Camino de Santiago (2017)

Things I Thought While Sitting

September 19, 2017 Sometimes I think this is what it must be like out there. In…
Satan the Prowling Lion Will Lead You Stray if You Stray from the Way

September 24, 2017 TRANSCRIPT OF A FAKE SERMON. Good morning, and it’s a blessing to be…
Free Stuff

September 25, 2017 On the 25th day of the walk, I woke early and left Villar…
The Problem with You Not Being Here

September 26, 2017 The journey’s too big. Too many details are on this single line we…
I Was Here

September 27, 2017 On the 27th day of the journey I woke up in Rabanal, a…
Hot Damp Lumps

October 3, 2017 Today we crossed the marker that is 100 kilometers from Santiago: we are…
The Storm before the Calm

October 5, 2017 What is the difference between mist and fog? Whatever it was, it loomed…
Destination Day

October 6, 2017 On the 36th day of the journey, I left the albergue in Monte…
To the End of the Earth and the Coast of Death

October 8, 2017 Santiago de Compostela is the end of the pilgrimage. But it can not…
My Travel Guide

October 9, 2017 I stumbled across a poem by Constantine Petrou Cavafy called Ithaka. As I…
Idyll at San Roque

October 10, 2017 This, the 40th morning, was miserably cold. I wore both my sweaters and…
The Second of Three Endings

October 11, 2017 On the 41st day of walking, I walked three kilometers up out of Finisterre…