walking Archives - Scooter in the Sticks Exploring life on a Vespa, Royal Enfield Himalayan, Honda Trail 125, and a Kawasaki W650 Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:34:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 71084491 Is Riding Like Walking: A path to more creative thinking? https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/03/is-riding-like-walking-a-path-to-more-creative-thinking/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/03/is-riding-like-walking-a-path-to-more-creative-thinking/#comments Fri, 24 Mar 2023 13:34:12 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=10841 Ride or Walk? I’ve long recognized feeling better when I go for a ride. The distance, duration, or destination don’t seem to matter. A recent study from Stanford University suggests that walking led people to more creative thinking. I’ve read about writers being able to shake loose mental blocks and solve narrative problems while walking. […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2023/03/is-riding-like-walking-a-path-to-more-creative-thinking/feed/ 16 10841 Aimless Wandering https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/10/aimless-wandering-2/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/10/aimless-wandering-2/#comments Wed, 04 Oct 2017 07:27:08 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7937 Wandering Along The past few weeks have been a collection of exquisite riding weathers — fog, warm days, cool mornings.  For many riders it would open the door to long rides and adventure.  I wish I could say that’s what I’ve been doing.  But I’ve been doing some aimless wandering, on foot and on the […]

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]]> https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/10/aimless-wandering-2/feed/ 31 7937 A Walk in the Woods https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/a-walk-in-the-woods/ https://scooterinthesticks.com/2017/02/a-walk-in-the-woods/#comments Mon, 27 Feb 2017 05:17:57 +0000 https://scooterinthesticks.com/?p=7276 The Boots Are Made For Walking Sometimes it’s good for the soul to take a walk in the woods.  It works the body, it works the mind.  Afterwards, whatever was chewing on the spirit is often gone.  Just a mile down the road from my home is the Stan Yoder Memorial Nature Preserve, a fifteen […]

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