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Well, it took a lot of walking and the aid of a store map, but I found my selection. Powell‘s is an amazing bookstore! If I weren‘t flying home with limited space in my luggage, I would‘ve left with many more books! 📚📚📚

Slipped out of a conference to explore Powell‘s bookstore in Portland, Oregon.

I loved this #audiobook ! I started walking last year and discovered its importance in my life and the amazing impact it has had on my life and well being. This book helped me to understand why and encouraged me to reframe the role is plays in my every day life. I will seek out more from this Norwegian author. #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #BFC2022 @wanderinglynn

My fitness goal for January was to climb stairs without the cane. Technically, I accomplished that. I can go up the two sets of two steps outside our apartment building without using the cane. Also, thanks to an unexpected kitchen project in the middle of the month, I went up and down the step stool about fifty times without issues. Meanwhile, I‘ve built up to 3/4 mile at the track. So the fitness goals at least are going well. 😎 #bfc2022

I‘m still a little too wobbly to get back to walking in parks or even in my hilly neighborhood, but there‘s also a certain grace to walking inside on a track at the community center. #beginswith #one

Poetic musings about walking. The author really put a lot of thought into walking. Borderline on the spiritual. Manages to find the profound in walking without coming across as pompous.

A lovely wee ode to the beauty of walking

3.5⭐️ || Written by an adventurer who has walked the North and South Poles as well as Mount Everest, this short and quick read explores the benefits of walking. *photo taken on one of my own walks this summer*

A collection of short essays on what the author saw, felt, experienced on walks in different parts of the world (e.g. Norway, US) and on different 'terrains' (urban, rural). Observations, thoughts throughout the book are interspersed with quotes and references to philosophy, science. Some of his writing is beautiful, insightful, but some of it is trite, banal. It did inspire me to go on a long walk though, so I'm glad I read it :)

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@Lindy not only a babass, but an calm anarchist as well!!! 😂😱😂😱😂

Enough YA for a bit, now for some philosophy I‘m hoping will help with my #BFCr4 fitness and wellness goals. 😊😊😊😊

I really enjoyed this book. Kagge writes about walking, which would seem to be a simple topic, but he has a lot to say. He adds the thoughts of other philosophers to round out the topic. If you need inspiration to get off the couch this book will help. However, I believe he would tell you to leave the earbuds at home.

On a personal note, one of my kids saw this photo and noted he looked like at least one of my past love interests. 😂😂

“Journeys of discovery are not something you start doing, but something you gradually stop doing.” Leander and Gracie exploring with their lawnmowers.

This is so true! 😂😂

I am loving this book.

I‘ve not been keeping up with my posts for the #BookFitnessChallenge since I got back from holiday. I have been keeping track, though. Reached today‘s step target just before getting into bed😊. And I‘ve now read 8 books as part of the challenge (against a target of 9) (I have also read a graphic novel and a short story but I haven‘t counted them).

I‘ve totally lost count of how many points I may have😂 I‘m just tracking steps and books.

The Norwegian explorer who walked to the South Pole alone writes about one of the most basic human activities. A beautiful little philosophical book, mixed with personal anecdotes and reflections.