Living afoot …

… The Art of the Stroll | The American Conservative. (Hat tip, Dave Lull.)

Walking is a slow and porous experience. The words we use to describe it—meandering, sauntering, strolling—have their own leisurely and gentle cadence and suggest a sort of unhurried enjoyment. But to walk is also to be vulnerable: it forces us into physical interaction with surrounding streets, homes, and people. This can delay us, annoy us, even put us in danger. But it connects us to community in a way that cars never can.

One of the disappointments for me, now that I am old, is that gimpy knees have made long walks pretty much a thing of the past, though I keep trying. Recently, I logged five miles on my pedometer.