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(This post was written after I concluded my first Camino experience, May 2019) I am including some pictures and descriptions here of...
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May 26, 20242 min read
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Muxía (day 6): into the deep
It makes sense that my dear ones, represented by rocks I had carried, would travel with me all the way to the ends of the Earth. I had...
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Muxia day 6: rich in symbolism
One of the first things I discovered in Muxía was a huge stone monument named “A Ferida”, or “The Wound”, created by artist Alberto...
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Muxia: May 16, 2019
Overview of Day 6: I wasn’t finished yet. I needed to take the last 2 hour journey by bus to the Atlantic Ocean. Some people walk from...
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Santa Irene to Santiago (day 5): May 15, 2019
Overview of Day 5 into Santiago! *After a short night, I was up and traveling alone by headlamp at 5:00 a.m. through a Eucalyptus Forest....
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Boente to Santa Irene (day 4): Keeping Company
It is true that the pilgrim can expect to find kindness, hospitality, and company along the Camino de Santiago. People tend to make fast...
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Boente to Santa Irene (day 4): shadow
These past few years, I have been challenged to recognize, integrate, and embrace my shadow. Much of my Camino journey was about shadow...
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Boente to Santa Irene (day 4): spaciousness
As I am now closer to the end than the beginning of this pilgrimage I long to hold on to the simplicity found here My possessions all...
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Boente to Santa Irene (day 4): uncomfortable
I could not shake an undercurrent of angst and anxiety during my stay in Santa Irene. In order to get to Santiago by noon the following...
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Boente to Santa Irene (day 4): Psalm 23
Pilgrims on the Camino sometimes carry inspirational quotes or sacred texts that are meaningful and transformational for them along their...
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Boente to Santa Irene (day 4): May 14, 2019
*Day 4 was a 17 mile walk today, with temperatures climbing to an 86 degree high for the week. May is simply a beautiful time along the...
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San Xulian to Boente (Day 3): going with the flow
My very first steps, Day 1, onto the path of the Camino, took me over a bridge across a gurgling brook. For 3 days, I walked next to...
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San Xulian to Boente (Day 3): slowing
(I wrote this post shortly after my first Camino experience, May 2019) My snoring Bulgarian roommate was up early, as was I. In a common...
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San Xulian to Boente (Day 3): May 13, 2019
Overview of Day 3 on the Camino! *What a gorgeous day… temps peaking at 77 degrees. Flowers blooming, no bugs, clear and sunny skies. So...
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Gonzar to San Xulian (day 2): this way
Three times along the Camino de Santiago, I absentmindedly began to take a wrong turn off the path, and thankfully, each time there were...
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Gonzar to San Xulian (Day 2): Laying Down Shame
Lots of inner dialogue this morning as I carried the rock of shame, identified some hidden shame messages that have run as a constant in...
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Gonzar to San Xulián (day 2) May 12, 2019
Being a morning person, I was up and out the door at 6:00 a.m. Thankfully, after dinner last night the lovely hostess at Casa Garcia made...
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Sarria to Gonzar (day 1): be here now
While walking the first day to Gonzar, this graffiti message sprung up at a timely moment. After I departed from Portomarin and made my...
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Sarria to Gonzar (day 1) 5/11/19: What's in a Meal?
Sharing a meal is a recipe for miracles as people experience culture, connection, and hospitality together through food and...
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Sarria to Gonzar (day 1) lay it down
As spiritual beings on the human journey, I think perhaps the greatest act of authentic spirituality might be that of surrender, or...
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What I'm reading and listening to lately
BOOKS
* The Injustice of Place by Edin, Schaefer, Nelson
*Radical Acceptance by Tara Brach
*Oath and Honor by Liz Cheney
*The Enneagram for Black Liberation by ChiChi Agorom
*Briefly Perfectly Human by Alua Arthur
*I Know We're All Welcome at the Table But Do I Have to Sit Next to You? by Janice Jean Springer
PODCASTS
* Tara Brach
*Ten Percent Happier
*We Can Do Hard Things
*On Being with Krista Tippett
*Enneagram 2.0
*Pass the Mic
WEBSITES
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