![]() ![]() ![]() It’s as firmly yet lithely connected to the earth as a birch tree. ‘I noticed that a donkey has an appealing terrestrial solidity – it’s a good solid animal – yet its limbs are surprisingly slim. I can see the details of the landscape, I can feel the ground under each heel and toe, I have time to muse. I have discovered that slow is good for me. In order to make it through a walking day of around 20 kilometers with a rucksack on my back, I too engage a modest pace. When he walked there, he was forced to go slowly so that his donkey didn’t “browse”. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote a book called ‘Walking with a donkey in the Cevennes’ (France). ![]() Children love donkeys, Jupiter Artland Xmas 2019 Donkeys = go slow You can listen to Funky Donkey by the Beastie Boys while you read this if you so desire. ![]()
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