So. You want to walk the Camino de Santiago. Enough people have approached me in my personal life about walking this ancient trail through Spain that I eventually made a form email response. “Hello, I’d like to walk the Camino, can you point me in a direction?” Why, yes, I can *forwards email.* But thenContinueContinue reading “Camino de Santiago — ye olde tips”
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New Year’s Report
Remember when it was a few months ago and I learned that the retreat I go on EVERY New Years for the past LITERALLY SEVEN OR EIGHT New Years was cancelled this year? I probably told you this. What I didn’t tell you is that it threw me into a leetle bit of a tailspinContinueContinue reading “New Year’s Report”
You can take the girls away from the Camino…
…but you just can’t take the Camino away from the girls. A few weeks ago I wrote to my cousin and my Juli-YEAH, “Camping?” and they said, “YES.” so we tossed around dates and places and settled, quickly, on the one that worked for all of us. And then I made the reservation and tuckedContinueContinue reading “You can take the girls away from the Camino…”
Position open: Cousin
Sunday was beautiful, so I decided to go for a hike. I was like, “Maybe I can ask a friend, and they’ll want to hike with me.” But, Julia is in grad school. And Hanna is now moved away. So instead I hiked alone, and I thought about that miserable time Hanna and I walkedContinueContinue reading “Position open: Cousin”
Labor Day SHE-nan-ee-gans.
On Thursday I was like, “Huh. The weekend is open, and a holiday weekend, no less. I should find something to do” and “I’ve wanted to walk this 35-mile trail since I heard about it last summer.” So, I told my cousin, and she was on board for a Sunday-through-Monday hike. She did perform aContinueContinue reading “Labor Day SHE-nan-ee-gans.”
Seashell Nell 