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The one less traveled by
Two roads diverged in a wood and I took the one less traveled by And that has made all the difference. – Robert Frost The Camino Portuguese is a 600 kilometer pilgrimage from Lisbon to Santiago. Unlike the more famous … Continue reading
Tender Mercies
Robert Duvall won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for best actor in a sweet, oft-overlooked 1983 film called Tender Mercies. It’s the transformation of an end-of-the-line alcoholic country singer into a decent man, not by some instant Hollywood epiphany … Continue reading
Obrigado Portugal
I have spent the last three weeks on the Camino Portuguese, a 600 kilometre Pilgrimage from Lisbon in Portugal to Santiago in Spain. I walked across Portugal, village to town to city, along ancient cobblestone paths, following the Via Romana … Continue reading
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Tagged Albergue, Camino Portuguese, Camino Santiago, Casa Guedes Porto, Eat Portugal, FC Porto, fitness over 60, Lisbon, middle aged fitness, midlife adventures, Off the Couch and Out the Door, Oporto shore tours, Ponte de Lima, Porto, Portugal, portuguese bread, Santiago, St Francis way, Via Romana XIX
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Bottled Poetry
Florence is the place most people go when they visit Tuscany. It is a city like no other, with ornate cathedrals, museums crammed with Tuscan art and artifacts, piazzas that demand a stop for coffee and contemplation and enough shopping … Continue reading
The Law of Unintended Consequences.
Long ago, I formulated the Law of Unintended Consequences. It goes something like this – whatever I expect to happen in the future, it will not; something else will happen, something I have not even considered. The Law offers constant … Continue reading
Walk or pilgrimage; both are one step at a time
Two months ago, I walked the Camino Frances, a well tramped thousand year old Catholic pilgrimage, a stroll of about 800 kilometers, from St. Jean Pied de Port, France to Santiago, Spain. Catholic pilgrims pay homage to Saint James whose … Continue reading
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