Have you ever struggled trying to develop a new habit? About 6 years ago I set out to develop a new habit of early morning walks. It was just a test, and when I try something new or test something out that I think I might want to turn into a habit, I commit myself […]

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What are some of your favorite places to go? Today I took my dogs on a little romp in the snow at Knox Farm State Park. As usual, I have to stop and have a sip of coffee from time to time. I thoroughly enjoy my coffee on my walks. This is the press I […]

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Do you look back to yesterday to gauge your today? I’ve found that I tend to use history as a lens for understanding my present…for assigning relevance to my life today. I talk a bit about that on this episode, and also begin a story about someone I tend to relate to in many ways…Elbert […]

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Be honest…would you really follow your passion if you had the chance? What would your life be like if you did just that? On today’s Thoughts on Walks I continued with the story of Elbert Hubbard, the Roycroft Movement, and how their story effect various facets of my life and yours. From struggling with what to […]

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Have you ever noticed how, when viewed from a distance or over time, many things in life are actually more connected than we may realize in the moment? We connect a few dots today. Dots between Michelangelo in 1500s Italy, Elbert Hubbard and other Roycrofters in early 1900s East Aurora, NY, a toymaker of the […]

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What is it like for you when you learn the “backstory” of a person, entity or event, and it gives you an entirely new perspective? If you learn something positive, it seems to draw you closer to that person. But when the new perspective is negative, sometimes you can walk away feeling fooled or taken […]

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If you could go back in time and view history as it was being made as opposed to experiencing it from a historical context, how do you think your views would change? That’s what I was thinking about as I edited and reviewed Episode 6 of Thoughts on Walks. I wondered what my opinion of Elbert […]

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If you had to pick a location that had a “sense of place,” where would that be? Is it somewhere you’ve visited, somewhere you live or lived? What gave it that sense of place? As I write this, it’s Christmas Eve day in East Aurora, NY. Ironically, we thought we’d be having a green Christmas. […]

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