I walk onward for a bit and see Jessica drinking coffee on her back porch and I ask her for some water and she brings me some (and an apple as well) and a far deeper conversation ensues between us — one about the how’s & why’s of my Walk and the nature of Peace […]
“It’s only after you’ve stepped wholeheartedly outside your current comfort zone that you can begin to fully transform, vibrantly grow, and truly live … And indeed the day will soon come when the risk to remain wrapped tight in your ego’s bud will be far more painful than the risk it will take to allow […]
“Walking, by virtue of having the Earth’s support, feeling its gravity, resting on it with every step, is very like a continuous inhalation of energy. And yet the Earth’s force is not transmitted only in the manner of a radiation climbing through the legs. It is also given through the coincidence of circulations; with walking […]
“It is a person’s unquenchable thirst for wonderThat sets them on their initial quest for Truth.The more doors we open, the smaller we become.The more places we see and the more people we meet,the greater our curiosity grows.And the greater our curiosity, the more we will wander.The more we wander, the greater the wonder.The more […]
“Mountains have long been a geography for pilgrimage, a place where people have been simultaneously humbled and strengthened. Many have traveled to them in order to find the concentrated energy of the Earth and to realize the strength of unimpeded space that resides equally within. Viewing a mountain at a distance or walking around its […]
I flow slowly onward, up and down and up again, through the village of Vertrier, and into the smaller village of Le Moulin (or was it Lucey?), where I see a sign on a garden gate advertising a local art gallery therein — one that was ostensibly open to the public to boot … Not […]
“Days of smooth walking are always thick and deep. And they make you live longer as well, for the simple reason that you have allowed every hour, every minute, indeed every second to fully breathe and blossom therein, instead of endlessly filling them up with the hollow pursuits of struggling for acceptance or straining for […]
I enter the outskirts of the small town of Jongieax and am immediately impressed by the amazing regality of the Chateau de la Mar — a beautiful residence that has been transformed into a very-high-end B&B … Its gates are open and I enter the deserted main courtyard without hesitation, looking around for someone with […]
After leaving the Chateau (after having indeed found the resident manager thereof, who was extremely surprised to see me, and yet who did offer me a refreshing glass of water before I left) I walked through the town of Jongieax proper. Both the church and the local town hall were already closed for the day, […]
The Path eventually brings me all the way up a not-so-small mountainside, and then graces me with a glorious view of the day’s final destination: the lovely town of Yenne … 🙂 “I could not have climbed any mountains while looking from the ground. I could not have flown without having leapt, or surfed without […]
After soaking up the majestic view, it was then time to continue onward — down, Down, DOWN a somewhat disturbingly steep, rocky path that proved to be very difficult for my injured legs to manage. How odd it was to learn once again that walking downhill with an inflamed right hip and a left hip-flexor […]
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