Welcome! My name is Martin Strasmore and I’m grateful to you, the reader, and the Internet, for making it relatively easy for us to share ideas and words. If you were directed here from Silvermine Consulting, Special Welcome. I still offer leadership coaching and training, mostly pro-bono for NGOs. As you will read I am now busy with other activities.
I love the rhythm of long-distance walking in different countries geographies and cultures. The pace of walking, unlike driving or biking, offers unparalleled time and opportunity to observe, have deep conversations and contemplate.
Observing nature and connecting with people, while walking, opens doors of inspiration for poetry and photography.
On this website you can find links to my self-published books. All of them are available on blurb.com and you can contact me directly for copies of the most recent ones. All of them have previews available.
Any profits made go to support a very effective nonprofit, PRASAD. Please go to that website for more information. http://www.prasad.org
As time goes on I will add photographs for sale onto this website. It’s difficult to know how valuable and enjoyable one’s poetry and photography really are to others. So please give me your polite and constructive feedback through this website or at mstrasmore@gmail.com .
In 2018, I walked on the Israel National Trail for about 400km (250 miles) of the 1000 km in about three and a half weeks. If you want to get more information on this walk the best website is http://walkaboutlove.org.il
In 2019, I walked in Umbria, Italy with the Sierra Club and then 120 miles in Wales on the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. You can find my photographs, poetry and notes on these 2 walks in my latest books.
In 2020 we spent 6 weeks traveling in New Zealand; some of the photos are on this website and there is a book of our spectacular trip. (you can see a short video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOGU7rSbXUw&t=10s )
In 2021 I walked around Mont Blanc. Starting & ending in Les Hoches and walking in France, Italy and Switzerland. Then I met my family in Diessen, for our daughters wedding, and then a Viking Cruise from Budapest to Amsterdam. Lots of photos, yet to be published!
In 2022 we travelled in Greece and Ireland – but there were only short hiking opportunities.
This year, 2023, is not finished yet – but to warm up I hiked in 9 different state parks in Florida ; and walked from Harpers Ferry, Maryland, on the C&O Canal trail towards Washington DC. I discovered this is biking trail rather than for hiking. Then in September I will be walking in Sedona, AZ. Eventually there will be a photo book coming on these 2023 adventures.
If you are thinking about taking a long walk and want helpful information about any of the walks I have done, in Iceland, England, Italy, France and Spain please contact me and I will respond as soon as I can.
For your immediate entertainment please enjoy these short slide shows created after our Alaska trip in May & June 2017. Also you can find other videos on my YouTube channel HaridasStrasmore.
The Inside passage is all action.
The bears are a meditative experience!!
In April 2020 I started a poetry & gonging podcast with my wife, Kassandra, and you can find more on that on this website’s “Poetry For Now!” page. Photos and videos related to the poems can be found here too. All the poems spoken are in the transcripts on http://poetryfornow.buzzsprout.com