Heart and Sole

Feet tread the good earth and the Spirit soars.
Step out. Discover your path.

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Tuesday, March 25, 2025

Sketch Pad - The View from Outside the Box: Big breaking news in Cosmology

The "Creation of Reality" out of the Virtual Vacuum: a co-equal superposition of "nothing" and "something" spo...

Wednesday, January 1, 2025

New Year's Resolution 2025 - Walk 10,000 steps every day

What's in a trail name? On the Appalachian Trail, it is sort of a rite of passage to be bestowed your trail name by fellow hikers. So ...

Sunday, December 15, 2024

Biography of my Grandpa Bill Wetzel: Gentle Man of Mystery

William Wetzel during his early years in America, ca. 1915 Georg Willi Julius “William” Wetzel immigrated from Germany to the United State...

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"Not all who wander are lost." -- J.R.R. Tolkien

PJ Wetzel: “Ponder the path of thy feet."

— Proverbs 4:26

Welcome. This site is about traveling the natural way—on foot.

“…the walking of which I speak has nothing in it akin to taking exercise, as it is called, as the sick take medicine at stated hours—as the swinging of dumb-bells or chairs; but is itself the enterprise and adventure of the day."

— Henry David Thoreau

Our compulsion to walk, to seek out new horizons, is the defining characteristic of our species. We are the ape who left the trees to explore the world. Walking upright led to tool use, agriculture, community, and technology. Sadly, with each new step, we are straying further from the sustainable ways of our ancestors.

“ …walk in a way that … print[s] peace and serenity on the Earth. Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet."

— Thich Nhat Hanh

Walking leaves minimal impact. Today, most of us travel in machines, swarming over the land, not caring. This blog is meant as a reminder, a warning, and a call to return to a way of balanced living that is in harmony with our world.

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