WOMANIST WISDOM IN THE WOOD SHOP
WOMANIST WISDOM IN THE WOOD SHOP
Look! A double rainbow after a thunderstorm in the mountains
Camino Sanabrés is the final leg of the journey to Santiago de Compostela. First, camino Mozárabe, then Via de la Plata, and now camino Sanabrés the rest of the … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Will it be Orense or Astorga?
The stages or distances between towns are quite long on camino Via de la Plata. There are not a lot of albergues and hostels that host pilgrims making their way … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Puente de Piedra (Stone Bridge) in Zamora, Spain
Ahhh! Zamora. Before I started on my pilgrimage and learned about the villages, towns, and cities that I may touch with my feet, I did not know much about Zamora. I … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Whatever your walk – teetotaler or connoisseur – wine is everywhere in Spain. The country has a very large wine culture. It is served as a feature in almost every meal but breakfast. Asking for something other than wine … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Salamanca is an old city in the autonomous community of Castile and Leon on the camino Via de la Plata. It is home to the Old and New Cathedrals and Spain’s oldest university. Students and professors from all over … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Old school wood sign on the camino
I am having a time, mostly good, reading the markers and signs on the camino to Santiago de Compostela. In the last post, Part 1: Reading the Signs, revealed the … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
An arrow on the ground composed of rocks points the way to Santiago
What signs? How do you read the signs? Nature and all things in it are our constant and consistent companions on the camino.
Too, my stick … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Quercus suber or cork oak trees grow along the camino. They are an ancient source of wine bottle stoppers. Still used today, cork is also used for flooring, ball core, flotation devices, and lightweight soundproofing construction material. It is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Aqueducto los Milagros at sunrise in Merida, Spain
My plan was to walk the camino alone. It is nice to be alone with yourself and your thoughts. It gets lonely on the trail, certainly. The camino is … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
The moon at sunrise
So far, I have revealed only bits of information about how I fell for this word, camino, because it is just that… bits. But I accepted and folded what I found … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
The camino Mozárabe joins the camino de la Plata on the next leg of my journey to Santiago de Compostela. The two caminos meet at the city of Merida. Before I reach that camino crossroad, the city of Cordoba … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞
Wanderer, pilgrim, and sometimes, stranger. I am mining data from my experiences on the camino for… what? My journey is a long one, so I have plenty of time to walk, talk, and think. I want to live a … 🐞 Read more about it ➞ ➞ ➞