Category Archives: Walks and hikes

Two Weeks of Quiet

OK, y’all, I’ve been posting photos pretty regularly on Facebook and Instagram, along with the occasional blog post, so you can follow along on this journey.  Now I’m going quiet for the next two weeks. Besides coming back to the … Continue reading

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One week in

It’s difficult to write about a pilgrimage. Every day you get up and walk.  That’s it. Nothing happens, and yet everything happens.   The world slows down.  You see the flowers and the bees.  You hear the constant birdsong that … Continue reading

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The Adventures Begin

Greetings from Burgos, a lovely city on the meseta, Spain’s high northern plain.  Our adventures began before we even left home. By ‘we’ I mean me and Janice, my old college roommate who agreed to join me for the first … Continue reading

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Today’s walk

Was another Manresa to Sunset excursion, and back again. Each walk seems to have a theme, and today it was jellyfish.  This is one of the larger ones I encountered, shown with the nifty rock I found.  Does it count … Continue reading

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Testing, testing….

Have I mentioned that I’m returning to Spain next month? I’ll be there for almost six weeks, walking on the Camino Frances for some of that time (the same route I walked in 2006), and spending the other part of … Continue reading

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I Used to Live Here

Last weekend I was up in the East Bay to attend the artists’ reception at Collector Art Shop in Berkeley, where I am in a group show (which will be on display through January 28, in case you’re inclined to … Continue reading

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