I have for years.

I can't bring a lake home,

like a butterly or baseball card

and put it in a display case or album.

So, I walk around each lake in one fell

swoop.

This way I can best capture and form an uninterrupted connection

with the spirit of the water, the land, the people, and my inner self.

Learning to Walk is a refreshingly original approach to the memoir. The author keeps a journal while walking, reflecting insightfully on both the present and the past. In the present he walks as far as seventy-eight miles in three days...