By Anthony Jones Painting of the Raft of the Medusa A sail on the horizon! A sail, a sail! Please God let them see us! “Au secours! Au secours!” we shouted, although our cries were more desperate croaks. We sounded and looked like a murder of crows, our skins blackened by fourteen whole days under … Continue reading Help!
Goodreads Review of My Novel
After being published more than a year ago, my novel Torn Between Worlds: A Mexican Immigrant's Journey to Find Herself is finally getting some attention on Goodreads. It has 32 ratings with 23 reviews so far. Eighty percent of the people who have read my book loved it (50%), liked it a lot (18%) or … Continue reading Goodreads Review of My Novel
A Day in the Life of a Mayfly
Mayfly photo By Susan Champion A Day in the Life of a Mayfly is all the time she’s got to swarm in daylight sky until darkness calls the shot a few short hours to soar and achieve a life time’s goal would she wish for more or accept this is her role along with a thousand … Continue reading A Day in the Life of a Mayfly
Visiting Santiago de Compostela
On Saturday, the day after we finished walking the Camino, we went to a government building in Santiago de Compostela to get our certificates acknowledging our completion of the walk. You need to have walked at least 100 kilometers on any Camino to get this certificate and we walked 143 kilometers. So we more than … Continue reading Visiting Santiago de Compostela
Day Five on the Camino
Weather was beautiful today, clear skies, moderate temperatures and no rain. Unfortunately, we have all had enough of the Camino. Santiago Ways, the company we booked our trip with, consistently underestimated the kilometers we need to walk to get from one city to another. Perhaps they are just calculating the distance from city A to … Continue reading Day Five on the Camino
Final Day Walking the Camino
On our final day walking the Camino we went from Padron into the city of Santiago de Compostela. We walked 31 kilometers, more than 45,000 steps. That was an insane amount of walking! Here is a photo of the Camino we walked, from Tui to Santiago. This map was included on our credencial del peregrino … Continue reading Final Day Walking the Camino
Fourth Day Walking the Camino
The weather was sunny and comfortable today and the sights were delightful. However, as it was the fourth straight day of walking long distances, getting to our final destination was tough. We covered 29 kilometers, more than 40,000 steps. It was very hard to walk that far! I also discovered that one of my toes … Continue reading Fourth Day Walking the Camino
Third Day Walking the Camino
No rain today and many beautiful sights. Walking is getting harder though as it is the third day in a row of long-distance hiking, including going up and down many hills. Also, when Google maps says there is a cafe up the street, that may not be the case. So expect some disappointments. I would … Continue reading Third Day Walking the Camino
Second Day Walking the Camino
We walked 20 kilometers today in Galicia. That was about 30,000 steps. This is a beautiful part of Spain that reminds me of Switzerland, with its rolling hills and charming homes displaying an abundance of flowers. Here are two photos I took in this Northwest region of Spain. Here are some of the many flowers … Continue reading Second Day Walking the Camino
First Day Walking the Camino
Hubby and I walked 33,000 steps today, almost 23 kilometers. That’s the most either of us has done in almost 34 years of marriage. Bonus: we are still speaking to each other! Here we are about to begin in front of Tui Cathedral We saw lots of lovely sights along the way. Here are some … Continue reading First Day Walking the Camino
US Author Nancy Klein in Spain 