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630. Honorary Members of Our Guy’s Bookclub
As some of you know, we’ve had a guy’s book club since pre-Covid days. I’m guessing five years. We are both a high-brow bunch; and a rather low- brow bunch.… Read more
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629. Kingsbury Ancestors (2)
There is no other good way to visit the three villages associated with William Henry Kingsbury. So, I cough up 120 pounds for three hours. Although Vince, our driver, doesn’t… Read more
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628. Kingsbury Ancestors (1)
We easily arrive in Dorchester. Only two blocks from our BnB, we walk past the Dorset History Center. “Look, here is where we meet Fran tomorrow. This will be easy.… Read more
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627. With a Little Help from Our Friends
I meet Ian and Anne during breakfast the morning after walking my last section of the South West Coastal Path. After chatting on many topics, I mention that Mary will… Read more
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626. Pilgrims Remembered at Plymouth
I love history. At DePauw University from 1969-1973, I majored in history and religion. Like most programs at that time, my studies were primarily European and American. However, Harvard-trained historian… Read more
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625. Walking in the World of Celtic Saints: Their Legacy
Mary has arrived. We speed into full tourist mode. This mode of travel has worn me out more than my slow-travel. In slow-travel, I’m exhausted physically with the hard walking;… Read more
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624. 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
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623. 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
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622. 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
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621. 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
Journeys: Explorations in Body, Mind, and Spirit 