JANUARY WALK Thanks to all who braved the -17/-25(windchill) temperatures for our KAPPS walk this month. Not knowing what to expect we re-visited the section from the Western Murphy Road intersection of the K and P and walked into Calabogie. The sun was glorious and almost spring-like with cold wind which stayed at our backs all the way. Good spirits and good conversation got us back to Polly’s for burnch before the “church-rush”. Special thanks and welcome to Gayle T who chose this as he first walk with KAPPS and showed us how they walk in the Whitewater Region - fast. And thanks again to the staff at Polly's who fed and coffeed us. Here’s a photo of an odd sight just outside the restaurant. It seems like someone abandoned their truck in the grass many years ago, and trees have grown to imprison it where it sits.
Yours , on the journey, Ray Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet Thich Nhat Hahn
OK, let me announce my limits as a walker. I don’t walk where there are vicious animals.I don’t walk on fire. And I hate walking when its below -15 C, especially with a wind chill. Chicken-sh*t? I own that. With that out of the way, let me encourage everyone of us walkers not to give up in such cold weather. We have options. One is the many “walk-in-the-halls” programs where you can walk in lighted, safe and warm surroundings to your heart’s content. I’ve tried that but its not enough. My choice was to sign up with a local gym where they have treadmills and elliptical machines. I agree with a no-nonsense local trainer who calls this stuff “dog-sh*t”, but, in the absence of an outdoor trail without lethal conditions, you take what you can get. This offers me a way to walk on an “as-if” path with ups and downs, at whatever speed I care to go. I use the same walking tunes and shoes, so its not totally unfamiliar. Of course I would rather look at trees and ponds than TSN highlights. What I particularly appreciate about the machines is the pre-sets which give me a simulation of a hill walk, with ups and downs. It is pretty much non-negotiable, so when it tells me to boot it up a slope, either I do that or embarrass myself by dialing down. My pride doesn’t like that. The other advantage of a gym environment is that I can combine some mat work or rowing machine or weight routines with my walk. This keeps the days varied and increases the strength-building element of my walks. I can hardly wait for warmer weather, but the treadmill is a not-bad alternative.
Yours , on the journey, Ray Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet Thich Nhat Hahn
I was reading a commentary on the use of walking images in pop music and that got me thinking about how many songs actually use walk or walking in the title.
Here’s a list:
Walk - Jet Walk - Foo Fighters Walk - Kwabs Walk - Don't Run - The Ventures Walk Among Stones - Kate Campbell Walk Away - Ben Harper Walk Away - Good Charlotte Walk Away - Franz Ferdinand Walk Away - Kelly Clarkson Walk Away - Five Finger Death Punch Walk Away - Tom Waits Walk Away From The Sun - Seether Walk Away Renee - The Left Banke Walk Away Slow - Tiffany Page Walk Believer Walk - The Black Crowes Walk By - Good Charlotte Walk In the Country - Scotty McCreery Walk in the Shadows - Queensrÿche Walk In The Sun - McFly Walk it Back - R.E.M. Walk It Out - Jennifer Hudson Walk Like a Giant - Neil Young & Crazy Horse Walk Like A Man - The Four Seasons Walk Like A Man (You Can Call Me Your Man) - Grand Funk Walk Like An Egyptian - Bangles Walk Me Down the Middle - The Band Perry Walk Me to the Bridge - Manic Street Preachers Walk Of Life - Dire Straits Walk Of Shame - Pink Walk Of Shame - Deap Vally Walk On - U2 Walk On - Neil Young Walk On - Billy Currington Walk On - Lucinda Williams Walk On By - Dionne Warwick Walk on the Ocean - Toad the Wet Sprocket Walk on the Water - Britt Nicole Walk On The Wild Side - Lou Reed Walk On Water - Eddie Money Walk Over Me - The All-American Rejects Walk Right Back - The Everly Brothers Walk Right In - Rooftop Singers Walk Straight Down the Middle - Kate Bush Walk Tall - Kele Walk That Walk - Dorrough Walk The Dinosaur - Was (Not Was) Walk the Edge - Shadows Fall Walk The Fleet Road - Editors Walk The Walk - Poe Walk This Way - Aerosmith Walk This Way - Run-D.M.C. Walk This Way - Mø Walk Through Exits Only - Philip H. Anselmo and the Illegals Walk Unafraid - R.E.M. Walk With Me - Richie Kotzen Walk With Me In Hell - Lamb of God Walk With You - Ringo Starr Walken's Syndrome - Fugazi Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline Walkin' Back To Happiness - Helen Shapiro Walkin' Blue - Sonic Youth Walkin' Mat - The Answer Walkin' My Baby Back Home - James Taylor Walkin' My Cat Named Dog - Norma Tanega Walkin' On The Moon - The-Dream Walkin' on the Sun - Smash Mouth Walkin' the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb Walkin' Through The Park - Muddy Waters Walkin' With A Mountain - Mott the Hoople Walking - October Fall Walking - Mary Mary Walking After You - Foo Fighters Walking Away - Jason Aldean Walking Back To Jesus Parts I, II & III - The Broken Family Band Walking Contradiction - Green Day Walking Far From Home - Iron & Wine Walking Her Home - Mark Schultz Walking In Memphis - Marc Cohn Walking In The Air - Aled Jones Walking In The Winter - The Coral Walking On A Dream - Empire of the Sun Walking on a Thin Line - Huey Lewis & the News Walking On Air - Bee Gees Walking On Air - Katy Perry Walking On Air - Anise K Walking On Broken Glass - Annie Lennox Walking On Sunshine - Katrina & the Waves Walking On The Moon - The Police Walking On Thin Ice - Yoko Ono Walking Paranoia - MUTEMATH Walking The Dog - Rufus Thomas Walking With Elephants - Ten Walls Walks Like Rihanna - The Wanted
Yours , on the journey, Ray Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet Thich Nhat Hahn
