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Ginny Bartolone's Blog of Many Years

Month: February 2025

  • 7. Dear Pilgrim: On Rituals

    7. Dear Pilgrim: On Rituals

    To read more context for the letter below, check out this post here:) Dear Pilgrim, When my parents still squeezed my sister and me into frilly square-collared dresses every Sunday and marched us off to church, I’d get to sit on the floor under the pews during Mass. I’d watch the soles of the feet of…

  • 6. Dear Pilgrim: On Honoring Your Story

    6. Dear Pilgrim: On Honoring Your Story

    As you fall into a natural rhythm, the resonance of your boots against the gravel will become a familiar sound. There is a cadence, a “sacred pace,” as they call it.

  • 5. Dear Pilgrim: On Navarra Through Burgos

    5. Dear Pilgrim: On Navarra Through Burgos

    You’ve made it past the Pyrenees; past the anticipation of the first steps. Ahead of you sit the Basque hills of Navarra and the fertile vineyards of La Rioja.