The Pilgrim Sole

Quite a varied bunch at dinner tonight.  Lazslo from Hungary who is studying economics had to excuse himself to talk to his dad, who is supe...

Yesterday was a day of convergence on the Camino. As I’ve been walking, I’ve reached out to pilgrims with whom I have walked in previous yea...

I spent hours this morning writing letters outside at a café while drinking a giant orange juice and a café con leche and a Cola Cao. I watc...

 I had given myself an extremely short walk to a boring town on my second day, so I’m already switching it up. I decided instead to walk 14K...

I’m trying to find the right way to navigate the arrows, trying to figure out what my days will look like since I am moving shorter distance...

My biggest accomplishment over the past two days was that I only puked publicly one time. (Sorry gelato shop patrons).  I’ve been mostly sle...

  I’m sitting outside in at a cafe in Madrid at the Plaza de Juan Goytisolo near Atocha train station.  I’m eating a delightful salad of man...

 While discussing the stressful state of the world as it relates to addiction, my friend asked me directly, "Are you numbing yourself?...

9/11/2001 was a perfect day.  Perfect temperature, perfect skies.  The sun shone warmly on my face as I walked from my apartment in Arlingto...

Every year I go to see the D.C. cherry blossoms that encircle the Tidal Basin. Every year, I have to dig around for something pink and appro...