On & on & on I walked into the deepening night, along a surprisingly heavily-trafficked roadway all the way to the town of Croydon, where I tried to sleep in huge roadside warehouse that was under construction there. And yet the place proved to be too loud and well-lit and waterless for a rest-stop, and […]
The aforementioned bench just wasn’t cutting it that night, so I rose groggily and headed back out onto The Road – weaving in fatigue along the roadside for what seemed like mile after mile after mile; into and then through the town of Bensalem (where the still under-construction Waterside Community was unreceptive to any attempt […]
And the finite night continued to feel endless, with me ambling on & in & on into the still-thickened gloom; finally getting very close to Philadelphia (I could tell from the throbbing noise and the growing glow both humming from the near horizon), where a few kind locals helped this shaggy, late-night pilgrim find his […]
I woke from my restless few hours on the gas station bench and continued onward into the then very early morning, stopping briefly in a local IHOP to rest in its inviting foyer along the way (the manager kicked me out, ironically in short order, with a somewhat rude “If I let you rest here […]
The Sun began to slowly rise as I began to enter Philadelphia proper, and I found myself still walking into the coming dawn when I came upon a full-fledged rest-stop gas station. And even though there were places to rest inside that were exponentially more comfortable, I found myself almost too tired to enter, and […]
Thereafter, after waking from my less-than-comfortable bed (a massive understatement, that), I set forth again into the heart of the city, and soon enough passed by a sign that any pun-loving Peace Pilgrim would have to pause and honor. And so it was that I entered the Kale Yeah! Restaurant, and so it was that […]
And then I was suddenly in Philadelphia itself, a city so rich in history – both known & unknown. I easily passed a number of local churches (including the one pictured) and smoothly made my way to the metropolis’ Art Museum Library, where the kind librarians on hand allowed me to spend a large portion […]
I was feeling physically & emotionally fantastic this morning as I once again set out along The Way, a path that wound and weaved amongst man-made monoliths that almost haughtily showed off their own sense of grace & splendor in the sparkling morning sunlight. I guess great Beauty, too, can even be found in places […]
I soon found myself walking through downtown Philadelphia, not knowing exactly which route was best to take, and yet flowing easily southward nonetheless. And as was this Walk’s custom, I chose to regularly stop along my route to let folks know what I was doing and humbly ask for a glass of water – to […]
I thereafter made it past the beautiful St. Mary’s Episcopal Church and was at first delighted to see its purportedly progressive message of purely unconditional Love emblazoned on a banner upon its lawn. Upon closer inspection, however, I quickly noticed that two all-important societal sub-groups were completely missing from its amorous admonition – my innately […]
Like in most American cities, the stark disparity between those who had much and those who had so little was disturbingly easy to see; in this case via the following two scenes witnessed that morning; one of overflowing opulence and the other of abject poverty – with each residing less than three miles from the […]
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