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.
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Perky little inventions
Get that word perky – that is the direction for this blog. Seems at this time February 20 – 2025 – the choices are to fret, marvel and agonize over Trump or do the escape route and pretend that life is normal. It is not, but I am choosing the escape route – hence the…
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.
The Sun King and the Elephant
This reminds me of the reign and style of Louis XIV of France, The Sun King. Louis was a king by divine right, that’s how it worked in his day. Oh, Trump could only dream
A deep oceans dive
No, not me getting wet, writing to you from chilly Edmonton in Canada, but doing much vicarious sailing as I follow along with the skippers of the Vendée Globe – around the world, unassisted, no land stops single-handed sailing race. This race is held every four years and my second time becoming a complete groupie….
How my protagonists sabotaged novel # 2
Then I turned totally Pollyanna. The main characters got together over supper and a few glasses of wine and had a heart-to-heart – a pox on them! This is not chummy chummy United Nations here guys, let`s have some authentic conflict.
Emerging from audio book production
Audio book production wrapping up. Thinking of other word and creative productions.
So many ways to be a pilgrim
Be warned! When you set out on a pilgrimage, it will change your life henceforth. You will be a pilgrim for ever.
Cheers all the way
This is the Rugby World Cup taking place this time in stadiums all over France. But for today, the big final, it is back to Paris in the Stade de France.
Green……aaand Pleasant!
Not only is Dorset a rural gem – it is also bursting with history and culture: Thomas Hardy country, the Tolpuddle Martyrs and the Jurassic coastline, just for starters.