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Listening to My Body & My Heart – a Camino Learning
Today I admitted to myself that I’m tired. And as I thought about walking for more than two weeks I realized that I didn’t want to do that. So I’ve changed my plans (sometimes I forget that plans can be changed). I’ll still arrive in Santiago on Monday, and I will...
Camino – Day 37
Camino - Day 37 Not much to say today. It was a wet, blustery, gray sort of day. It started with a rather ferocious wind, that died down about mid-morning. The rain started about an hour into the walk - sometimes and sometimes heavy. The terrain was up and down -...
Camino – Day 36
Camino - Day 36 I’ve now been on the Camino for 36 days. In that time I have walked over 700 kilometers, walked up and over the Pyrenees (a 1,350 meter elevation gain), slept in 35 different beds (on one of my two rest days I got to spend both nights in the same...
Camino – Day 35
Camino - Day 35 Today started out well. My weather app said it was overcast, but when I stepped outside at my albergue the first thing I saw was the thin sliver of the waning snow moon shining bright among a sea of stars. For the first five kilometers or so (about...
Learning to Walk My Pace (a Camino Lesson)
It has been a humbling (and healing) experience to honestly listen to my own inner thoughts, and then respond. This morning as I was walking out of Sarria those thoughts took on a surprisingly judgmental tone. As I mentioned in yesterday’s blog post, Sarria is the...
Camino – Day 34
Camino - Day 34 What a lovely morning. The stage was already set. All I needed to do was show up. And I prepared the way for that to happen yesterday evening. In my blog post yesterday I mentioned that I was experiencing some sadness related to the “need” to start...
Camino – Day 33
Camino - Day 33 This morning was another lovely walk through a peaceful rural landscape. As usual, I started walking in the dark, and as usual, the night sky filled me with a powerful sense of awe. Someone on Facebook asked me why I start walking in the dark. I...
Camino – Day 32
Camino - Day 32 I have had a near perfect day! This morning was so beautiful it left me laughing, singing, and crying. The landscape is amazing, with broad vistas down into a deep valley, with something new around every corner. And after a peaceful and easy 14km...
Camino – Day 31
Camino - Day 31 Today was a climbing day. 360 meters in the first 5 kilometers, then a fair bit of up and down for the next 6 or 7 kilometers, and then finishing up with another 100 meters in the last 2 kilometers. It felt good to climb, and I’m glad it was only...
Camino – Day 30
“If you want to make God laugh, make plans!” I really should know better! Let’s just say that today did not go as planned. But, fortunately, there are always opportunities to keep learning. It did, however, turn out quite nicely. Just not what I expected. As I have...