Tag Archives: Sabbatical
Communion at the Everflowing Fountain. Not My Camino, Chp 18.
Church after church we entered, sometimes together, sometimes she went in alone. There may have been one or two that I saw which didn’t, but only because she was already in a church. Continue reading
Estella and Lucid Dreaming. Chp 17. Not my Camino.
I don’t know you at all. And with our very limited interaction the only deductions I may conclude is that you are a carbon based life form and you own a computing device, either hand or lap. So you might … 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
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’s in the Bag?
There are two main questions about preparing for the Camino: What will I need while walking everyday for two months across Northern Spain? First, let us unpack the concept of packing. The fact that it is even a concept is … Continue reading
Hey, what’s your problem? Oh. That’s your problem.
A door knocker in Basque country, 2023. Photo by author. The dharma of the Buddha loves to be a helper to its students. And it does so by being precise. Very precise. Extremely precise. Now, can we be honest and … Continue reading
Caminante, no hay camino . . . se hace el camino al andar
My husband loves me very much, God bless him, and he puts a lot of energy into making me happy. Until he showed me his recent post, I had no idea how much he had dreaded our epic sabbatical trip. … Continue reading
“Caminante, No Hay Camino….”
Part the First, where John learns to take Episcopalians seriously. I am going to out myself with this blog, and tell you something about my wife that I have not told her. She had been talking about walking the Camino … Continue reading
Buddha and St. Brigid take a walk
This is us, sitting on our couch, just a few hours before we leave for the airport, where we will fly to Madrid, and then will walk the Camino de Santiago!
buddha meets jesus 