Author Archives: Dr. Evelyn Higgins
Calluses of Life
After walking almost 500 miles and within ¨spitting distance¨ of my destination, many of the people I have come across have feet covered in blisters and everyone has calluses. It has been a fascinating road, a long road which has required persistence. It has been a road filled with growth on every level: the physical, [...]
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Food For Thought
In observing an entire nation for one month now, by foot, I have had the opportunity to compare the overall health of Americans as compared to the Spaniards.
It is quickly apparent that obesity is not an epidemic as it is in the states. Several factors seem to be key. Extremely noticeable is that I have seen only [...]
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Mother Nature
Yesterday morning I left the alberque, a very primitive refuge available to ¨pilgrims¨ for sleeping, and low and behold it was snowing! Snowing in May in Spain. The natives were just as surprised as I was to say the least.
Thankfully, I hadn´t gotten rid of my long johns as I was told to, in hopes [...]
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Passion Runs Deep
Today, as the journey continues and the miles accumulate, the body physically feels the demands which have been placed on it. I have had moments of fantasy that included someone carrying my 21 pound back pack for me, or hiring a mule to carry my necessary personal belongings.
At some point each day I think [...]
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Am I in Austria Dorothy?
Sorry it has been a few days since my last posting. In some remote villages the internet is just not available, and when and if I do have it, I have 15 minutes at best to write.
But, this evening, I must share with you. I am in a gorgeous 300 year old stone farm house filled [...]
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It´s A Small World
I have now been traveling for almost three weeks and observation has shown me that while so much of the world is different, so much is really the same.
The smells that are etched in my brain from wonderful times in my life have somehow popped up along the road. The same flora and fauna [...]
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Trust
Today I left the Alberque at 6.30 am and it was raining and dark, very dark. My body was ready to move, so I figured I might as well get an early start. It was so early that I was unable to read the signs for the trail unless I was literally right up on top of them. [...]
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Courage
Yesterday I awoke, after two tough days, to the church bells ringing in the small village and began doing what I do everyday on this journey: eat, walk, and sleep. The in between time is made up of seven or eight hours of thinking. Thinking about the past, the present and the future.
Within a half [...]
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The Rain In Spain Falls…….
Ahhhh, so I had 9 days of great weather….some brutally hot and some brutally cold, but today cold rain and strong winds were in order; time to break out the rain suit!
I managed 23 kilometers by just pressing ahead, saying ¨I will do this.¨ A total of almost 200 km to date!
Three full days of [...]
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Santiago