Hanna gave me a vista, context, the big picture, and I hope that wherever this finds you in life right now, that it might be of some reassurance to you as well – that the only call is to keep walking.
Notes on walking in the dark
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A watercolor wander to Burgoyne Bay.
How do you describe the momentary beauty of two trumpeter swans or a Great Horned Owl? I’m beginning to realize that you can’t, but you can move through each day with an awareness that invites them.
The Great Affair’s Guide to: Trekking the Evliya Celebi Way.
While I so enjoyed sharing stories and lessons from the Evliya Çelebi Way with you, now I’d like to get a little more practical. What follows is a round up of information I hope you’ll find useful, should you be interested in walking the route yourself.
Notes from the Evliya Çelebi Way: Days 21 and 22
I will be leaving Turkey grateful for this unexpected lesson in navigation. We have to trust that the direction our compass is pointing in – whether what lies ahead is a less defined path, or perhaps there’s no path at all – is worth taking. It always is.
Notes from the Evliya Çelebi Way: Days 15-20.
Having walked alone these last three weeks, another shadow moving next to mine made for quite a change. Yet again, the path had gone in a different direction from my expectations – the lesson then, I think, might lay in the space between.
Notes from the Evliya Çelebi Way: Days 5-9.
Every step of the way is the point – that much I hold onto, even as a perfectly round blister forms on the bottom of my right big toe. As for what will happen at the end? That, my friends, is still a mystery – and also part of the point, wouldn’t you say?
Notes from the Evliya Çelebi Way: Days 1-4
The shepherd walked with a grace I won’t soon forget, with a grace I hope to carry into all parts of my own path through life. The sight of him with his flock was worth walking three days to see, and will be worth walking another twenty for.
The reel Camino: What does it mean to be a pilgrim?
Words and photos only tell so much – I love that this video captures sounds, too: the crunch of our boots on the path, the ever-present din of cowbells, and the cheers and claps that often erupt in front of the cathedral in Santiago.
One foot in front of the other: Walking the Camino de Santiago.
It’s been a few months now since I hung up my hiking shoes for the last time, but I was reminded of my questions about what it means to be a pilgrim again this morning after reading a powerful commencement speech by Nipun Mehta.
Buen Camino: Notes from the way.
It’s only my fourth day on the Camino de Santiago trail, but already I can feel it happening–that strange process whereby what I’m doing now becomes all I’ve ever done; as though I’ve always been walking through rural Spanish countryside.