The interesting Peace Pilgrim and her excellent speech.
Her talk about inner peace and the two inner forces is so wise.
"... Then came a wonderful morning when I woke up and knew that I would never have to descend again into the valley. I knew that for me the struggle was over, that finally I had succeeded in giving my life, or finding inner peace."
Like I expected, there's a book about her. I'm getting it.
I am wondering, since she walked in the US, how did she get from city to city? Isn't there often hundreds of kilometers of empty landscape (often desert) between cities in the US?
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The article says that she walked across the United States for 28 years, so I guess even considering the vast wastelands in between cities (the way you put it, it makes me think of some kind of Mad Max post-apocalyptic world - :-)), I guess if you're allowing nearly three decades, the distances aren't such a big deal. I don't know about the U.S., but even in the geographically-larger but more sparsely-populated country of Canada, it is not actually that far between cities. Or at least, if you count all the smaller towns that break up the distance between cities.
Farther north it's a different story, where you have true wilderness, and where you can walk right by a town and not even know it's there.
what?
THE ARTICLE SAYS THAT SHE WALKED ACROSS THE UNITED STATES FOR 28 YEARS, SO I GUESS EVEN CONSIDERING THE VAST WASTELANDS IN BETWEEN CITIES (THE WAY YOU PUT IT, IT MAKES ME THINK OF SOME KIND OF MAD MAX POST-APOCALYPTIC WORLD - :-)), I GUESS IF YOU'RE ALLOWING NEARLY THREE DECADES, THE DISTANCES AREN'T SUCH A BIG DEAL. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT THE U.S., BUT EVEN IN THE GEOGRAPHICALLY-LARGER BUT MORE SPARSELY-POPULATED COUNTRY OF CANADA, IT IS NOT ACTUALLY THAT FAR BETWEEN CITIES. OR AT LEAST, IF YOU COUNT ALL THE SMALLER TOWNS THAT BREAK UP THE DISTANCE BETWEEN CITIES.
FARTHER NORTH IT'S A DIFFERENT STORY, WHERE YOU HAVE TRUE WILDERNESS, AND WHERE YOU CAN WALK RIGHT BY A TOWN AND NOT EVEN KNOW IT'S THERE.
Huh? What was that you were saying?
Please speak up, I'm a bit hard of hearing in one ear.
Quit acting the goat.
Sure thing. As soon as you quit acting the troll.
Billy-goats don't like trolls, you know. It's an atavism. We like our freedom to cross bridges.
Baaa?
I'm a peace pilgrim too, mister goat. I'm on the runaway from the Army who want to use me to power a weapon. Baaaat I don't like conflicts or baaattles. Baaa-baaaaye, now, have to run!
"Quit acting the goat."
That is a reference to Cuthbert Calculus from the Tin Tin books. You appear to be the only one here acting like a troll.
Yeah, like Joe said.
Now take a stroll, troll, before I call my two big brothers. And go cross the American continent, you might learn how to behave around people. "Pilgrim".
Baaa the way, Mr Joe, please do make sure your posts are signed, if there's more than one Anon around I get confused. And then I run around in circles instead of ramming the trespassers. }:+=
Once, I ran after polite Snowy in Scotland and bonked meself on the fence. That was embaaa-rrassing.
As for me, I'm off on a moon trip with the Professor. We're just waiting for the last passenger. Where's that sheep who said he wanted "a change of air" and kept looking over his shoulder?
Jeez, I hope he didn't try to cross the bridge on his own. There can be deaf trolls lurking in the shadows.
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