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Can you show me your license, registration and Intentions please?
Intentions have been at the core of my Camino de Santiago experience lately. And because that experience was online, mostly on Facebook, one’s intentions must be called into consideration. Hell, one’s existence must be called into consideration after I found out about 30% of the Participants who were commenting and running Camino de Santiago group pages didn’t exist. Continue reading
“Lintzoain and Basque Country” Not My Camino, Ch 11.
The road from Roncevalles was lovely, and we met a bunch of folks who made the trail lighter. Stacy hooked up with a trio of ladies from Colombia and I found some folks from England who were taking pictures of … Continue reading
Influencer, ‘Fluencer, Flooser, Fluzer.
I once had a mind altering experience with some rose colored glasses. Literal ones. I put ’em on one summer day and went tooling about the city with my artsy pals, looking for trouble and Muses to inspire us. After … Continue reading
The Climb to Roncesvalles
I am a history nerd. Folks like us are usually called Buffs, as in History Buff, but I am not a “buff” when it comes to history. A buff is a passive little thing that can be blown away with … Continue reading
Seeing the Albergues the ‘Right’ Way.
As we have discussed before, despite being on a pilgrim path, I was not Pilgrimming. I was not in the act of Pilgrimation. I was not a Pilgrim. Unirregardless of this redundancy, I figured I should study some Buddhism since … Continue reading
Hot Take on the Ten Commandments
In an article from Mother Jones, “To Understand JD Vance, You Need to Meet the ‘TheoBros’,” about a loosely affiliated extreme Christian nationalist group of pastors and influencers. Some of these guys “believe that the Constitution is dead and that … Continue reading
St. Jean Pied de Port, the Camino Begins.
15,000 hours of improv and I lose it with a stick salesman. Continue reading
So, what the heck is the The Camino de Santiago anyway?
Here are some basic facts about the Camino de Santiago. The Camino de Santiago is not a single path, but a network of paths mostly crossing Spain and Portugal, all ending in the Arch cathedral Basilica in Santiago de Compostela … Continue reading
The Trinity as a way to avoid idolatry?–a response…
I’m writing this after reading “The Trinity as a Way to Idolatry” by Rev Alan. Her description of the Trinity as a paradox, and how that was a good thing, hit me wonderfully hard. The use of symbols and statues … Continue reading
buddha meets jesus 