Camino Sunrise Goes to Bloomsbury Books

Book talk

About 25 people braved snowy conditions to attend my book talk at Bloomsbury Books in Ashland, Oregon, last evening. They filled the loft area of our beloved downtown bookstore, where I shared adventure stories about my journey on the Camino de Santiago, read brief excerpts from Camino Sunrise, and related tales from my writing experience. I was nervous about my first book talk; the experience felt quite different from political science lectures and talks to my trekking classes. Thank you to Bloomsbury Books and to the hardy people who brought their enthusiasm for distance trekking and/or reading!

A Tiny Trailer Called Home

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Our tiny home

It was our first albergue (hostel) after our baptism on Spain’s Camino de Santiago. As I lay in my sleeping bag in a packed roomful of bunks and fellow pilgrims, the light switched off. I sought sleep, but was transported back in time to a tiny dinette bed in the 16-foot trailer my younger brother Joe and I called home. This is one of Sue’s illustrations that grace the pages of Camino Sunrise: Walking With My Shadows.