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Words Arrived Only After I Stopped Looking for Them
I cannot make a field of trees grow faster. They grow at their own pace, and my writing is no different.
Aug 31
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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You Do Not Need a Pilgrimage Route
Contemplative walking on an old railway viaduct in Paris, 8 days before Le Puy
Aug 28
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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The Body Arrives Slowly
I landed in Paris this morning. The retreat begins in 12 days. Some part of me is still catching up.
Aug 24
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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In 19 Days I Lead 4 People Down the Camino. Here Is What I Am Actually Doing About It.
What preparation looks like the 7th time.
Aug 17
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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Nothing Is Happening This Week
The second week of August is the quietest week of the year, and almost nobody rests in it.
Aug 10
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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I Grew the Peppers. I Still Have Not Published the Book.
Why waiting until you are ready is how another season goes by.
Aug 3
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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July 2026
How to Read the Land the Way You Read a Sacred Text
A twelfth-century monastic practice adapted for a text that is alive and can answer back.
Jul 27
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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I Teach Rest. I Am Terrible at Taking It.
Every June I walk beyond the reach of my worst working habits, and wait for my mind to catch up with my body.
Jul 24
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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I Walked 98.9 Miles and Never Meditated Once
What six Caminos taught me about the difference between attention that retreats and attention that meets.
Jul 20
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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Six Weeks Home, and the Camino Keeps Walking Me
The pilgrimage ended in June, and the meaning continues to arrive one ordinary morning at a time.
Jul 13
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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Two Frogs Reminded Me What Loving Nature Actually Feels Like
They were loud, busy with each other, and completely indifferent to me, and watching them I remembered that kinship with the living world happens at…
Jul 6
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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You Are Performing Even When No One Is Watching
A stream on the Camino had no opinion of me, and in its company the self-monitoring finally went quiet.
Jul 3
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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