Solvitur Ambulando

We Transform Ourselves When We Walk

Nov 20 • 

Russell Smith

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For It Is In Giving That We Receive

A 2025 Holiday Gift Guide

Nov 13 • 

Russell Smith

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October 2025

A Conversation with Sophia and Sarah Boese of Louisville Tea Company

On tea regions and types, why we drink tea, the beauty of kintsugi, and my favorite teas

Oct 30 • 

Russell Smith

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What I Read Q3 2025

Slowing down; Mishima and Marquez; more on The Bhagavad Gita; much more mythology; Chernow's biography of Ulysses S. Grant; and our last hero, Henry…

Oct 16 • 

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A Conversation With Writer and Lay Zen Teacher Sara Campbell

On modern community; the writers who inspired her; becoming a Lay Zen teacher; what students owe a teacher and what she owes them; and why we must stay…

Oct 2 • 

Russell Smith

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Sara Campbell

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September 2025

I Love You, Mom. We Love You. We Are Very Proud to be Your Sons

Eulogy for My Mother, Mollie Gaines Smith

Sep 16 • 

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August 2025

We Play for the Sheer Joy of Play

Katy Bowser Hutson discusses her upcoming book, Play Book; why adults need play; and how play and philosophy are "kissing cousins"

Aug 29 • 

Russell Smith

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Katy Bowser Hutson

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A Conversation With Debut Novelist Sarah Landenwich

On her book The Fire Concerto; her writing -- and walking -- habits; her persistence in finding an agent; and loving the genius of forgotten female…

Aug 6 • 

Russell Smith

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July 2025

Revisiting Lonesome Dove and Leadership

Celebrating 4 years of Solvitur Ambulando

Jul 17 • 

Russell Smith

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What I Read Q2 2025

I speed through a debut novelist's tale of music and love; dig further into The Bhagavad Gita; journey to Tibet and the interior; savor novels by Hesse…

Jul 10 • 

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June 2025

Having a Disability Doesn't Mean My Life is Sad

Geoff Cook powers through a challenging illness, two surgeries, a long job search, and moving back home....and keeps going

Jun 26 • 

Russell Smith

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Geoff Cook

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I Want to be the Best Version of Myself

Geoff Cook talks marketing, living with a disability in America, traveling with a wheelchair, and overrated athletes

Jun 19 • 

Russell Smith

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Geoff Cook

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