Small Steps with Heavy Hooves: A Mother's Walk Back to Health in the Highlands
Registered by LyzzyBee of Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on 10/3/2004
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by LyzzyBee from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Sunday, October 3, 2004
An inspiring account of her walk in Scotland with baby, horse and dog, after fighting cancer.
Journal Entry 2 by LyzzyBee from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Tuesday, October 5, 2004
On reserve for kristamd, for a trade
Released 19 yrs ago (10/19/2004 UTC) at
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES:
Posting to kristamd in trade for 2 out of the 6 books of hers I've identified as of interest. I like this kind of surprise! Enjoy the book!
Posting to kristamd in trade for 2 out of the 6 books of hers I've identified as of interest. I like this kind of surprise! Enjoy the book!
This book was waiting for my return today. Thank you for sending this!
I keep track of daily quotations as I read. Each day, I scan the page where I stopped reading the night before, looking for insight, humor, imagery, or clever phrasing. Rarely am I disappointed.
June 28, 2005
"When we get home people will ask whether we had fun, and I will say yes. I won't tell them about the misery because they will wonder why we carried on, voluntarily. But a trip like this is a microcosm of life; it has a beginning brimming with innocence and hope, a middle which matures with the highs and the lows, and an ending which must be faced whether with dread or an anticipation borne of achievement or uncertainty."
page 62
June 29, 2005
"The eighties and nineties may have preached independence, but we can never truly be independent. We rely on each other - and by making a journey such as this you encounter and thus rely on more people. A trust is formed. It is sad that people are now afraid of journeys because they are afraid of the very people they should be trusting."
page 113
June 30, 2005
"If our lives are fast, then our thoughts are fast and furious. Talking, thinking - both are possible when walking. You cannot think faster than the rhythm of your footsteps."
page 169
June 28, 2005
"When we get home people will ask whether we had fun, and I will say yes. I won't tell them about the misery because they will wonder why we carried on, voluntarily. But a trip like this is a microcosm of life; it has a beginning brimming with innocence and hope, a middle which matures with the highs and the lows, and an ending which must be faced whether with dread or an anticipation borne of achievement or uncertainty."
page 62
June 29, 2005
"The eighties and nineties may have preached independence, but we can never truly be independent. We rely on each other - and by making a journey such as this you encounter and thus rely on more people. A trust is formed. It is sad that people are now afraid of journeys because they are afraid of the very people they should be trusting."
page 113
June 30, 2005
"If our lives are fast, then our thoughts are fast and furious. Talking, thinking - both are possible when walking. You cannot think faster than the rhythm of your footsteps."
page 169
This was an enjoyable read for me. Though I couldn't visualize many of the places depicted, and I suspect the intended audience was those more familiar with the areas described, I did appreciate the author's message of resilience over struggles.
I plan to release for this week's "Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover" challenge. The theme this week is fences, and the cover of the book features a fence (and sheep, and the author, her son, and her horse). If the weather cooperates, I will release outdoors, as befits the subject matter of the book.
Thank you for the chance to read this book!
I plan to release for this week's "Don't Judge a Book by Its Cover" challenge. The theme this week is fences, and the cover of the book features a fence (and sheep, and the author, her son, and her horse). If the weather cooperates, I will release outdoors, as befits the subject matter of the book.
Thank you for the chance to read this book!
RELEASE NOTES:
One of several books released along the C&O Canal trail near the Monocacy Acqueduct (mile marker 42).
Released as part of the "Never Judge a Book by Its Cover" challenge - week 28: fences.
One of several books released along the C&O Canal trail near the Monocacy Acqueduct (mile marker 42).
Released as part of the "Never Judge a Book by Its Cover" challenge - week 28: fences.
