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I feel your pain...
I am considered to be a fairly reliable person to "manage tech"....for decades. Capable of programming a DVR or VHS unit without assistance from a 12-year-old, I am.
But those induction units?
Even with the dubious assistance of a beer or two, they are always a struggle...
Kirkie,
Our weather, east of the Cascades, is colder than a politician's heart.
-18 C as I type. (I got up early to feed the woodstove. 😬)
BTW, "my people" come from "beyond the Pale" so I can use it. Even so, I think even they would never approve of the barbarism implicit in making a...
In order of frequency during any year:
- Blistered Padron peppers (though I have to use Shishito)
- Lentejas
- Caldo Gallego
- Chorizo al Vino (though often just Embutidos al Vino, Debrecziner is a good stand-in)
- Tortilla
As required, I will also make a Shrimp Salad or "Tuna Melt" variant...
Thus my only complaint with Thomas Aquinas, as the above being a legacy (imho) of his assertion that dogs have no souls.
He did not have, I think, real exposure to canines of quality.
The only problem that dogs present is that their lives are too short for us, their fur-less buddies.
B
I thought I remembered a thread of "Inspirational Quotes" but I could not find it. :(
Anyway, this came across my view today while I was missing the Camino....badly.
Enjoy!
"Slowly the west reaches for clothes of new colors
which it passes to a row of ancient trees.
You look, and soon these...
I recall a 50-ish gentleman from Poland in the Fall of 2012. His only gear was carried in a common grocery bag....and it was not full. I crossed paths with him from Pamplona to SdC. Because of the language barrier, I never learned his secret.
B
"No" to the shoes. A shell, bronze waymarker, or stylish map from Ivar's shop instead. Shoes require personal choice, fitting, test-walking.
Yes, trying to set up a group is not just "bananas", it is a complete produce section. Complexity increases as a power function of the number of...
It is perhaps my peculiarity of having had so much time spent on spreadsheets professionally that I did NOT want them interfering with a Camino that I am of one mind with @mspath ...
Just go...and be prepared for adverse conditions.
The weather will be cold, and often wet.
The albergues will...
....found while I was doing other things but I thought a quick "drive-by" to the Forum to share might be appropriate.
“I cling like a miser to the freedom that disappears as soon as there is an excess of things.”
(Albert Camus, Lyrical and Critical Essays)
I honestly remember not liking...
Just checking in while icing my back after moving firewood for the day. This thread caught my eye, and I might have something to contribute.
I retired a couple of years ago from 15 years of managing cash flow, international cash transactions, international tax, hedging of currency risk etc. I...
I just finished a book loaned to me by a neighbor who wanted a critical review from a "scientific type".
Entitled "How to Change Your Mind" by Michael Pollan, it is a lengthy (but well-written) journey into the evolving science of hallucinogens such as psilocybin and LSD.
Though not interested...
More for Those experienced with the Portuguese, I think.... but really tasty for anyone.
Well, I have been trying to recreate this marvel since March of 2016 as a few mis-steps in Cebreiro days before SdC delivered me to a bus trip down to Porto rather than a walk onto the coast and I had few...
I am so old that my only means of transacting when outside of the USA was with Traveler's Checks.
My experiences over the years have informed me that being in a nation with a declining exchange rate against the USD was NOT necessarily a good thing. Friends in the EU substantiate this opinion...
@peterhore -
My answer? "It depends!"
I just digested this from a walk in Spring 2014. It was a walk with a physically impaired companion. Because of time of year, we walked the Valcarlos.
That said, when I walked alone (@58 & 63 y/o - reasonable healthy but not an athlete!), my stages and...
The dearest and I rarely eat "out" simply because a goodly number of menu offerings in the low-to-mid-tier restos are from pre-portioned flash frozen bags or boxes. It is less money and more tasty to make our own meals....even if it just a pizza or stir-fry.
Churros would be dead easy to mass...
Thank you @Tincatinker !
My heart dropped to my socks upon reading the original post. They are such a lovely young couple and put so much sweat and artistic sensitivity into building 'la Piedra'. It was a high point of my Camino in Fall 2017.
I am very pleased that they have not been routed...
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