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1. Sharon Auberle 05.18.10 / 10pm

   Though it was nothing like you are undergoing, Norb, I remember that painful yearning, as I sat there in my fracture boot, watching people walk by, taking their lungs and legs and heart for granted…these priceless, immeasureable gifts…
   praying that you’ll soon be back on that road.
2. MaRIE SKROBOT 05.18.10 / 11pm

   I wish for you to soon be able to go for your morning walks..and to eat asparagus and pierogi…and all good things..
   my love to you…
3. Julie Eger 05.19.10 / 1am

   I stood alone, looking all the way up to the top of the hill, clutching my side after the kidney operation. That first day I turned around at the end of the driveway. The next day, I made it to the mail box, and then day after day, I took a few steps more, and then one day I let go of my side as the pain fell away, and I took the first step that would take me to the top of the hill. Ten springs have come since, and two grandchildren, and I have replaced everything else I can think of with love. There is enough left, so I’ll send some your way.
4. lowellbkomie 05.19.10 / 1am

   Always good…really lovely…..Lowell
5. Jean Casey 05.19.10 / 2am

   I have not walked our woods or gone to the north end of our north meadow in two years, something I loved to do in the cool of evening after dinner, after the birds’ dinner, when the brown bats began to search for dinner, the coyotes began to sing. Bill seriously suggests he will strap a lawn chair to the trailer and haul me out there behind his tractor…seriously! I think not! I have these terrific snapshots in my head, and they will stick with me until….
6. Tim Stone 05.19.10 / 2am

   I took that solitary walk this evening surrounded by wonderful wild flowers and soft light. May you gain your strength soon to resume your morning solitary walks.
7. George Bisbee 05.19.10 / 3am

   One is never alone in Nature’s Cathedral
8. steve fortney 05.19.10 / 1pm

   how precious our energy is.

   Zen and the Bird of Insight

   I am sitting on
   the roof of the
   cabin doing
   zazen. Under the
   eaves in front
   of me is a bird
   feeder. A Goldfinch
   suddenly flies up
   past the eaves
   into sight,
   wheels about,
   dives
   back down,

   quick, yellow,

   just like that.
9. Phil Hansotia 05.19.10 / 3pm

   Walking alone is a metaphor for our lives. It has an Emersonian ring.”He who walks in a crowd and yet has the independence to walk alone–is his own man”. The quiet independence of walking alone sums up the way one looks at everything. It brings you, Norb, to mind and the free spirits that light our lives.
10. Ed Markowski 05.19.10 / 5pm

    a constant stream of well wishes healing energy

    & tong len meditations from my peninsula to yours …

    d r i f t w o o d

    i t ‘ s

    w h e r e

    i ‘ m

    f r o m

    &

    w h e r e

    i ‘ m

    g o i n g

    her
    face

    in
    a

    frame
    of

    sun
    flowers

    my
    daughter

    asks
    if

    i
    believe

    in
    miracles

    endless blessings your way from across the lake,

    ed markowski
11. R D Armstrong 05.19.10 / 9pm

    I live in a very noisy city, so I can appreciate your piece. And the fact that I cannot walk as much as I’d like to makes the piece that much more poignant. But in spite of all that, as one who lives alone and does almost everything alone, I really treasure those moments when I have a “bit” of company…a respite from the crushing silence of my thoughts being devoured by the cacophony of city life.
12. DICK FINCH 05.19.10 / 9pm

    Norb
    As you know, I’ve adopted a substitute for the solitary walks… the lawn tractor. This of course has its shortcomings: the noise and exhaust being major. Today, our two grandsons came out to help with some outside chores, and suggested an electric golf cart. Quiet and pollution-free, it seems a good idea….
    Dick
13. MaryAnn Grzych 05.19.10 / 10pm

    I said a prayer for you in church Sunday. Tonight it will be that you are walking down that road again soon!
14. Jude hey 05.20.10 / 1pm

    Even your birds are rooting for you NorbertO’ … sitting out there on the porch bench, waiting for their sunflower seeds. Pretty soon … keep the faith … chicka-dee-dee-dee.
15. Robert M. Zoschke 05.20.10 / 3pm

    “A Great Prophet
    is a Great Teacher
    But he is also
    a Great Saint
    And he is furthermore
    a Great Man
    And more than that
    an incomparable listener
    to music and non-music
    everywhere
    And a Great Sitter Under Trees
    And a Man of Trees
    And a Man of Sorrows
    And a Lemon Light
    of Angel Sounds”
    JACK KEROUAC, 31st Chorus–Mexico City Blues
16. Tom Amberg 05.20.10 / 5pm

    Slowing down as I pass the Coop while enjoying the sun rising above Europe Lake I notice you, Norb, with your dog at your side, walking to this wonderful small lake. I used to make this same trip every morning when I visited Northern Door before health issues temporarily kept me at home. With much Hope, Faith and Patience Norb, we both will once again enjoy this stroll down the road to the lake’s shore. Take very good care my friend.

    Tom Amberg “The Man Who Loves Sister Bay”
17. Susan Hannus 05.21.10 / 3pm

    Sacred steps to coop
    bird song for balcony seats
    road always at feet
18. gretchen maring 06.20.10 / 5am

    I have always loved to walk. Our daughter, Nancy, and I took many walks together as she was growing up. When she comes to visit we still walk together.
    However, there is something about taking a walk all by myself that appeals to me as a solitary thinker. I like being alone. I like just walking along, thinking my own thoughts, with no interruptions and the feeling of being one with whatever creative force surrounds me. There is so much to absorb in this life…so much to treasure!

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