My dear wife had younger onset Alzheimer’s. My daughters gave me a huge gift of their time, offering to care for their Mom and told me to go on Camino. At least for the time I was on the Camino, I was able to “lose” my cares and worries as a...
As I planned to walk my first Camino in 2016 I became consumed with fear and uncertainty. What if I had a heart attach while crossing the Pyrenees? I invited my daughter to walk with me. She is a Wilderness First Responder and fluent in...
A special meal in Madrid at Botin. I was there the first time in 1961 with my parents.
Favorite meal is gambas al aujillo with Albariño ending with manchego con membrillo. There is a bar in Compostela that has the best, with just the right...
You want philosophical, I got philosophical.
The Camino is for real. Being a pilgrim is much like being in a play, a dance, or some other kind of performance -- it's very real, compelling, totally absorbing and sometimes revelatory. It is very...
You will find what all of us find, that you will take your bags with you when you move.
Best to clean out your bags before you go.
Perhaps slightly more helpfully; if your intent in moving is to escape something then you will most likely find...
It will take an Audacious Courage..a Selfish Courage to wait until the Way is ready to... be...
Until then, all fatalistic self defeating thoughts must be put away and hope planted,nurtured and harvested!
Put a candle up against the day, guard...
During this time of world-wide pandemic turmoil I seek solace in memory to comfort my tattered soul.
Although 10 caminos and more than 450 nights usually in albergues provide limitless recollections for which I am forever grateful, January 24...