Wheelchair Dancer is one of my favorite bloggers ever of all time. She’s already posted on the (re)thinking walking series before, so imagine how honored and thrilled I was to get her email saying she had another essay? WCD says she isn’t sure this is *quite* a rethinking walking post. I say…how could it not [...]

Riding bikes is not something that comes easily to some Latin@s. Well, to lots of Latin@s. At least not where I come from–where most of the Latin@ population is first generation immigrant from very poor nations. Bikes are expensive–and for that reason, are things that even many second and third generation Latin@s don’t know what [...]

The following is a post sent to me by long time friend Sokari–who blogs at Black Looks. About the post, she had this to say: Its a mythical story of ekineba a kalabari water goddess which i adapted and wrote this little story. kalabari is my paternal heritage and my home town [abonnema] is a [...]

wendy, a gang member, describes being shot at by a different gang and being protected by her own: We were standing in that corner there–I was pregnant. And they were shooting at us. And everybody jumped on me–cuz I was pregnant, ya’ no? And everybody who was on my stomach, they were all shot. They [...]

“I fell in love with a tree. I couldn’t not.” – Ali Smith, “May,” in The Whole Story and Other Stories “I fault no one. It was my limb. I went out on it.” –Jacqueline Waters, “No News Is,” in A Minute without Danger (More after the jump.)

NOTE FROM BFP: the following is a guest (re)thinking walking post by good friend to this blog, Ansel. Remember Ansel? You should! Ansel designed this blog’s current theme! Ansel is also a journalist and media justice activist that blogs a lot about immigration and immigrant justice. What more could there possibly be to love? A [...]

by maia this post is more questions than answers.  some thoughts brought together on a crazy taxi ride with my 2 year old aza. ———————————————————————————————————————————————– i love riding in taxis here. i am feeling very uninspired these past few days.  its hard to explain.  normally i am brimming with ideas just trying to find the [...]

posted by bfp (A stream/river/water place type thing in colorado surrounded by trees) My life is shifting right now. It’s been shifting for a while–but just as you often tinker around with an idea before you fully commit to it–I’ve been tinkering.

NOTE FROM BFP! This post is graciously cross posted from the hard core super swimmer, Anna-Louise. Please give her a warm welcome, and visit her at her LJ!And thank you so much, Anna-Louise, for your amazing thoughts. and oops, almost forgot to say: If you would like to guest post your (re)thinking walking posts–please email [...]

~~~Note from BFP: This is cross posted with permission from the *amazing* tanglad who blogs at the blog by the same name. If you would like to guest post your (re)thinking walking posts–please email us at rethinkingwalking at gmail dot com!!! Thank you Tanglad, for sharing your space with us! ~~~~~~~~~~~~ I used to think [...]