tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post4104037916361361000..comments2024-01-04T08:15:33.342+01:00Comments on Big Fun in a Tiny Pueblo: Still Alive Out Here! Rebrites@yahoo.comhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11827625656760747239noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-17799949444735570062018-08-25T19:02:09.438+02:002018-08-25T19:02:09.438+02:00Hi Rebekah, missed your posts so happy to catch up...Hi Rebekah, missed your posts so happy to catch up with the latest! Look forward to your thoughtful & insightful perspective on what's happening in your life and on the Road --<br />Discovered the Camino over 20 years ago (from the CD "Santiago" by the Chieftains) so feel a bit protective of wanting it remain as it was in a quieter past -- am keeping good thoughts that it will endure the commercialism of 21st century popularity! May be somewhat akin to the crowds at the height of popularity in the Middle Ages -- a fascinating study --<br />Cheers from CA, AmandaAmanda Schafferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752749948632609761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-89155349331666073372018-08-03T21:34:08.479+02:002018-08-03T21:34:08.479+02:00mawuli, you are welcome here. We are buzzing in an...mawuli, you are welcome here. We are buzzing in and out, but if you send an email we will be sure to have the bed made up for you! Rebrites@yahoo.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11827625656760747239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-65392763136514076962018-08-03T13:56:55.306+02:002018-08-03T13:56:55.306+02:00I'm always happy to read whatever you are writ...I'm always happy to read whatever you are writing about. Any little taste of Spain is wonderful for me. <br /><br />Walk the Portuges again, Rebkah....I loved coming into Santiago from the back end. There is an element of the bucket-listers from Tui to Santiago, but it retains the quietude and beauty that I experienced on the CF in 2008. Of course, the real pilgrimage is occuring everyday, internally, but a walk is nice too.Christine Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897521920882200282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-60241500694092804082018-08-01T05:47:59.659+02:002018-08-01T05:47:59.659+02:00Hey Rebekah, it's that unnamed pilgrim from yo...Hey Rebekah, it's that unnamed pilgrim from your previous post. I so appreciate the experience I had with you and Paddy. Muchas gracias, it was memorable in so many ways. Reading this post tugs at my pilgrim heart because I know how deep your love goes for the Camino. I appreciate the honesty that permeates your writing, without fail! I have only "known" this pilgrimage since 2016, so do not have the history with it you do, but can only imagine how the experience has changed over the past 20 years. So it goes, and so we go. Some of us are captured by this pilgrimage and it will not release us, no matter who we walk next to or what we find along The Way. After all, who ever said it was going to be easy?? Will continue to look for you on the page, on the path or at Peaceable Kingdom. Peace and Ultreia, dear peregrina! elleMichelle Rose Lesleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-78731049134247862812018-08-01T04:41:26.081+02:002018-08-01T04:41:26.081+02:00BTW, I'm the mama from Kiwi-family on the Cami...BTW, I'm the mama from Kiwi-family on the Camino Forum (full disclosure before you commit!)Rachaelhttps://thereandbacktoseehowfaritisblog.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-35201189766245756562018-08-01T04:40:01.144+02:002018-08-01T04:40:01.144+02:00Do you *want* pilgrims coming by? When I get to th...Do you *want* pilgrims coming by? When I get to the end of the Madrid route in early October I could turn right and head for Moratinos before doing the Salvador/Primitivo with family. But if you're content in your contemplation and service I'll turn left for Leon.Rachaelhttps://thereandbacktoseehowfaritisblog.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-65351964667189188822018-07-31T18:57:35.497+02:002018-07-31T18:57:35.497+02:00What a gift you sent out into the world today! Th...What a gift you sent out into the world today! Thank you for your post. Like maxon03, we've never met but I've enjoyed your tales of the Peaceable and its characters and creatures for many years now. Still dreaming of the Camino (thanks a lot Jack Hitt back in 1993!). May still get 'er done...by crawling. Anyways. <br /><br />Know that so many people hold you and Paddy and your critters and the Peaceable in our thoughts and prayers (which is a heartfelt phrase when not used by politicians after a school shooting). Blessings and peace to you...sheri in MNSheri in MNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17105625820049205730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-56053345270586836742018-07-31T17:48:19.119+02:002018-07-31T17:48:19.119+02:00Reb,
Couldn't agree more with you about the CF...Reb,<br />Couldn't agree more with you about the CF of today v the CF of old. This was mainly the reason behind my rambling paths in June and July this year, maybe I didn't spend enough time focusing on the here and now but it sure was a different experience in 2018 than my first time in 2011.<br />I don't know if you read about the Pittsburgh Gazette cartoonist, Rob Rogers, who was fired after 25 years with the paper for drawing unfavorable cartoons about the buffoon in the White House. The story is ludicrous and the severance package he was offers was an affront to a free press. I heard an interview with him on NPR, you would have been outraged if you had heard it.<br />I move back to Ohio in September after 17 years in sunny Florida.<br />Stay well!mawulihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03603677281839292222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-71859696495032601162018-07-31T17:40:35.681+02:002018-07-31T17:40:35.681+02:00So glad you posted again. Although we have never m...So glad you posted again. Although we have never met, I still connect with you as one of the "old timers." I first "met" you when my aunt sent me an article of yours when you were still a journalist in the States. You gave me advice about being a hospitalera which I did many times until the great crash of '08 when I couldn't afford it any longer. I still feel drawn to Spain and the fact that it ain't what it used to be makes me feel better in a snarky way. Anyway your words connect me to Spain and how it was and I appreciate thatmaxon03@yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-7800150823986285482018-07-31T17:22:17.648+02:002018-07-31T17:22:17.648+02:00Always thought we would once again do the entire C...Always thought we would once again do the entire CF again and see your place, but each year we do some new pilgrimage path farther afield, and we are doing shorter distances these days, and at a slower pace We did the last part of the CF at the end of the Primitivo a couple of years back, and were mentally prepared for the bustle and the hustle, but you are right, nothing like the experience of years ago. I still have faith in mankind's very slight tendency towards goodness, but with such crowds, those moments of human kindness get obscured. On the remote routes, we see so few other pilgrims, that we find it mostly in those who host pilgrims.Timecheckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03655966328174898998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-56805517821197562642018-07-31T16:46:43.841+02:002018-07-31T16:46:43.841+02:00So glad that you are still continuing!
From one &...So glad that you are still continuing!<br /><br />From one "continuer" to another Godspeed and Ultreia!<br /><br />"...and tho'<br />We are not now that strength which in old days<br />Moved earth and heaven, that which we are, we are;<br />One equal temper of heroic hearts,<br />Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will<br />To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield."<br /><br />Ulysses, <br />by Alfred, Lord TennysonMargaret Meredithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13558378940206033588noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9018985237438196013.post-21748722759134664332018-07-31T16:21:06.918+02:002018-07-31T16:21:06.918+02:00Gosh I wish I could come by and chew the fat with ...Gosh I wish I could come by and chew the fat with you and Paddy. We are all in the autumn of our lives and we are slowing down. I don't like it. My mind races but my body just tells me to "shut up and stay still". <br /><br />We have moved to our new house about a months ago and I am not settled in. The physical stuff is going to take a long time, but I was hoping mentally, I would would be at peace more. It is not a home yet, poco a poco we will get there.<br /><br />I spend more time outside, my hair is bleached by the sun, I sport a tan and if I let my imagination run wild, I can pretend to sit outside an albergue relaxing with a glass of from the many local bodegas. Some make darn good vino.<br /><br />There are times I think I should start a blog, as I am always so long winded in my facebook postings... I love Storytelling. <br /><br />Hope to see you next year some time. I am off to Ireland end of May for a retreat with the "Holy Disorder of dancing monks" and who knows where I am going to go on to. No fixed plans this time, but If I end up in Spain and IF you are needing help ... you know how to get a hold of me. <br /><br />Light and love and hugs to you all. Caminodreaming INgrid Ingridhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13160908069290200462noreply@blogger.com