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  1. homa_bird

    How Fit Were You at the Start?

    There is a kind of energy on the Camino that helps you along, it feels very different than walking/training alone at home. I remember when I was on the Camino, a very old person I was walking beside stopped, smiled and shuffled her feet slowly in the dirt, raising the dust. Then she said...
  2. homa_bird

    Do I really have to suffer to be a 'real' pilgrim? - A Camino enthusiast's dilemma

    "Even the pilgrims of old knew when to get on the donkey cart..." I love that saying... You can get into a "I'm sufferin; I'm a hero" place that can be just as detrimental to your head and heart as "I must never suffer" place. Take it as it comes, take it as it comes. Enjoy the luxuries as...
  3. homa_bird

    When you're leaving someone behind....

    My significant other followed me on google earth: http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/how-to-view-and-travel-the-camino-in-google-earth.12695/ Real time visuals of the towns I was heading for etc. He had a ball sitting at home in an armchair, following my path, playing a game of...
  4. homa_bird

    So what makes for a really good albergue?

    Dear Prospective Albergue owners: Sure thing that really stands out for me: sit down with us at dinner! A big community dinner where we share stories and come together...that's really all I'm in it for. Super sweet showers are nice, but not a priority. Comfy beds, not a priority: If I've been...
  5. homa_bird

    Not that I'm concerned but how many got bit by BED BUGS on the Camino

    I got em pretty bad. Somewhere in Galicia. So did three friends. One young woman was pretty scarred up. I got rid of them very fast. I paid to stay in a room alone, bought a change of clothes, showered, put on the new clothes, carefully put everything I owned in a washing machine and hot...
  6. homa_bird

    Where did you walk today?

    Lovely lovely thread! Yay! I cannot boast beauty or grandeur in my regular 4K each way walk through this rather bleak coastal area (trailer parks, cow pastures) of Oregon to the local bus stop. But where I go each day, ahhh, that is heaven. I work in a school district where i am a special care...
  7. homa_bird

    Have you had a sense of the Holy on your camino

    thanks for asking the question, Rector. I feel like it's the only real question. Made me thoughtful. “The entire fabric of the universe serves but one purpose…: the realization of God.” Meher Baba I refer to the above quote, because I think all parts of the Camino are, or have the potential...
  8. homa_bird

    The Way Film, is the food experience as good as it looks?

    I found it a bit hard to find good food on a tight budget: I ate a lot of egg and potato omelettes! Which were great...but whenever I felt remotely like complaining, I just thought of....the wine. Nothing can compare to walking for hours through red earth studded with ancient grape trees...
  9. homa_bird

    Is there a real reason for a bed race???

    I traveled both alone and with found family, and I have pondered, and loved the saying I recently heard: "When you travel alone you travel fast, when you travel with people, you travel far." Don't remember where i first read/heard this, but it is one of those expanding, multi-layered ideas...
  10. homa_bird

    Is there a real reason for a bed race???

    Well I gotta say I was alone on the CF Sept-Oct 13 and both are true. yes housing shortage is a myth and yes it is real. Kind of like light is both a wave and a particle. Let me explain. I was determined to not "worry" about a place to stay, which was hard because folks around me were def a...
  11. homa_bird

    Wild Medicinal Plants along the Camino

    Cool Falcon! Thanks! Here are pics of these amazing plants, tote off my radar screen... just so we don't even STEP on them! I imagine we'd be lucky to even see one of them :)
  12. homa_bird

    Wild Medicinal Plants along the Camino

    Mendi: Def would not be involved in picking any plant protected by law. Def def def. I have total respect for the laws of the countries I am visiting. I am very glad to hear there are resources out there to tell you what these laws are, regionally and specifically. So glad you brought up...
  13. homa_bird

    Wild Medicinal Plants along the Camino

    This seems like a very sane and reasonable approach. Use your noggin, and don't kill anything. If a wild plant is plentiful and healthy, (and you know for sure what it is) clipping a few inches for medicinal use is quite harmless, and confers many benefits on many levels.
  14. homa_bird

    Wild Medicinal Plants along the Camino

    thanks for that info! Is there anywhere you know of where we can go and find out more about protected plants??? TY
  15. homa_bird

    Wild Medicinal Plants along the Camino

    95% sure that is chamomile, (daisy family, yes) tho can't see the leaves...there is a kind of chamomile along the Way that likes to drops its petals, leaving the yellow center. I can see that in the pic.
  16. homa_bird

    Wild Medicinal Plants along the Camino

    Yep, imho Big Pharma doesn't like competition, and a weed that grows so plentifully, and has been shown to be helpful in depression when used wisely, is competition. I think there are many campaigns out there to remove people's sense of agency around treating themselves with common plants...cuz...
  17. homa_bird

    Wild Medicinal Plants along the Camino

    Those are actually great for consumption, but only if you cook them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sambucus. European black elder berry...makes a great wine. Not good raw, but in a pinch, you can eat a few. If you eat a lot, or juice them, you can get sick...(they contain a bit of cyanide I...
  18. homa_bird

    Wild Medicinal Plants along the Camino

    Hello all, I was on the CF early Sept to early Oct, and just wanted to start a thread about the wealth of medicinal plants, aka "weeds" I found along the way. As a long time plant medicine student and lately teacher, I was thrilled to see the wealth along the way. I KNOW this is a thread that...

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