Category Archives: Camino de Santiago

Nine Days, Nine Days, Nine Days

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Woodswoman

Is it possible that I have only a smidge more than a week before I will be off to Spain?  My return late last week from a road trip to Vermont left me exhausted, relieved to be home with so … Continue reading →

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Twenty-four Days and Counting . . .

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Woodswoman

As I look ahead to my last week in Vermont for this summer, my thoughts are drawn toward the upcoming departure date for Spain.  I brought so much work with me to Stone Walls, and haven’t gotten nearly enough done, … Continue reading →

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Your Camino begins the moment you decide to go

Posted on July 24, 2013 by Woodswoman

July 24, 2013 I may have read that on Ilona Freid’s website, alacartespirit.wordpress.com, or perhaps it was a line from the one of the many other Camino peregrinos whose work I’ve perused. One way or another, though I just read … Continue reading →

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High-altitude training walks . . .

Posted on July 1, 2013 by Woodswoman

July 1, 2013 – Only two months before I begin my Camino, in St. Jean Pied-de-Port, on the French-Spanish border.  As each day is clicked off the calendar, I am both more excited and more frightened than I was the … Continue reading →

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Half a Camino distance day . . . almost!

Posted on June 1, 2013 by Woodswoman

On Memorial Day, my college roommate, Gloria, and I (of course now more than four decades older) walked the Bolder Boulder.  I haven’t participated in that lovely mob scene for twenty years, but Gloria and her husband were visiting us … Continue reading →

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Going Within: Part I

Posted on March 30, 2013 by Woodswoman

Say hello to a Haiku, written for me: Pilgrimage today Traversing the north of Spain Off to find my truth -Mary Kay Loner – March 6, 2013 My friend Mary Kay sent this to me soon after our last Couple’s … Continue reading →

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Taking Care of Body Business . . .

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Woodswoman

No, I haven’t forgotten about the Camino or about training, or about this website . . . Cruising along with my hiking/walking through our Australia trip, and then I couldn’t ignore my shoulder injury any longer.  I’m not sure what … Continue reading →

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A One-Way Plane Ticket . . .

Posted on December 22, 2012 by Woodswoman

Have I mentioned that I have a plane ticket for my trip to walk the Camino de Santiago?  One night in the wee hours, I was clicking through a variety of airline search sites and found a one-way fare from … Continue reading →

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Musings, Collective Walking, and Ants . . .

Posted on July 13, 2012 by Woodswoman

A civilization of ants made a crowded pilgrimage up and down the edge of my garage floor where it met the driveway.  They weren’t there yesterday, but this morning, as I put the final touches on the packing task for … Continue reading →

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Paris Walking

Posted on May 19, 2012 by Woodswoman

Well, I haven’t been reporting here about hiking the Cathy Fromme Prairie Trail because I am in France.  Though I am coming home tomorrow night, and will get back into all of my routines in Colorado, walking the Paris streets … Continue reading →

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