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Camino
Contributor(s): Kotchian, Sarah B. (Author)
ISBN: 069233632X     ISBN-13: 9780692336328
Publisher: Sarah Kotchian Consultant
OUR PRICE:   $22.49  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: November 2014
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BISAC Categories:
- Travel | Special Interest - Religious
- Travel | Europe - Spain & Portugal
- Sports & Recreation | Hiking
Physical Information: 0.28" H x 7" W x 10" (0.56 lbs) 102 pages
 
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Winner: New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards and Seven Sisters Book Awards
This full-color illustrated book of poetry chronicles the author's 500-mile solo pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Daily poetic reflections recount the joys, physical challenges, humor, and locations of the long-distance walk, and explore the larger metaphor of the spiritual journey. The meditations, photographs and other art work document the daily walk from one town to the next, the experience of staying in hostels called albergues, of trying to sleep amidst snoring pilgrims, of meeting strangers from around the world who become friends. Each page celebrates the unfolding blessings that come from carrying only what is needed and from learning to recognize the abundance of grace in ordinary life. This book is a beautiful and inspiring companion for those contemplating or returning from pilgrimage, for the curious armchair reader who may want to follow the walk from hostel to hostel along the ancient Camino, as well as for those interested in the journey of the human soul.

Contributor Bio(s): Kotchian, Sarah B.: - Sarah Kotchian is a writer and artist who completed a 500-mile solo pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Camino, her book of poetry and photographs about that pilgrimage, received the New Mexico and Arizona Book Award and the Seven Sisters Book Award. A former environmental health agency leader, she is trained as a lay pastor and spiritual director, and facilitates workshops and contemplative retreats incorporating creative writing and art. An experienced long-distance hiker, she has walked the West Highland Way in Scotland, the Kerry Way in Ireland, the Catalan Pyrenees in Spain, the Coast to Coast walk and portions of the South West Coast Path, the Pembrokeshire Coast Path, and the North Downs Way in England and Wales, as well as hiking trails throughout the United States. She holds a bachelor's degree in American Literature, master's degrees in Education and in Public Health, and a PhD in American Studies. She and her husband live in New Mexico at the foot of the Sandia Mountains.