IT’S FINALLY BOOKED! I fly to Paris on Sept 25th then return from Barcelona on December 20th. I’ve also decided to remain silent for the entire trip, instead of just Continue Reading →

Someone recently commented on a previous post that I seem to be practicing my silent days alone and that I should get back to interacting with more than just my Continue Reading →

I finally decided to begin “actual” training for my 800 KM trek. Tucker and I walked around the South end of the lake to the beach directly opposite the cottage Continue Reading →

Looking out over the lake during a summer rainstorm with my dawg by my feet during self imposed silence – is absolute magic. Although, not exactly conducive to light hearted Continue Reading →

I FOUND MY OUTFIT! I FOUND MY OUTFIT! I FOUND MY OUTFIT! (Now there’s something I never thought I’d say!) This week’s day of silence I spent with the incredibly Continue Reading →

I FOUND MY STONE! I FOUND MY STONE! I FOUND MY STONE! And it was during my day of freakin silence even! Let me explain. For centuries, Camino pilgrims from Continue Reading →

This week’s day of silence was pure crap! The cottage crapper flows into a septic tank, which announced quite profoundly that it desperately needed a visit from the local septic Continue Reading →

During this week’s day of silence I found myself grumpy, easily frustrated and pissed off with inanimate objects that intentionally got in my way. Sometimes I wonder if the kind Continue Reading →

I was about to post this last Thursday but then a dark shadow fell over Nice France. So this week y’all get TWO posts for the price of one! I Continue Reading →

This week I was walking with my dawg Tucker in the middle of an insect ridden swamp, when it dawned on me why we all love our pets so much Continue Reading →