[Gocamino] [saintjames] Santiago

Sat Sep 18 08:55:20 PDT 2010

Mmmmmmh,
I wonder why I didn't get it when I read, and passed along, its review.
Thanks for the info. Will order it from Amazon right away.
Listen, the mother of the Fiene (?) British actors went on a pilgrimage a few years ago when she learned that she was suffering from cancer, and she wrote a book about it.  Do you know the name of the book and/or the author?
Does anyone in these lists?
Hugs!
Rosina

-----Original Message-----
From: Sil <sillydoll at gmail.com>
To: Wilna Wilkinson <twoxscotch at gmail.com>
Cc: Rosina <blaroli at aol.com>; GOCAMINO at oakapple.net; saintjames at yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, Sep 18, 2010 9:17 am
Subject: Re: [Gocamino] [saintjames] Santiago

Rosina, you alerted this forum to Wilna's book last year in November.
You wrote:

Hello you all,
Here is a new Camino book that sounds like a Christmas story.
Hugs!

The Way Of The Stars And Stones
November 26, 2009
By Kathleen Bartels
The Way Of The Stars And Stones: Thoughts On A Pilgrimage
by Wilna Wilkinson
Jacana R179
When a close friend on another continent is diagnosed with cancer, feelings
of helplessness drive the author to seek out a challenge as daunting and
overwhelming as the battle her friend is facing. She sets out on the Camino
de Santiago de Compostela, also known as The Way of St James, following an
800km pilgrimage route across the Pyrenees in northern Spain. Religious
pilgrims have conquered it by foot (or perished trying) for more than 1 000
years.
It is said every pilgrim carries some burden, and the Camino provides the
ideal environment to find the answers within one's own heart and soul.
The night before she completes her two-month pilgrimage, the author receives
the happy news that her friend has been declared cancer-free. There's
nothing trite about it, though.
Recommended. -
Kathleen Bartels

On 18 September 2010 09:47, Wilna Wilkinson <twoxscotch at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Rosine
>
> I wrote the book about my own Camino -- so the stories are all from talking
> to people along the way and picked up as I went along and experienced and
> saw and heard different things (with quite a bit of thorough research
> during
> the writing process)
> I would like to think it is my book is different from the myriad of books
> on
> the camino out there! And perhaps a few other think the same -- as the
> first
> edition was sold out in 10 months -- and the second print it out soon. --
> which I am thrilled about as I dedicated my camino to a close friend who
> had
> cancer (she is currently the longest living phase 4 cancer survivor ever!)
> and al proceeds of the book go to cancer research -- the magic of the
> camino
> continues...
>
> The Way of Stars and Stones - Thoughts on a pilgrimage
> Wilna Wilkinson
> EAN/ISBN 978-1-77009-749-0
> Published by Jacana Media in September 2009
> Available on amazon.com
>
> You can read a bit more about it and some reviews, if you wish, on
> http://thewayofstarsandstones.blogspot.com/
>
> Wilna
>
> On 18 September 2010 00:10, Rosina <blaroli at aol.com> wrote:
>
> >
> > What is your book about? When, where was it published? Did you get the
> > story, or stories from that old book: "Naughty doings in the Camino"?
> > (Picardias in el Camino). Have you read "Murder and Mayhem in the French
> > Camino"? (En el Camino Frances to dan gato por res, etc.)
> > Reading the surprising doings in the Camino that went on and on, one
> > wonders how and why it became as positively sanitized as it is today.
> > Surprisingly, German pilgrims, as they set off in groups from the
> albergues
> > in the monasteries and convents in Bavaria today, tend to wear a sort of
> > loose clothing that is reminiscent of the ancient pilgrims' clothing
> which,
> > in times past, pilgrims had to wear to gain admission to albergues and
> > such. That obligatory clothing gave rise, and cover, to a great many of
> the
> > misdeeds written about. I wonder why some pilgrims seem to want to
> revive
> > the clothing customs.
> > Hugs!
> > Rosina
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Wilna Wilkinson <twoxscotch at gmail.com>
> > To: Rosina <blaroli at aol.com>
> > Cc: GoCamino at oakapple.net; saintjames at yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Fri, Sep 17, 2010 4:50 pm
> > Subject: Re: [Gocamino] [saintjames] Santiago
> >
> > Hi Rosina
> >
> > It will definitely work if you just forward the original message with the
> > url in it.
> >
> > I wrote in my book 'The way of stars and stones' about the story of
> Daniel
> > looking with that silly grin on his face at Esther's breasts (what very
> > clever stone masons!) and the revenge the Galicians took with the shaping
> of
> > their cheeses -- I loved that story -- as I do the many other little
> myths
> > and legends in and around the camino
> > Wilna
> >
> >
> >
> >>
>
>
> --
> Wilna Wilkinson SC, FITC
> Le Chateau
> 1, rue de Verdun
> Lalinde 24150
> France
> +33 (0)553 22 80 94
> +33 (0)689 38 68 22
>
>
> The view from a chateau window: http://chateaulalinde.blogspot.com
>
> Chateau Lalinde : Home from home in the Dordogne:
> http://www.chateaulalinde.com
>
> The Way of Stars and Stones -- Thoughts on a Pilgrimage
> ISBN 978-0-77009-749-0
> Now available on http://www.amazon.com
>
> A walk of 800km down a medieval footpath under the stars of the milky way
> in
> Northern Spain -- for a friend
> Blog: http://thewayofstarsandstones.blogspot.com
> Facebook:
>
> http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Way-of-Stars-and-Stones-Thoughts-on-a-Pilgrimage-by-Wilna-Wilkinson/199770904568
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-- 
Sil
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www.vfpilgrims.blogspot.com
www.csjofsa.za.org

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