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  1. truthseeker

    Knights Templar and other nonsense!

    Myths and legends are not actions. Usually they're limited to passive enjoyment...
  2. truthseeker

    Knights Templar and other nonsense!

    The bit about the 20th c Dutch artist's work was dealt with earlier in this thread. Of course, anyone who knew what there is to know about the knights templar would see that attribution as a hoax. I certainly don't think they were medieval, and actually did not accord them any importance in my...
  3. truthseeker

    Knights Templar and other nonsense!

    One of the pleasures of the Camino is to collect and enjoy its myths and legends. People have made and repeated them in every culture, for they express our natural impulse to make sense of our existence here.
  4. truthseeker

    Poll Do you listen to anything while walking?

    I listened to the ambient sounds: birds, cows, wind. Sometimes I sang or hummed to myself. I do the same when walking near my home or hiking in the woods. A few times on the Way, I sang with other pilgrims. Once I listened and sang along with music, using earbuds. But that was while walking...
  5. truthseeker

    Anniesantiago's Update

    I'm so glad to hear of your great progress! I've been following this thread, since April 2020, and although I only replied once, my good wishes and prayers have always been with you. Ultreia!
  6. truthseeker

    Tracking my walk day by day on a map

    Traveling solo, I posted a few photos and some notes on Polarsteps every night, on my 2018 Camino. Family and friends could look in on my journey at any point to read and comment on my notes. I used this app and stayed away from the distractions of Facebook and other rabbit holes I was in danger...
  7. truthseeker

    What's the one thing in your pack, that you absolutely CANNOT do without...and why?

    Silk liner. And my phone, to read and photograph.
  8. truthseeker

    EW....that's disgusting!

    Padron peppers! The best!
  9. truthseeker

    Anniesantiago's Update

    I just saw this thread, and wish you all the best. Ultreia!
  10. truthseeker

    I am still walking my Camino

    You are truly blessed. Buen Camino!
  11. truthseeker

    What do you do when you cannot walk anymore?

    Why can't they understand? Because they have not walked the Camino and cannot feel its pull. I walked from SJPP for the first time in 2019, at age 71, and it wasn't easy. I thought while walking that I would never feel the need to do it again, yet now I think of it all the time and am planning...
  12. truthseeker

    Why No Public WCs along the Caminos?!?

    The most important thing is to continue to remind pilgrims of their responsibility to "leave nothing behind" -- the Camino is not a national park with facilities which have been provided and maintained for our convenience. It's someone else's land we are grateful to be walking over, for the...
  13. truthseeker

    5 things most pilgrims don't do on the Camino (but should)

    All these suggestions are wonderful. I will add one, which manifested itself about one third of the way to Santiago (CF from SJPP). Find your own pace, and don't push unduly to match the quicker pace of others. This goes together with jettisoning our pride and beginning to be in harmony with our...
  14. truthseeker

    Not saintly enough yet

    Thanks, Tincatinker, your posts are always interesting and valuable. I have been reading the forum for quite a long time now. A year ago, when I started planning my trip, it was one of my first and best resources.
  15. truthseeker

    Not saintly enough yet

    I was supremely happy at times on my walk, and at times very upset, but the sum of everything has been that I was very glad to have done it, and that in fact, it has changed my outlook on my life. (The details of that change are still making themselves known.)
  16. truthseeker

    Not saintly enough yet

    Kanga, I agree with your observation. I have become increasingly aware of not always exercising the kindness and compassion that I experienced on the Camino. But I do think SabineP's comment is also a possibility -- that many people in the US have formed faulty expectations having seen that...
  17. truthseeker

    Not saintly enough yet

    He he he! Thanks for the comment!! I missed the House of Halos, but perhaps can fashion one out of glitter wrap.
  18. truthseeker

    Not saintly enough yet

    I am not disappointed. The changes are there, and I have yet to fully understand them. My time post Camino has been one of becoming more aware of them and their subtlety. Some cn be communicated to others as lessons of the Way, but others cannot to be explained to others.
  19. truthseeker

    Not saintly enough yet

    I think friends and family are disappointed that I have not become more "changed" by my camino. Does anyone else experience this (faulty) expectation on the part of people who stayed behind in the US?
  20. truthseeker

    Soap

    Years ago, in a fit of frugality, I made a nylon "dotted swiss" soap bag (4 by 5 inches, with a drawstring closure), so I could use the bits of leftover soap which had become too small for the soap dish. The nubby texture of the cloth works as a gentle scrubber, and the lather can also be used...

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