I flowed onward through the sunny day towards the township of Mourelot, with spirits high and steps light, and soon saw a highly sympathetic sign for a small donativo hostel (L’Ancre) on the near outskirts of town. I wasn’t even thirsty at the time, and yet decided to stop regardless. After all, this Walk was […]
I thereafter flowed quite easily up into and through the town of Castelnau sur l’Auvignon and then onward to the warm and more than charming pathside Chapel de St. Germaine – where I stopped to rest for a bit, to light a candle of gratitude for all who came before and all who would arrive […]
After I left the chapel and headed back out onto The Road, I soon passed a fully renovated (and obviously now privately-owned) church that had me pausing to wonder about the deeper nature of wealth & poverty … “I’ve been making a list of the things they don’t teach us at school. They don’t teach […]
Today had been one of the very few days where I had established a specific goal before setting out – in its case making it to the town of Condom by 2pm in order to hopefully meet back up with Mike & Cindy for the final time before they were flowed fully out of reach […]
I headed into Condom’s glorious vaulted cathedral thereafter – soaking up its high-paneled Peace and offering up my standard prayers of Gratitude mixed with the usual affirmations of selfless resolve … “Are you surprised by my candor when I speak of the Universal Divine? Indeed in a world that has repeatedly attempted to destroy the […]
I left the cathedral fully refreshed and headed back towards the original edge of town to Le Champ d’Etoiles (The Field of Stars) – a famous Camino hostel and my refuge for the night. This lovely waystation was warm and warmly run by Jean Marc & Veronique; the father and step-mother of fellow pilgrim Remi […]
While I was in truth more than slightly disappointed in the compassion-less way that Jean Marc described the reasoning behind making his hostel a fully plant-based stop-over (somewhat callously stating that he could care less how anyone chose to treat animals; that his hostel was “vegan” solely to allow every pilgrim who arrived there to […]
An unusually thunderous snore-fest in our common sleeping chambers has me moving downstairs to catch the night’s Z’s on the living room sofa* – flowing easily into what was harmoniously available instead of fighting to “make better” what was discordantly nearer by (much like smooth flight of the swallows who just a bit later gracefully […]
“It is true that walking is physically healthy – and mentally soothing – and emotionally calming – and spiritually inspiring – and psychologically self-awakening (all of which are well & fine themselves). And yet walking can also be so much more – if we choose to walk for others. Yes, a longer walk will almost […]
I am walking more slowly and far more steadily this morning – much more attentively; with far more appreciation for where I am and much less focus upon where I am headed. And somehow quite appropriately, it is during this far more mindful meander that I come to the Pont de Lartique, the point where […]
“Few men or women can be counted as truly brave who have never walked alone a hundred miles. Indeed, if you want to know the truth of who you truly are, set forth and walk until not a single person knows your name. For solo travel is the second-greatest of all levelers, the second-greatest of […]
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