I have a feeling that we probably attracted a few new blog readers from Annie’s crowds that she is getting at her Pilgrimage in Place Zoom events. So, today I thought that it would be good to have a review or perhaps an introduction for new arrivals. Maybe it would help to get them up to speed and keep them for the long run.

This Caminoheads blog started in the spring of 2014 as a way to report the details of my upcoming pilgrimage in Spain on the Camino. I was originally sparked by Martin Sheen’s film the Way that started me off on the whole pilgrimage journey. The blog has been running continuously since 2014 and posts come out every day.

The conversation here revolves around three and now the four C’s; Cancer, Catholicism, Camino and Corn. We talk about those topics singlely and in combination since they all seem to lean on each other in my life. So this is a journal of my life over the years. This work is closely related to Phil’s Camino the trail and Phil’s Camino the documentary films. Annie O’Neil is intertwined in all this, she the Producer/ Director of Phil’s Camino and Phil’s Camino – So Far So Good.

You will notice that most Friday’s we have a guest writer for you and a little variety from my usual slant. These folks are the Caminoheads Bureau Chiefs and are scattered around the globe. Let me introduce you: Cris (Buenos Aires), John (Wellman, Iowa), Ryck (Washington DC), Steve (Ashland, OR), Karen (Cambridge, England), Rho (Southern CA), William (Alberta, Canada) and Ron and Ann (Astorga, Spain). Also we have Father Tom Hall (callsign Padre) our Spiritual Advisor and Kathryn Barush (callsign Catalina) our Historian.

So, if you are a new reader hang in there for a few weeks and pick up the flow of the conversation. It can be quaint and quirky. It is all fun and hopefully inspirational. We walk along day by day and buoy each other up. Largely this blog is kept alive by the saying, “When you get to Santiago your Camino begins.” That is the riddle that we live by.

welcome aboard loves, Felipé.