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This is off topic but I can't find the post where you talked about travelling to Alaska this summer! We live in Dawson Creek BC, mile zero of the Alaska Highway and would love to meet you as you pass through our small city. I am also a retired...
Hello, two weeks ago, I finished the Camino Francés, and while all the recent memories have not properly settled yet, I think enough time has passed to write a bit about my experience of the Camino :)
First of all - a bit of context. This has...
Quoting is not a skill I need often, so I don't waste time trying! I just want to say that @Flog said: I've had days like these. Light switch goes off, Van Morrison. Enjoy!
Yes, it's sad when you love something so much and then suddenly discover that you've lost the magic. It can happen for any number of reasons, and let's face it, your most recent experience was far from optimal. It doesn't necessarily mean that...
As tough as the trail can be, and as out-of-shape and un-suited to the job as some of the pilgrims appear, I am forever amazed that so FEW people die each year on the Way.
In my first Camino, I walked with another priest from Porto to SdC, and I don't think we ever stopped talking. We were professors in the same graduate program, he the spiritual director and I the scripture prof. We had a lot to process, and we...
I’m just back from a two-part Camino. The Via Serrana from Gibraltar to Sevilla, and then the Invierno from Ponferrada. I am experiencing the standard post-camino letdown, so I thought I’d reflect a bit.
I have gone from walking the more...
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