by Ruth McDonald | Mar 27, 2020 | Valdes |
This morning we are packing up to leave paradise and return to a changed city. Living in the moment has always been easier on Valdes and yet even here I have been navigating intense emotions. I received an email from our friend Paolo in Northern Italy to let me...
by Ruth McDonald | Mar 24, 2020 | Valdes |
March 17, 2020 The last rays of sun are illuminating the Straight of Georgia between Vancouver and Valdes Island. From my chair in our cabin, I watch a ferry gliding along in the pink light that bathes the coastal range. Mount Baker looks simultaneously solid and...
by Ruth McDonald | Jun 12, 2019 | 2019 Japan Shikoku 88 |
Ruth: Until today we had one incomplete page in our henro stamp book, the one reserved for Koyasan. This morning we took two trains, a cable car and a bus and arrived at the final resting place of Kobo Daishi: Koyasan. I say resting place, because to his followers he...
by Ruth McDonald | Jun 7, 2019 | 2019 Japan Shikoku 88 |
Ruth: Thank goodness for these henro huts that are sprinkled along the route. As I write this I am sitting in one watching the first of the colossal monsoon rains sweep through. The news this morning said that Shikoku would receive up to 200 mm of rain today and I am...
by Ruth McDonald | Jun 5, 2019 | 2019 Japan Shikoku 88 |
Ruth: I would like to think that the reason I feel calmer and more serene is that my efforts on this pilgrimage are having an effect, that the hours of slowly pedalling around this beautiful island have helped me to stay present in the moment and let other...
