Introvert.Artist.Occasional Poet

LOVER of beauty, wine, walking and travel seeks spiritual connection to her authentic self.

I moved to Santa Fe, New Mexico from Anchorage, Alaska over 15 years ago. It was a good place to land. This high desert Land of Enchantment. Sunshine. Arting. Work. Walking. Writing (mostly by journal). A few friends.

Personal Assistant to interesting women. The actual making of things not so much these days as I daydream then walk into the ephemeral of Camino. I fill my piggy bank only to empty it again: the Rota Vicentina/Portugal (2016), the Camino Frances (2017/18), the Way of St. Francis (2019) and following the footsteps of St. Francis from Chiusi della Verna (La Verna) to Rome. The Coastal Camino Portuguese + Santiago to Finisteree/Muxia (2021). The Camino Frances Redux & Camino del Norte/Primitivo (2022). You could say I’m hooked on the Camino and walking ancient paths through Europe. Yes. I recently completed the via Francigena from Lausanne to Rome in 60 days (2023). You can read my interview if interested.

Ever since I read Peter Jenkins “Walk Across America” over 40 years ago I’ve longed to simply walk long and far. I find it meditative. And purposeful. A way of being in the world. Someone I met on my first camino said “Brenda you just want to be free” –and he’s right but I’m wondering what that means. Exactly. To me. I have some thoughts. What about you.

What does it mean to be free?