Gocamino

[Michael Wyatt]

Hello all

I would like to weigh in on this too.  I walked last year.  I know it was
extremely important for me to have a place to ask the personal and practical
questions.  The fact is, many of those were answered more than adequately at
websites (ones that have already been mentioned on this listserv).

But I have to agree that I am beginning to think I want off this
listserve--it is a bit exasperating to find (today) 46 messages, after I
took off 39 yesterday, some of which simply say "no, I got mine at Basic
Outfitters."  I want to agree that some way of limiting responses, or even
finding another way to handle the "what kind of shoes" question, is a good
idea.  Maybe we should say one response per day is the limit.

At a deeper level, though: What I find missing is some reflection on the
meaning of the Camino, its history and culture, what people are discovering
along the way.  I know Preston Pittman mentioned both the Game of the Goose
and the Black Virgin shrines along the way; those are rich topics.  But I
see that no one picked up on them.

I would love to talk about the square outside the Iglesia de Santiago in
Logrono where the Game of the Goose and the Camino are fused.  But I did not
receive any takers when I mentioned that topic several weeks ago.

Maybe that is all I need to say: this could be so much more than a flood of
emails about water and bathrooms, of which I delete nearly all.  I guess I
want to continue to LEARN about the Camino--I would be happy to participate
in another listserve, if that is set up, where that could happen.

I hope I don't sound like a jerk.  Email is a tricky medium--but I guess
that's the point.

Michael

-----Original Message-----
From: Road to Santiago Pilgrimage [mailto:GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu]On
Behalf Of linda davidson
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 5:55 PM
To: GOCAMINOapete.uri.edu
Subject: Gocamino


We're a large group now on Gocamino (ole' ! ) and I'm counting about 30 -
50 messages a day now.

Obviously Gocamino serves those who communicate on it. I've noticed that
several topics get recycled quite often. Some of the topics, such as how
and where to use the bathroom might best be answered privately to the
individuals making the query. And I think a quick scan of our archives may
answer some questions that seem to reappear weekly.

As Chris Hewitt is fleshing out a new page for our(Friends of the Road to
Santiago) website on "Frequently Asked Questions," I hope that you've been
offering answers to him about the basic issues about actually trekking to
Santiago.

Thanks for keeping the list lively and interesting. I encourage other kinds
of issues besides the day to day. Issues that deal with the history and the
imagery found along the road, say, or how medieval "hospitalitas" is being
reinvented as the pilgrimage grows.

Linda D