This is another old favorite, one learned on transistor radios playing music on the AM band. I enjoy walking and walked often and frequently. My walking prowess is credited (or blamed) on my Mom. “You have two legs, use them.” So I did.

Along the way, as I grew older and walked further, I developed a fondness for songs about walking and distances. Now, when I drive long distances, these songs come up. It’s all about the journey and getting there, for me. This irks my wife; she wants to stop and enjoy the views. I working on doing that more but walking (or driving) and getting there is starched into the fabric of my being. Removing or diluting that starch is work. It requires a mindfulness of what I’m doing to replace a deeply felt habit of what I always do.

Anyway, here it is, Edwin Starr (a favorite performer), with ‘Twenty-five Miles’, from 1968. It’s a good song to sing to yourself as you’re walking around, counting down the miles.