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On Thursday, October 10, 2019, I was interviewed by “The Hour of History” Podcast host, Steven Baumann, about our recent Camino and my new book, “It’s Your Camino: One Couple’s 500-mile Pilgrimage Across Spain.”

Like many other major cities in the world on Sunday, Sao Paolo’s main business and cultural thoroughfare, Avenida Paulista, was closed to vehicular traffic and replaced by the pedestrian kind.  It was a pleasant reprieve from the routine congestion in this mega-city of twelve million, the business center of Brazil, where travel within its confines can easily take two hours or […]

The moment had finally arrived.  After 50 years of dreaming to be an author, here I was in the “Open Book” bookstore, gratefully and enthusiastically scribbling dedications to those who were purchasing my book…my book…that had a nice ring to it.  If only my mother were alive to see it. But what had gotten us to this moment?  The answer lies with the 1200 […]

A few days ago, my friend and former FBI agent and world traveler, Mike, asked me about the dangers in walking the Camino.  It was an excellent question. In 2015, my fellow Thunderbird School of Global Management alumna and Camino pilgrim Denise Thiem, was murdered while hiking the Camino alone.  Police suspect the killer, a local resident, altered the yellow Camino signs that […]

We headed out once again on the Way of Saint James feeling as if things were starting to go our way—the day before, the heavy rains subsided and the sun made a brief but welcome appearance.  Shortly after, a small snack shop appeared along the Jacobean route which raised our spirits considerably.  While our raincoats dripped puddles of water on the wooden […]

The end of the year is the perfect time to reflect upon the past, learn from its lessons and consider options going forward into a New Year and new decade. In looking back, I must admit 2019 was a roller coaster of a year in terms of publicizing and marketing a new book–my first book. I have learned a few […]