Saturday
30Jan2010

Epilogue - part 2

Cognac 18H. That was the color of the paint in the kitchen in designer language. I had forgotten the name Cognac 18H. I had forgotten that is, until I found myself in the garage making a small mountain of things to throw away before the movers came. I was a bit irritated while I was

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Friday
22Jan2010

Epilogue - part 1

For lunch yesterday I ate a slices of Hass avocado with chunks of half of a pink grapefruit. Here in Germany they are labeled "rose" grapefruit which I find more attractive and pleasurable to think about when picking out which one of the non-perfectly piled

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Saturday
19Dec2009

Santiago to Regensburg - part 5

It was one thing to throw myself into my bed in anticipation of sweet sleep, it was another to be able to relax enough to allow it to happen. I was so accustomed to the albergue noise that silence seemed strange and automatically my ears wandered out into

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Wednesday
11Nov2009

Santiago to Regensburg - part 4

The bus ride to the train station in Frankfurt took an hour perhaps a little longer. I sat staring out the window observing the traffic I hadn't missed in the last four weeks. My mind was in and out of the Camino world and the world in front of me. I gave my mind the task to think about getting home, about how it would feel to

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Wednesday
04Nov2009

Santiago to Regensburg - part 3

It was Renate.

Renate, the German woman whom I had met at the airport in London at the beginning of my journey. Renate, who helped me and Anna get to St. Jean Pied de Port. Renate, who helped me feel at ease those first first few hours and days of my journey.

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