Ahhh, the Pacific NW! From the first time I ever set foot in this region of the world back in 1990, I immediately knew that I had come HOME. And if ever I am blessed to “settle down” and serve humanity from one location, I feel that it will be somewhere in these parts — […]
Thanks to Debbie & Dan and the rest of the wonderful folks at Unity in the Olympics for an enLivening evening last night! It is always the greatest of pleasures and the greatest of honors for me to be asked to share my journey and what it has taught me about “radical kindness” — and […]
Well, I departed from the amazing city of Chicago several days ago (July 8th), and have had time since then to reflect on the wonderful blessings that were bestowed upon me while residing there. First of all, I am grateful to Richard, who invited me to the Windy City to care for his very-cool cat […]
Well, after a month of gloriously exhausting work on Alexzanna Farms (in Wildwood, Georgia — just over the border from Chattanooga, TN), I’m departing today for the great city of Chicago. Even though this was not a NW Georgia visit in which I “shared space” with too many other people, I thoroughly enJOYed tending the […]
Greetings one and all, and welcome to the (i)am website! It seems very fitting that the first blog entry for the site comes just days after learning that I will be leaving Utah and heading to NW Georgia. This having been said, I wish to thank all those in Park City who have made my […]
“The Camino really is a time-space warp. As I walk on Roman cobblestone roads and watch cars speeding by on the super highway near me, I wonder if they see me at all. I see and hear them but I am going at such a different pace. After two desolate days of walking a little-used […]
“After two long-distance Walkings (40km two days ago and then 36+ yesterday), I have arrived just short of Sahagun in the tiny (population 20+) town of Moratinos — And what a Blessing that arrival has been! I started the day flowing easily through the city of Carrion de los Condes, where I paused in what […]
“We may all start the day with good-bad dreams, concerns, hopes, thoughts but soon the rhythm of the sticks and steps erases it all. It has been fascinating to see that on the most treacherous parts of the path, pilgrims have taken the rocks there and made spirals, snails, hearts, birds, and towers. It is […]
“An unusual day today, with many pilgrims we have never seen before and most of them walking very quickly past us … It brought me to pondering my/our tendency to look at life in terms of “goals” and “distances traveled”. Just where is it we are all trying to get to? And does it matter […]
“Made it into Viana and was wondering along the way — Who is this walking? … up and down and around mountains every day eight hours a day; Who is this sleeping? … 100,20,10,4 pilgrims in two and sometimes three-tier bunk-beds; Who is this praying? … in abandoned monasteries where thousands have prayed, where […]
“Pilgrims care for each others soles as well as their Souls. Amazing what the context of the Camino does. We speak the communal language of the road and find little need for more.” ~ Suzanna Alexander
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