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I was lucky enough to chat with Bill Bennett yesterday about his new movie The Way My Way.
Bill is the Writer and Director and the movie is a true story of his first Camino in 2013.
He's been writing and directing movies for 40 years!
Pat and I...
Words are hard to come by at a moment like this, but I hope there is comfort in the manner of your husband's passing, walking in Nature, and surrounded by love and compassion.
I wish you and your family and friends well.
This was my husband. So many thanks to all of my fellow pilgrims who stopped to help and to pray and to translate for me.
He was doing what he loved.
Thank you for the news article link.
I am currently working as a Hospitalaro in a newly reopened Donativo Albergue in Vergen del Camino, just a short distance from Leon. It was closed for 5 years due to, initially the pandemic. It is sparkly clean and looking for wayward Pilgrims
...I am on day eight of walking the Francés at the moment. It is quite busy. A lot of talk about beds (and the need to book ahead).
I don't book.
Today I tried really hard not to get a bed. I really tried.
Got up late. Took my time to pack...
Also, you may see things you are comfortable with and some things you may not be comfortable with. Mainly, just look away or don't look. On my first Camino a group of male bicyclists from Italy strode around visiting pleasantly in the giant bunk...
As I carry poles, I check my rucsack. I put my rain cover on backwards, so that it covers the straps and back. This makes them less likely to get snagged. I finish it with a nylon strap, with buckle around the middle, and a good label, with my...
OMG! alexwalker, I usually mostly agree with your posts, but man o man. Not this one. Growing up in the USA I did not have a multi-lingual experience in childhood. My schools did not offer a single language class until HIGH SCHOOL, at which time...
For the life of me, I don't know why you have to be so judgmental.
I grew up in somthing of a bilingual house where I spoke mostly Spanish until I started going to school. I do know the basics. But it isn't a "small effort" to learn enough of a...
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