Hi, I’m Lidiya. Welcome to Take Your Time, a weekly dispatch from my walks in Seattle.
When our collective nightmare began last year, it was the Afternoon Walk that saved me. And when I was a child and my grandmother would visit our suburban American home, I was the one who accompanied her on the evening walks. We would walk slowly, looking at everything around us while she told me about her life in Ethiopia. Walking has always been my favorite form of meditation and how I choose to connect to my surroundings.
Should you choose to subscribe, you’ll receive letters once a week about the things I see and the thoughts I explore while I cover miles around Seattle. My intention is to create a place for contemplation, discovery, joy and connection. Think of this as a letter from a friend, an exploration of the thoughts, places and things that let us escape the daily grind.
And, if you have ideas about where I should take a walk, please send them my way! I hope that someday we can have a group discussion about all the places we like to walk and the things we think about when we’re free from everything else.
I hope to see you here or out there in the streets.
And, if you want to, tell your friends!