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  • 263. Pilgrimages: Nightly Destinations

    A person moving to a destination. So goes my bare minimum way of understanding a common human activity, a pilgrimage. As I mentioned in previous posts from walking the Via… Read more

  • 262. Pilgrims’ Movement: Following a Backpack

    As I mentioned previously, I’m enjoying my efforts of making sense of this long-distance walking in general, and of this South West Coat Path in general.  I’m afflicting you with… Read more

  • 261. Benches

    The standard image of a pilgrim is a walking figure. I enjoy the figure on the Mount of Forgiveness only a few miles outside Pamplona. The pilgrims are walking or… Read more

  • 260. Pilgrims’ Persisting while Visited by Serendipitous Joy

    Mary has arrived in London! Yeah! So, my walking days have ended. As I mentioned in one of my earliest posts, I had a hunch that this walk would be… Read more

  • 259. Pilgrimage: “Guests in the World”

    St. Columbanus was a Celtic saint and a peregrini. A pilgrim for the last 15 years of his life, he died in 615. Esther de Waal quotes him: “Therefore let… Read more

  • 258. Odds and Ends: Humor, Political Statements, and Art

    Because I try to write and include relevant photos centered around a theme, I don’t include all sorts of interesting photos, at least photos that I find interesting. I know… Read more

  • 257. Clouds

    Does anyone see me, I don’t care. I’ve got places to go, shapes to take, though I know not where. Like an actor in a play, I change. Sometimes in… Read more

  • 256. The Wonder of Rocks and Stones

    I feel them under my feet. I reach out to them next to me in order to steady my balance as I descend a slope. I see them above providing… Read more

  • 255. Apprehension and Expectation

    I’m awake at 5AM. I’m apprehensive and expectant. I’m apprehensive because of the 100% chance of rain with wind gusts of 25 mph. In similar weather conditions, my 6 mile… Read more

  • 254. Adjusting to the Sea

    Interesting Fact: every part of Cornwall is never more than 17 miles from the sea. As humans, we have always interacted with the sea. Here along the Cornish coastline, there… Read more

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