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20 Oct

The Beauty of Travel

  • By Koontz Kurt
  • In Post-Pilgrimage
Here is a short excerpt about time from A Million Steps: “Later, I passed a sign pointing east with the word Santiago and 518 KM. This meant that in nine days of walking I had already covered about one-third of
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06 Oct

City Light

  • By Koontz Kurt
  • In Post-Pilgrimage
Here is a short excerpt about meals from A Million Steps: “I was beginning to understand more about meals on the Camino. Breakfast (desayuno) typically consisted of slices of a crusty white bread with butter and jam. The deluxe version was
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01 Sep

Good Juju

  • By Koontz Kurt
  • In Post-Pilgrimage
Kindness for the sole sake of kindness was a common trait shared by pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago.  Strangers go out of their way to make the lives of others better and expect nothing in return.  One day, I
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18 Aug

Why Wait?

  • By Koontz Kurt
  • In Post-Pilgrimage
When taking the first of A Million Steps on the Camino, arrival in Santiago does not even cross the mind.  Without notice, two or three weeks pass and half a million steps are history.  A child rarely contemplates mortality for
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28 Jul

Living or Just Breathing?

  • By Koontz Kurt
  • In Post-Pilgrimage
On May 26, my stepdad turned 85.  He never exercises, lights 40 Marlboro’s every day, and knocks down a dozen Cutty Sarks each night.  He is alive, but is that a life?  On the same day, I was about 345,000
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14 Jul

So Many Chances

  • By Koontz Kurt
  • In Post-Pilgrimage
On the 21st of May, I was walking through Najera and stopped for lunch at the same place I ate on my last Camino. There was one other pilgrim dining in this quiet cafe. I enjoyed the food and reminisced
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07 Jul

Tres Amigos

  • By Koontz Kurt
  • In Post-Pilgrimage
The fifth day ended and I was devouring ice cream in front of the albergue.  I heard a man loudly talking on his cell phone. He said, “I have three bunks reserved.  Two on the bottom and one on the
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28 Apr

Disconnect

  • By Koontz Kurt
  • In Post-Pilgrimage
Unplugged is a live album recorded in 1992 by Eric Clapton. At the time, the title seemed odd to me. I had to listen to the music several times to get the true meaning from this incredible artist. He disconnected
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21 Apr

Tower of Gratitude

  • By Koontz Kurt
  • In Post-Pilgrimage
While taking A Million Steps on the Camino de Santiago, puddles of gratitude seeped into my soul from the most unlikely pools. These satiated feelings were stirred by getting a bottom bunk in the hostel or helping a stranger
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14 Apr

Marvelous Mallika Chopra

  • By Koontz Kurt
  • In Post-Pilgrimage
Just over a year ago, Edie Weinstein interviewed me for her radio program. She is a kind soul and we had an instantaneous bond that carries forward through today. The cosmic forces collided to provide an opportunity for
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