Author Archives: The Order Of Walkers

Jack Reacher and Walking

This text comes from “Personal”, Lee Child’s Jack Reacher series of novels. General O’day is profiling Reacher to his face with this monologue to try and convince Reacher to help him out with a mission. He said “ You’re in pretty good shape for your age, Reacher. No doubt because your chosen lifestyle gives youContinue reading “Jack Reacher and Walking”

Poem: In Praise of Walking

“There are things we will never see, unless we walk to them. Walking is a mobile form of waiting. What I take with me, what I leave behind, are of less importance than what I discover along the way. To be completely lost is a good thing on a walk.” Thomas. A. Clark Thomas isContinue reading “Poem: In Praise of Walking”

Podcast: Walking a Pedestrian Pursuit

“Humans were made for walking. It is as natural to us as breathing. Yet we avoid it whenever and however we can.” Michael Enwright. The Sunday Edition This is a revisit of a 2013 recording about our humble pursuit. It’s a concise aggregation of historical topics as well the contemporary. https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thesundayedition/walking-a-pedestrian-pursuit-1.5412014 I commend this workContinue reading “Podcast: Walking a Pedestrian Pursuit”

Article: The Unbearable Smugness of Walking. MICHAEL LAPOINTE.

In this essay Michael draws on some contemporary texts by Duncan Minshull, Erling Kagge and Rebecca Solnit as he meanders to the conclusion that as a writer, when he walks he can’t help working. I admire this passage. What Kagge wants to stress, though, is that he writes in reaction to the modern menaces ofContinue reading “Article: The Unbearable Smugness of Walking. MICHAEL LAPOINTE.”