June 19th is World Sauntering Day. This day was created in the 1970's by W. T. Rabe at Mackinac Island, Michigan while he was the Public Relations Director for a hotel on the island. From the Wacky Holidays Calendar website:
Sauntering is not a walk, jog, trot, or run. Sauntering is a form of strolling. Sauntering is a very casual, yet stylish, form of movement from point A to Point B. The dictionary defines sauntering as walking along slowly, happily and aimlessly. You can spend your life walking through life, jogging through life, or being dragged through life. But, life is far more enjoyable, if you saunter through it. This is doubly true if you saunter with a friend or loved one.
That is, unless your loved one likes to walk fast. Then you might find yourself sauntering happily and aimlessly alone. But sauntering is a nice thing if you have a dicey ankle, you're in the middle of your 70th decade, or you're lucky enough to be holding hands with a four-year-old.
You should ask John if he remembers - which he undoubtedly does - visiting the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. Have you ever been there? No autos allowed.
ReplyDeleteWe both talk about going to Mackinac Island. I was so young all I remember was eating smoked white fish in the car on the ferry dock. I'd never tasted anything so strange and delicious.
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