We wake and jostle our belongings together in haste; today, as we have long planned, we will begin our journey into the Dolpa. Sacks stuffed, teeth brushed, packs on back, we descend the steep incline…
Posts tagged pilgrimage
pilgrimage of poem & music (an intimidating book to open)
Opening the book on our adventures in the Dolpa (rural Nepal) is as intimidating as the 17,000 foot passes we crossed to get there. Just look at a single page of my notes! So instead…
following a pilgrim songline
So where were we? Ah, yes. Eluding the croissant-pusher. In Australia, I once learned that the Aboriginals used to track their way through the vast bush by secret songlines; riddles, in song format, of which…
a blessing recipe
Popes, priests and prophets have their methods. Merchants, and those who buy from them, name it in terms of this or that currency. But the value and blessing upon any object, for me, cannot be…
that the ideal shall be real to thee
A free audiobook download has thrown me back at the feet and humbled mercy of my favorite author, philosopher and dreamer… Ralph Waldo Emerson pokes a finger directly into my heart with this address to…
sacred ego stomping
The Sacred Lake Namtso (For more stories from Tibet, visit the archives for April, 2005. For more pictures from Tibet, visit the Tibet Photogallery.) I’m in the mood for a story. And this one is…
Frustrated Feet
Ah…it seems my “every mile was a joy” brag (of the Camino Santiago) just got a kick in the kilometer ass. For walking BACKWARDS along the Camino Portuguese means that for ever 20 kilometers I…