Well, it wasn’t all afternoon, just a little short of an hour. Catherine and I and Sister Joyce, just the three of us. We may have talked about you, hope that is alright.

Back at the ranch Rebecca is reading a book to me, isn’t that nice, yea and a word jumped out at me today, palaver. I liked the way it sounded but beyond the definition is great: prolonged and idle discussion. Wow, that sounds a lot like the dilly dally that we pilgrims perfected on the Camino in Spain. In other words how can we be present and spend time together to the maximum effect whatever that looks like to the outside world.

We covered a lot of ground with our palaver today and nothing seems to be off limits. Maybe a little history, maybe a little gossip maybe just catching up. Sister Joyce and I both have cancer hobbies so that is part of it. But whatever the topic we take time and we are open, that’s important.

I feel immensely lucky to have people like Sister Joyce and Catherine be a part of my Doctors, Lawyers and Indian Chiefs, my support system. I have so much talent to call upon it’s crazy. Yea, one lucky guy.

And I am still deep in my Pyrenees weekend when the chemotherapy side effects are the worst. But it is after nightfall now and Sunday Night Football is happening so what the heck, things are OK, things are manageable. So, manage on!

Well, let’s see what trouble we can get into tomorrow, stay tuned. In the meantime there are miles to walk, wine to drink and palavering can be found. Lovin you guys, Felipe.x