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Walking allows us to be in our bodies and in the world without being made busy by them.

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Rebecca Solnit
Age: 63
Born: 1961
Born: June 26
Art Historian
Author
Environmentalist
Journalist
Writer
Bridgeport
Connecticut
Body
Without
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World
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Busy
Walking

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