Conversations on El Camino

Last week I spent two days pulling the liquid out of various foods -- peaches, blueberries, vegetables, beans -- and spent $150 on various forms of oats, pasta, and seeds: oatmeal, granola, granola bars, nut bars, cereal bars, pasta sides... I was looking for something to do - so I started walking toward Canada. Image…

The flora of a bog. It's so beautiful and fascinating! I had the grand privilege to spend a week at the feet of experts in all sorts of -ologies, learning all sorts of wonderful Neature facts. Now I find myself driving the countryside looking for hummocky topography, black spruce bogs and their charming (and carnivorous)…

In my hunt to find purpose, I continue to wander circles -- I've never been great with directions. And my loops are retracing a path I paced nearly a decade ago. I was in my bedroom, pleading with God to show me what was next. The Voice was clear enough to stop me in my…