amble

As you amble past the rocky shores, you’ll glimpse seabirds, crabs, lobsters and seals.

Just ask residents and city officials in Sierra Madre, who in the last few years have seen their furry, four-legged neighbors amble out of the forest and barge into their cars, kitchens and living rooms as though the humans were just keeping the place warm for them.

"It doesn’t have to be walking, it can be a bike ride, a run, but it could just be an amble around your local area," she said.

I wrap the jade sash around my waist as we amble toward Samarkand.

“For me, I guess I’d say my default position is to be relaxed. Having a shower, going for an amble —an amble, not a walk — to the local shops, you free the rational mind and you go into a free-association state. You surrender the intellect to intuition.”