The walk this afternoon was a truly lovely one — flowing along smoothly under sunny skies with a cool breeze gently nudging at my back; walking easily through surprisingly lush & mossy woods, and then into & through the quaint little townships of l’Hermet and Coroilles. And it was shortly thereafter that I came upon […]
Even though my hips had mostly recovered and my body was feeling mostly fit, obstacles like this one still gave me reasonable pause when encountered — and still provided me great joy once transcended … 😉 “It is important work to stem the workings of our ego’s inclination and turn our efforts towards slightly altering […]
It was at this point that I met up with Marco, a Camino pilgrim who was intent on “tenting” (i.e. carrying his shelter with him; preferring to sleep under the stars rather than under the more comfortable confines of hostels or hotels) his way all the way to Finisterre on the Spanish coast. We were […]
And yet another wayside Camino shrine was encountered on this day, and yet another shrine was added to in reverence … 🙂 “There is no hope for the man who strives to obtain a virtue in the abstract. While everyone has an instinctive desire to do good things and avoid evil ones, that desire remains […]
“The man journeyed far, and as such heard and saw many strange things; learning that the friend and the enemy are but two faces of the everyone encountered — that the path one believes long since christened as constant and unchangeable (or even straight and wide) often shifts in an instant (or becomes curved and […]
The day was nearing its end as I neared the small city of Montfaucon when I noticed a scallop shell — the traditional symbol of the Camino — emblazoned upon the front gate of a walled-residence on the very initial outskirts of town. Reason had me thinking that it still a bit too early to […]
I woke early this day, took another warm shower to “jump start” my still aching body, created Annick & Bernard’s “Peace Stone”, left the same on the kitchen table with a note of heartfelt thanks, and headed back out onto The Road just as the sun began rising behind me … 🙂 “Shakti Gawain has […]
Great beauty is not only to be found in sights amazing or happenstances that scintillate. In truth, great Beauty is always present in every visage, if we but choose to seek and notice the same … 😉 “The world is ever full of great beauty and magical things, all of them patiently waiting for our […]
One of the more intriguing (and indeed ironic*) discoveries of The Walk was the apparent fact that the closer one was to an open bakery (like the one pictured below that I came across this morning in the town of Montfaucon), the less likely it became for sustenance to be offered by the people one […]
Even though I regularly (and gratefully) entered many dozens of churches (and walked up to &/or around many hundreds more) along The Way, it was rare that I would regret not being able to enter one that had its doors closed to me. This church (found at the center of Montfaucon), for whatever reason, was […]
“To be a star, we must shine our own light; never worrying about the surrounding darkness, for indeed in the void is where stars shine brightest. Likewise, to be a pilgrim, we must walk our own walk; never worrying about the path’s pains & tribulations, for it is in times of angst or worry that […]
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