Dear Caminoheads,

Welcome all to 2022! I hope that each and all of you had a lively, lovely, healthy and safe celebration. I had an invitee to have dinner, sleep over and have lunch today; it was N., my secretary when I used to practice that became a friend. We had a very nice evening, started around 9:30 PM and went to bed by 4 AM. I did lots of cooking, and all worked out pretty decently and both of us were very happy that the last minute invite and planning worked out so well.

Now… what is next? Have you thought about it? Do you follow the tradition of eating the 12 grapes at midnight while asking for wishes? We did it yesterday, but 12 wishes sounded pretty demanding… so I cut it down to three, which I repeated 4 times to get to the 12: “Gift economy”. Had 2020 and 2021 taught me anything, it is that the things we need are the essential ones: health, love, shelter, patience. They are critical for our day to day life, but also with them “at hand”, we can work towards our wishes -if our wishes are truthful and realistic-.

We, pilgrims, know a bit about the process of “working towards our wishes”, don’t we? I don’t think I would have been able to walk through “O Cebreiro” had that not been true!

Buen 2022 Camino!!!

One stamp a day loves,

Cris