{"id":18677,"date":"2010-09-22T15:28:56","date_gmt":"2010-09-22T21:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/?p=18677"},"modified":"2010-09-22T15:28:56","modified_gmt":"2010-09-22T21:28:56","slug":"the-reader-who-walks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2010\/09\/22\/the-reader-who-walks.html","title":{"rendered":"The Reader Who Walks"},"content":{"rendered":"

I read at lunch.<\/p>\n

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Belle and her Book can't hold a Candle to me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Now, lots of people read at lunch, but I also walk at lunch.\u00a0 As I read.\u00a0 Or read as I walk, if you will.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure how long I’ve been doing this, but I’ve been an inveterate reader for years, and I’m pretty sure the habit goes back into my childhood.\u00a0 But it’s certainly been decades.<\/p>\n

Now, I also wear a hat as I walk, and I walk in a regular pattern around the city blocks around here. But those never invite comment.\u00a0 “Wow, that takes skill!” I get told. “Must be a good book!” is another common one. “Don’t trip!” says the occasional wag.<\/p>\n

Fact is, I don’t trip.\u00a0 I have good peripheral vision.\u00a0 I stay alert.\u00a0 I look up at driveways. I certainly never read while crossing the street.<\/p>\n

Certainly I navigate and negotiate streets and crowds better than most of the cell phone-yapping suits who I mingle with on the sidewalks of Denver.\u00a0 Maybe because I’m willing or able to be interrupted.\u00a0 I also seem more aware of those around me than a lot of people I see wearing earbuds and rocking out to their tunes.<\/p>\n

The only risks I run are when there’s an uneven sidewalk, a seam that’s uplifted or something.\u00a0 That will, sometimes, cause a small stumble (but never, in all these years, an actual trip or fall — I try to lift my feet as I walk). It’s possible I am slightly less safe than I would be if I weren’t reading as I walk.\u00a0 But I’m certainly more sane than I would be if I didn’t.\u00a0 It’s part of my standard lunch time decompression. And I enjoy it.<\/p>\n

Still not sure why it draws comment, though.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I read at lunch. Now, lots of people read at lunch, but I also walk at lunch.\u00a0 As I read.\u00a0 Or read as I walk, if you will. 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