Yes, entirely different but also amazingly energizing.

Oh that's so nice to know. I'm not a long-distance walker (though a cold water swimmer!) but this essay has me dreaming about a walk along the Coa River (where I spent time a few weeks ago, not walking so much as looking at rock art).
emergencemagazine.org/essay/a-smal...

One of the best...

So good! (From another pantser...)

Thanks for sharing this, @carolbrisebois.bsky.social

Here are some unidentified women from near Chernivtsi, probably relations, though I haven't been able to confirm that. I love their clothing. (The one on the left looks so much like my grandfather...)

What tipple would you suggest?

I hope this story has a happy ending. Sending hope to her family.

Had the great good fortune to buy last-minute tickets to The Hard Problem at the National Theatre in 2015. Unforgettable. Grateful for all his work.

Can confirm...

Me too but it turns out there is, and will continue to be formidable resistance.

Poet Marilyn Bowering's libretto for the Gavin Bryars opera:
marilynbowering.com/marilyn-fore...

Same.

Yes, yes, yes!