Quote-Unquote: Walt Whitman
on Richard Johnson (India), 28/Sep/2010 06:08, 34 days ago
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Afoot and lighthearted,I take to the open road,Healthy, free, the world before me,The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.--Opening lines of 'Song of the Open Road,' from the epic anthology Leaves of Grass, by Walt Whitman.(Context: Committed to reciting these lines whenever I take the first step of a new adventure, I found they popped into my head as my partner and I prepare to board a train today forDarjeelingand then on to our Himalayatrekking adventureinSikkim. Back in a few weeks.)