A VOICE ON THE ROAD

NOTE: This is a reboot. Due to poor internet connection as we walked the West Highland Way this month, I was unable to post our...

Adventures start with an idea. Last year, I got an idea that took me a thousand miles across Europe, starting with a 500-mile walk across...

I have almost run out of things to say about our pilgrimage. I have circled back on almost everything by now and tomorrow we will return...

No set of writings about the Camino would be complete without a packing list. What do you really need? My and Joe's list won’t be exactly...

We’re getting down, as my old mentor used to say, “to brass tacks here.” Number 47 of this 50-post blog. Time to address the Big Question...

After three months of walking across Europe, I met my daughter in Paris for a week of macrons and cheese. This week was everything I...

As part of a year of finding my voice, I am learning to sing. Not just belting out tunes in the shower or whisper-singing my kids to...

Recalling Fences I wonder, If I will ever look At a long wire fence And not call to mind The many meters of fencing Along the Camino de...

So what does one do after a pilgrimage? Joe and I really didn't know, so we kept walking. First we walked all over Amsterdam and cities...

The Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela is the official end of the Camino. It’s there that pilgrims receive the Compostela — the...

The following 10 posts flow from reflections, events and travels between the end of the Camino in Santiago and my January return to...

Arriving at Santiago de Compostela And, suddenly, without warning, As if a thousand handmade signs Hadn’t pointed to thIs exact place We...

Since the beginning of this walk, I have been trying to find my voice -- the written one and the one which no one ever seems to hear. I...

The Pilgrim Meal I long to meet you hearty Spanish cuisine! I keep a long list of musts In my Notes app After culling many cookbooks And...

The Beat That Keeps Us Going You with the energy Of several dancing pilgrims Doing a can-can in hiking boots You with the ever-ready...

The Iron Cross I thought it would be bigger I didn’t expect the tour busses Or the picnic tables and trash bins The selfies being taken...

When I watch Karen and Steven, I am filled with gratitude to witness such love and compassion in a couple. I am inspired by them. While...

Forty dinners in 40 days and on the table with every one of them sits the bottle of red wine. Local wine. The Spanish are proud of their...

Broken record: I ache today. But it's not because we went far; only about 9 miles. I think, instead, it was the rocky bits pushing...

The Magnificat or Song of Mary is found in the biblical Gospel of Luke. I am reminded of the version I grew up with in the Catholic...