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No, no! The adventures first, explanations take such a dreadful time. Lewis Carroll, The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland Musings Along the Way Have you ever considered the expanse of 3,500 [...]

Driving along the highway the other day, I noticed the title of this post plastered across a billboard in massive, fiery red, letters. The play on the old cliche was clever, feisty, and [...]

Almost exactly four years ago, I wrote a post entitled The Shadows We Cast, exploring the consequences, noticed and unnoticed, of our passing through the world. The post came back to me recently [...]

I recently finished re-reading The Lord of the Rings Trilogy. I don’t remember when I first came across the stories or the last time I read the series, perhaps 40 years ago. I loved the [...]

As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. John F. Kennedy 45 degrees..that’s what the thermometer indicated [...]

Attending Mass this morning, I noticed the social distancing. No handshakes. No holy water. Looking closely at the faces gathered in the Sanctuary, I noticed something else: no fear. Ignorant [...]

Saturday, November 9, was the final day of our walk on the Camino. We started it with a leisurely breakfast in O Pedrouzo. We were excited to get to Santiago but were in no hurry. The 12.5 mile [...]

The peace of yesterday morning stayed with me all day. For me, yesterday felt like a big project, brought so lose to completion, that it’s success was nearly a sure thing. There is such a release [...]

Yesterday marked our 6th day walking in the rain. I have never encountered anything like it. I laugh as I write this; the Camino itself is unlike anything I have ever encountered. We left Palas [...]