caught my eye:
“The weight of scientific evidence points to the reality that we evolved to be interdependent, and to care for one another—a reality innate to our development, not an offshoot of it. The more recent proposition that humans evolved to be individualistic and competitive is contradicted by millions of years of hominin history.”
Because any value and/or presumption we clamp onto about ourselves and the world is metastatic by nature—such as humans are uniquely brought into being by the creator of the universe so as to be superior to, and masters of, all that we see; such that all that we see exists merely as commodity for our happiness, ambitions, and designs; such that to own and make profitable, by any means whatsoever, any portion of non-human nature, is self-evidently an entitlement bestowed upon us by the Lord and Creator of all—then perhaps that “No Trespassing” sign has migrated from the fence post to then hang around our own hearts and minds. Then, instead of “just walking each other home,” we are, each of us, spending our lives building fences, hanging signs, otherizing, and blazing our own lonely trails.
Thank you for sharing with us, Antonia. It sounds like you had a wonderful time connecting and experiencing.
I am so happy you were able to slow down and catch up with old and new friends Nia. Walking with friends is probably the fondest of times one can look back upon. I used to do a lot of walking with friends in cantonment areas of the hill city where I did my graduation, can’t remember I was ever happier than that in my life so far. True meaning and connection reveals the nature of human existence which is belonging and love. As spiritual guru Ram Dass said, ‘We are all just walking each other home’.
I miss walking and hope to get back to it after my partial knee replacement surgery in July. I’ve been craving woods in particular.
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Hope YUZ guys drank lots of WOODER?
Nia i love reading your writing, your thoughts, and the beauty you find around you so much. How wonderful to think of Lucy and deep time and walking, to delight in companionship even through pain on long walks, to believe and witness others who also love this world in a similar way. I always end up feeling so much lighter after reading your essays. 💜 🧚🏻
I love this piece for so many reasons, but one is that it helped me to recall and smile again over a recent walk my daughter (who is 16) and I took all over our current home of Omaha, NE. She wanted to visit a local cathedral because she likes the architecture and the quiet; so do I. We set off on a warm, sunny weekend day. We walked to the cathedral, then a coffee shop, then a grocery, then home. Once we got going, it seemed there wasn't a place we couldn't visit, and we saw the city in such an intimate way. Thank you Antonia!
Reading this is so healing for me. In evangelical world Lucy was made fun of as a fraud and proof that we couldn’t trust science/media. I’m looking to reclaim some wonder and a sense of time by re-thinking about ancient ancestors!
Fantastic as always, and beautiful. Pretty amazing about Lucy, and how long ago she was walking. Yes, I do think we evolved to help and take care of others. I recently read something - wish I could remember where - about disasters and how people help each other vs trying to only protect themselves (maybe have been about terrible storms somewhere in South America and communities being devastated). Yes, time is short (for us) and we are marvelous, and I owe ya an email 😉😀. Take care, hope the knee has recovered!
Beautiful! Really enjoyed the Philly shout-outs. Love, a Philadelphian
It was lovely meeting you and walking with you, Nia! Even in pain. I broke my tibia when I was 7 years old, and it over grew, and despite corrective lifts, long walks often give me pain. The thoughts of Lucy make me feel less injured. I will read First Steps. Thank you for your kind words about my writing. I've picked up a copy of A Walking Life, and I look forward to reading it.
Our Wednesday men's hiking group, the Sons of the Beach, or SOBs for short, did our first off-island Cascade foothills hike of the year this past week, Wallace Falls in the Skykomish Valley. Of course the ferny ride, the car pool, and the apres-hike refreshments and conversation are as important as the exercise.
I'm sure you and I will have a walking conversation one day. Until then, if you need another beta reader for that water chapter, I might know someone.
It's always a good day for a walk, Antonia, and always a good day to read your reminders of that truth. Thanks for this. If you're ever in midcoast Maine, you've got an open invitation for a stroll. We were just out today walking the ice of a beaver pond/bog. So much life to see.
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