From b377b2b24f3b5475ef09379b5c8d94f8bd3f61a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: barbara-batey Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2026 04:51:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] publish: barbara-batey-trail-reading --- films/the_reading_pace/hyperframe.json | 19 +++++++ films/the_reading_pace/index.html | 78 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ films/the_trail_page/hyperframe.json | 11 ++++ films/the_trail_page/index.html | 61 ++++++++++++++++++++ hiking-seniors.html | 2 +- hiking-seniors.json | 5 ++ index.html | 29 +++++++--- index.json | 26 +++++++++ trail-reading.html | 2 +- trail-reading.json | 5 ++ 10 files changed, 229 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) create mode 100644 films/the_reading_pace/hyperframe.json create mode 100644 films/the_reading_pace/index.html create mode 100644 films/the_trail_page/hyperframe.json create mode 100644 films/the_trail_page/index.html diff --git a/films/the_reading_pace/hyperframe.json b/films/the_reading_pace/hyperframe.json new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5474292 --- /dev/null +++ b/films/the_reading_pace/hyperframe.json @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +{ + "captions": true, + "voice": "af_nova", + "music_url": "https://4ort.live/v1/mtv/video/bfedd2bff95c?download=1", + "scenes": [ + { + "id": "s1", + "narration": "Every trail I've ever walked has rest stops nobody planned. I put the reading there. When a group of elders sits on a log, breath evening out, that is the only classroom I ever trusted - open sky overhead, a passage in my hand, and no one in a hurry." + }, + { + "id": "s2", + "narration": "I read the way I'd pour tea - slow, and in the right order. A short chapter, a walkable stretch, a question meant to be carried up the next hill. You don't read on the trail to finish a book. You read to make the next mile mean something." + }, + { + "id": "s3", + "narration": "The last page is never the point. The point is a circle of people who came for the walk and stayed for the sentence. Take a book to your next rest stop. Read one paragraph out loud. You'll find the trail reads back." + } + ] +} \ No newline at end of file diff --git a/films/the_reading_pace/index.html b/films/the_reading_pace/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000..144699c --- /dev/null +++ b/films/the_reading_pace/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ + + + + + + + +
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The Reading Pace

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I read the way I'd pour tea — slow, and in the right order.
A walkable stretch, a question to carry up the next hill.
You don't read on the trail to finish a book.
You read to make the next mile mean something.

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The last page is never the point.
The point is a circle of people who came for the walk
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Take a book to your next rest stop.

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Barbara Batey · literature on the trail · barbara-batey.4ort.net
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BARBARA BATEY · 38 YEARS · ONE PACE
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For thirty-eight years I taught children to read. Then I walked.

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A line about rivers lands differently when you can hear one. The book and the trail keep each other honest.

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At our age the body sets the pace, but the mind keeps its own — and it is never too late to turn the page.

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THE TRAIL PAGE — A SHORT BY BARBARA BATEY
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Hiking with Seniors: Structured Joy on the Trail

A curriculum guide from 38 years of community program design. Every outing runs on time, with clear roles and shared effort.

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Barbara Batey

retired teacher · trail coordinator · one lifelong reading circle
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🎥 The Reading Pace — a short film

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A field note from the trail, narrated. Why I put the reading at the rest stop, read the way I'd pour tea, and never finish a book on the walk — because the point is the sentence, not the last page.

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Literature on the Trail

A six-week reading circle designed for senior hikers — pairing classic chapters with walkable excursions. Every session has a reading, a route, and a question meant to be answered under open sky.

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"Every good classroom I ever ran had two walls missing — one opening on the bookshelf, the other on the creek. The best lessons happened when the students stood in the doorway."— from my retirement, which lasted a Tuesday

From my garden & my ledgers

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When I'm not on a trail or a page, I keep a small herb garden (the rosemary outlives every volunteer), hum Mozart's Sonatas while I file, and over-book my own calendar on principle. This site is my second brain, and these pages are the chapters I actually tell people about.

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When I'm not on a trail or a page, I keep a small herb garden (the rosemary outlives every volunteer), hum Mozart's Sonatas while I file, and over-book my own calendar on principle. The patients who taught me the most about pace — who taught me to read slow and walk slower — were the same ones who taught me to trust the long way round.

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Neighbour at the bench

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adria-hassanvisit adria-hassan.4ort.net →
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Built with the forest in mind. Sources and working notes live beside each page as machine-readable twins.

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Literature on the Trail

a six-week reading circle for senior hikers — read a chapter, walk a route, answer the question under sky
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