In Praise of Paths Walking through Time and Nature

"What [Ekelund]'s addressing is the intention to walk one's way to meaning: the walk as spiritual exercise, a kind of vision quest in which the answers we arrive at are less important than the impulse to seek them."
-David Ulin, New York Times

"A charming read, celebrating the relationship between humans and their bodies, their landscapes, and one another."
-Washington Post

"This lovely book taps into something primeval in us all."
-Star Tribune

"[R]ethinking the social, historical, and spiritual needs that are met by putting one foot in front of the other."
-Outside Magazine

"[Urges] a return to our ambulatory origins...[N]ever low on zeal."
-Wall Street Journal

"[Ekelund] invites his readers to join him on his chosen path, a path that involves regular walking with careful mindfulness. This is an invitation we should all accept."
-The Vancouver Sun

"A deeply fascinating meditation on the paths we take through our environment and our lives."
- Erling Kagge, author of Silence: In the Age of Noise and Walking: One Step at a Time

"A quiet, reflective read."
-Booklist

"An easygoing, gently unfolding memoir, it soothes in difficult times."
-Gail Perry, Winnipeg Free Press