One of the things I’ll have to get used to while walking the Camino is wearing the same thing, day after day. It’s advised that your pack only be about 10% of your body weight, which currently puts my pack’s ideal weight at about 15 lbs. I plan on hiking as lightly as possible, which…
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Weekly Writing Challenge: 1,000 Words
This week’s writing challenge begins with an image (“Contemplation,” above). As it happens, today’s post was going to be about a spot on the map that seems to naturally reel in those in need of serious contemplation. I’m talking about Finisterre, on the western coast of Spain. There are many routes a pilgrim can take…
One Step Closer to St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port!
Today a very special package arrived in the mail, made even more exciting by the fact that I thought it would be a few more days before these particular goodies would arrive. Enclosed in the unassuming Amazon packaging were two books that come highly recommended – The Pilgrim’s Guide to the Camino de Santiago, by…
The Camino Plan
After some serious thought, I’ve realized that my (greatly) varied interests can’t all be reflected properly on Compass & Quill. Sometimes it can be hard for me to see where one pastime or interest ends and another begins – I get sucked into wanting to talk about it all here, but it ends up watering…
Book Review: In Movement There Is Peace – Stumbling 500 Miles Along The Way To The Spirit
There is no shortage of books chronicling the pilgrim’s path to Santiago de Compostela. From travel guide to personal memoir, spiritual exploration to historical documentation, there is something for every armchair pilgrim who wishes to travel the Camino by way of words. This week’s book review focuses on a book written by a pair of…
“To The Pilgrim” (A Poem from The Camino)
The following poem was carried by a South African Pilgrim and presented at Refugio Gaucelmo… To the Pilgrim Go from the day of your birth you have been on the journey. Go an encounter awaits you. with whom? perhaps with your own self. Go …
Why Santiago de Compostela?
As a marketer, it’s often my responsibility to help clients refine their core message into a short, simple statement that can be easily tucked into a casual conversation. We call it the “elevator pitch”. The basic idea is that the client should be able to approach a target consumer and give them a compelling reason…
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