It Could Be Sunshine

Tag: Love

  • Day 24: Lascabanes to Montcuq (final day)

    Day 24: Lascabanes to Montcuq (final day)

    ~7 miles, rolling hills, sunflowers, final day of walking! Today was truly a magical last day of walking! It was cloudy and cool with a lovely light breeze; we could not have asked for nicer weather or more beautiful landscapes. We left mid morning, as we only had 7 miles to walk, so there was…

  • The Next Adventure: Camino de Santiago (Via Podiensis—France) July 2023

    The Next Adventure: Camino de Santiago (Via Podiensis—France) July 2023

    Two months ago I bought plane tickets to Europe with plans to walk my second Camino, this time the Via Podiensis (also knows as the Chemin du Puy) in France. I walked my first Camino 11 years ago this summer (~175 miles total on the Camino Frances in Northern Spain); a decision that, at the…

  • Grief, Love, and Remembrance

    Grief, Love, and Remembrance

    A few days ago I found myself standing in front of the memorial for the victims of the racist, violent attack that happened last week on a MAX train in Portland. I stood there and cried, while other people did the same. Portland has always been my home, but standing there made me feel like…

  • Lessons from the Camino (written in 2012):

    Two years ago this month, I walked 180 miles of the Camino de Santiago. Below are a few of the lessons I took from that experience that I thought I would share again! Lessons from the Camino: Judging others and ourselves is the root of most unhappiness I don’t like too much choice-simplicity makes me…

  • Photos: Oregon Coast Sunset

         

  • Photo: The Mountain and the Caterpillar

  • Two Years!

    Hello everyone! Today I am celebrating my 2 year anniversary of this blog! Because of this milestone, I wanted to share some of my thoughts about what blogging has meant to me and some of the many changes I have experienced as a result. Two years ago when I made my first post (https://theperpetualvagabond.wordpress.com/2011/05/31/today-2/), I was…

  • A Love Letter to Humanity

    (I wrote this letter last week for a class I’m taking on Love and Conflict Resolution and after writing it, decided I wanted to share it here-since really a love letter to humanity should probably be shared with people!) Dear Humanity, Let me begin by saying that this is a love letter, but before I can tell…

  • Poem: She Danced Her Way Through the Morning

    She danced her way through the morning The songs of the night before singing in her mind If anyone could see her they might question such unabashed joy They might be afraid of such raw emotion But, she was alone with her thoughts No one was going to see her smile No one would see…

  • Photos: Life in Portland