As I write this, I am following along – on Facebook – the brand-new Archbishop of Canterbury. Sarah Mullally, the 106th in this role and the first woman. As Archbishop of Canterbury, she is the leader of the Anglican Church of England and spiritual leader of the worldwide Anglican community, a first among equals. This…
Category: Camino
The joy of being untidy
How marvelous that I can be a rebel by just being untidy! If that’s all it takes, I feel I should take on bigger projects. Like how to convince Donald Trump to retire! I like my domestic surroundings to be quite neat. Not antiseptic, I have many useful items and treasures around, but in their…
Camino Portugues – Take Two.
One of my Camino wisdoms (!) is that the walking is simple – it is all the organizing and managing of food, accommodation, and finding the way that is complicated
Howdie, the return of the pilgrim!
Yes, I am back from my Camino Portugués. All the way from Lisbon to Santiago de Compostela.
Counting down the years
Yes, I will be 80 next year, but who says I won’t be one of those wonder people who are just trekking and trucking along into their 90s?
Update on my Update – Camino that is
t will soon be time to take off for Lisbon for the start of my Camino Portuguès. Libson to Santiago de Compostela, all 630 km of it.
Camino into outer space
Well, it was a blast! A delightful great big Camino conference. It all took place in the middle of May on the campus of the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, amid the trees and bushes in bloom and the green, green grass of the Pacific Coast. There were 400 of us, most oldies but…
Camino Reeducation
Do you get those moments when, despite past knowledge and experience, you feel that now, you know nothing about an important subject? That is how I am feeling about my upcoming Camino to Portugal, particularly regarding equipment. By equipment, I mean backpack, footwear, questions about hiking poles, and even clothing. How come? It’s like I…
Camino Portugués on my horizon
It will be a first for me to Portugal. This route was not on my radar, but a Camino friend invited me to join her, and then it just seemed, indeed, the right thing to do and place to go.
End of the world – back to front.
How exciting for me to see how Finisterre, a Camino pilgrim destination, is also a point that joins together the great bracelet of the around-the-world race. Not the end of the world, but nearly the end of this mighty Vendée Globe race for these courageous skippers.









