Episode 7 - Thoughts On Walks

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If you could go back in time and view history as it was being made as opposed to experiencing it from a historical context, how do you think your views would change?

That’s what I was thinking about as I edited and reviewed Episode 6 of Thoughts on Walks. I wondered what my opinion of Elbert Hubbard would have been if I had viewed his life as his contemporary rather than someone removed by over 100 years. I know my opinion would have been quite different, but would I have been too critical? Would I have allowed his indiscretions to prevent me from seeing the good in him and the movement he led?

History is carefully curated by most, as is our social media of today. What would others think of the “real” us if they viewed us first-hand, rather than the carefully self-curated versions of ourselves that we put on social media? And if they only know the social media version of us, do they really know us?

Well, speaking of social media, I decided to open an Instagram account for Thoughts on Walks. The Instagram username is ThoughtsOnWalks and the link is instagram.com/thoughtsonwalks. I figured maybe you might like to see some pictures of things I talk about on our walks without having to go to the Thoughts on Walks website. I hope to connect with you there 🙂

Oh…I wanted to make a correction: On Episode 6, I misstated Miriam Hubbard’s birthday year as 1884, when it was in fact 1894. I do all my own stunts here on Thoughts on Walks…usually without a net, so inevitably I’ll mess up a fact now and again. I hope you understand.