Monday, July 26, 2021

Rebecca Solnit on walking in a city

I'm reading Rebecca Solnit's nonfiction book, Wanderlust: A History of Walking, and it's a perfect book for someone like me who loves to walk.

On walking in a city, and the promise of the urban environment, she writes: 

"One does not have to go into the bakery or the fortune-teller's, only to know that one might."

Yes!

She's articulated something I've always sensed but couldn't put my finger on.

Also: I love the subtitle: A History of Walking. Why not? We've been walking since the beginning of time, and therefore it's an activity with history worthy to be explored.

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