Month: March 2025

  • 11. On Not Being a Richard Peregrino

    11. On Not Being a Richard Peregrino

    To read more context for the letter below, check out this post here:) An extra note this week. In the context of my book, the term “Richard Peregrino” developed as a joke with my fellow hikers about not being a d*ck pilgrim. You wish that none of this would need to be said, but we all…

  • 10. On Making History

    10. On Making History

    To read more context for the letter below, check out this post here:) Dear Pilgrim, As you head onto the well-trodden road beyond Astorga, it will become even more apparent that you are a part of something larger than yourself. The footsteps of millions that came before you mark the way as you mark the way…

  • 9. Dear Pilgrim: On Rage

    9. Dear Pilgrim: On Rage

    To read more context for the letter below, check out this post here:) An extra note this week. This letter lived between chapters about when I finally let myself get really angry (about a whole bunch of stuff I talked about in the book) during my 2017 hike. It was one of the best things I…

  • 8. Dear Pilgrim: On the Meseta

    8. Dear Pilgrim: On the Meseta

    To read more context for the letter below, check out this post here:) Dear Pilgrim, The Meseta may look like a kind of purgatory when you stand on its outskirts or count its kilometers on a map. Its reputation for being too simple, empty, and stark is like saying the ocean is too blue. But, yes,…