We Keep
Going
Walking
continued with an anticipated 'better day' distance-wise. Our trek began in the
centre of Oxford
Karuna and I were constantly switching to either side of the road in order to
not give a scare to motorists. One consideration is absence of light or too
much. Another is the sudden bends and twists the roads themselves make. We have
barely a road's shoulder to walk on. There are instances where we step into wet
grass and patches of poison ivy in order to avoid oncoming traffic.
All is well with attentiveness.
Tom Nappi, news director of HCAM-TV in Hopkinton, was great. Vivasvan, our support-person, drove us back to Hopkinton for a TV interview. The questions he posed surrounded the curiosity of why the walk, its dynamics, when did I begin such pilgrimages, and so on.
What was initially supposed to be a five minute interview went way beyond. Tom also asked about my involvement in community theatre and so I explained that in my 'time-off' (from walking) I travel the globe working with newcomer actors in morality drama based on Vedic themes.
As we were about to leave after the successful session, I noticed an old poster of 'Citizen Kane' on the studio's reception room wall. I remarked, "That is one of the best films of all time by Orson Wells." Everyone was in agreement of course. Vedic theme? It could easily be a story from the Bhagavatam, the likes of Ajamil, in a modern-day context.
In the
interview I referred to the Beatles and George Harrison as experimenters of
chanting. As we left we handed Tom a copy of 'Chant and Be Happy', a
publication on the topic.
We went back on the road where we met some runners and a farmer, Barry Smith, who owns several hundred acres of land on both sides of the
May the
Source be with you!
24 miles/38 km
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