Rambles

She went far afield, in rambles to woods and lonely uplands. ❋ Lucy Maud (1912)

However, I just go back to peaceful days, when we used to spend the long summer evenings in rambles through that lovely country. ❋ Unknown (1867)

Margaret's constant companion in her rambles was the faithful dog ❋ Harriet A. Adams (N/A)

He recalled his rambles with Ned Preston, Jo Springer, Jim Turner and the quaint negro youth known as "Blossom," when all passed through many stirring experiences, as you learned long since in the "Boy Pioneer Series;" and of Jack Carleton and Otto Relstaub in the "Log Cabin" stories. ❋ Edward Sylvester Ellis (1878)

But the rambles were a comfort and a kind of balance to her life. ❋ Amanda Minnie Douglas (1873)

The new album, the group's eighth and reportedly final record, is marked by spoken-word rambles and a sense of fun that we haven't always seen from the serious Mr. Oberst. ❋ BRAD WHEELER (2011)

I know what you're thinking - 500 word rambles about how great a company is, written by someone who would much rather be writing computer code or cracking some data - are not a great addition to knowledge and understanding on the internet ❋ Unknown (2010)

It could contain either subject-line-only tweets or charming 2,000-word rambles from friends who just wanted to talk. ❋ Tim Cavanaugh (2010)

Henslow would invite the public on "rambles" around Cambridge to examine and collect local flora. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The Hams were active in the American Youth Hostels Association, which held what it called "rambles" and announced them in its newsletter. ❋ Unknown (2010)

He rambles on about whatever happens to be on his expansive mind. ❋ Tom Matlack (2011)

Although only 20, Ruess had spent most of the preceding five years in solitary rambles around California and the Southwest. ❋ Michael J. Ybarra (2011)

Billed, accurately, as a "novel in 15 rambles", it is written, superficially, as a hiking guide, full of tips about good pubs, conveniences, scenic trails and local history. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The plot rambles a bit, and its presentation of an AA-type grouping as a treatment for ills ranging from loneliness to compulsive rape strikes me as being a bit too pat, but I find the read compelling and I return to it again and again. ❋ Ulysses (2010)

Three weeks later, time that went by without me seeing Carly, Sandoval visits and rambles on about how he still has some tricks up his sleeve. ❋ T.J. Forrester (2011)

“The black man done been wronged and I been wronged more than most,” Jermaine says, and rambles on about honkies and how the white man controls everything. ❋ T.J. Forrester (2011)

Less collaborative, but still enriched by its populist embrace, "Countryside 35X45" tracks an itinerant photographer as he rambles among rural villages collecting new portraits of citizens whose Soviet passports will be replaced by Russian identity papers. ❋ Steve Dollar (2011)