The novel coronavirus—now being called COVID-19—has already killed 3,200 people (mostly in China) and has infected over 94,000 people worldwide. In the U.S. at least 11 people have died from the virus and about 130 have been infected. In the wake of the rising numbers, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and several other U.S. cities have […]

Dr. James A. Robb is an American pathologist and molecular virologist.  I am passing along his info concerning the coronavirus.  Please share it with friends and family. “Dear Colleagues, as some of you may recall, when I was a professor of pathology at the University of California San Diego, I was one of the first […]

My mind and my heart have been filled with the idea of walking el Camino de Santiago (the Way of Saint James) for a couple of years.  I decided to do it out of love, in celebration and gratefulness during this sixtieth year of my life, 2008. Preparing means to ready yourself.  The last eight […]

I’m writing this as I ride in a van, surrounded by 17 other neophyte peregrinos, all excited to start our journey to Santiago. We are going to the border with France to begin walking from there, each at our own pace, although we will meet again as a group for dinner later tonight. The weather […]