Serendipity is finding lemonade on the wayside at the hottest part of the day. Bliss is choosing to be the source of that same Good Fortune … “We are all equal in the fact that we share the same degree of specialness. And we are all the same in the fact that we will never […]
I then met up with Gunther, a pilgrim from Italy who was a butcher by trade, and shared a lovely, meaningful, conversation-laden stroll with him for a few miles to the hamlet of Leborero, where he offered to buy me a standard ice cream and I accepted the 100% mango vegan alternative instead (and noticed […]
“Whenever you walk, whenever you really Walk, the world has neither past nor future; not even the dance setting forth & arriving; not even the endless cycle of mornings & evenings. No, whenever one truly Walks, he or she flows with gravity and dances with both root & rock – he or she leans into […]
I head into the small city of Melide proper and make my usual stop into the town’s primary wayside church (Igrexa de San Pedro de Melide), and yet this stopover has a most uninviting vibe (eerily similar to how I felt while recently passing through the town of Portmarin) and so I didn’t pause long […]
“Life itself singular and fleeting, so we would all do well to treat every day like a pilgrimage. Wise Men rarely rest by roadside inns. Instead, they spend their days striding directly into the illimitable domain of eternal bliss; the ultimate destination that resides where we all already reside; the end-all-be-all foundation at the center […]
On this segment of the Camino, there happens to be a bridge made of stone that crosses a cool & beautiful stream along this segment of the Camino; a bridge that Ire remembered quite fondly from y previous Walk those 11+ years ago, and I will admit that I was indeed looking forward to pausing […]
“In the eyes of God, we are all so easy to carry – all as light as the ether and all as radiant as starlight. And so it is that I pray for you to walk through life accordingly. Yes, I pray that your journey will always be smooth & steadfast, and that all those […]
It was then that I came across yet another non-donativo rest-stop for pilgrims, and it was then that I once more chose to flow smoothly by the same – not wanting to taint my own cause by even indirectly “asking” for assistance, and just as ardently not wanting to tempt any others to “give” to […]
And so indeed onward I walked – on & on & on along The Way – until I once again came upon a small cadre of fellow travelers; this time in the form of Ashleigh & Ann & Peggy; with the latter of whom being effusively supportive of my Walk, and the former two being […]
And then it was that I entered the tiny wayside hamlet of O Rio, rounded a gentle bend in The Road, and glanced to my left to see a small pilgrims’ rest-stop* encouraging me to feel welcome there. And so it was that I indeed decided to pause there for a time and rest in […]
What I didn’t know about Sean & Jannicke – a fact that made their gracious generosity towards me all the more remarkable – was that this night was Jannicke & Sean’s last one together; that Jannicke’s time with Sean in the hostel had fluidly passed and that she was actually leaving to return to Norway […]
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