Wie die Wasserratte schon 1908 zum Maulwurf sagte: "Glaub mir, mein junger Freund, es gibt nichts, absolut gar nichts auf der ganzen Welt, das auch nur halb so viel wert wäre, wie einfach mit Booten herumzubummeln … Ob du dich davonmachst oder ob du es bleiben lässt; ob du dein Ziel erreichst oder ob du ganz woanders ankommst oder niemals irgendwo, beschäftigt bist du immer und etwas Besonderes tust du nie."


Aus "Der Wind in den Weiden", von Kenneth Grahame.


As the Water Rat said to the Mole already in 1908, "Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats …Whether you get away, or whether you don't; whether you arrive at your destination or whether you reach somewhere else, or whether you never get anywhere at all, you're always busy, and you never do anything in particular."


From "The Wind in the Willows," by Kenneth Grahame.

Montag, 27. Januar 2020

Neira's Paradies
Neira's paradise

 Spaziergang 👎

Years ago I knew a guy in Maine, Jasper Hutchins, who lived a stone's throw from a major tourist attraction, the highest point of land on the Atlantic coast north of Rio. I asked him if he went up there often. His pithy Downeast reply: "Ain't lost nuthin' up there; don't hafta go look for it." Well, that's Neira's mature view of hiking: Been there, done that.
Garten 👍

Why walk, she would ask if she could, when heaven is right at our doorstep? We can only oblige her.
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