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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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June 2026
I Met Her Eyes in the Field
A cow looked back at me on the Camino, and I was quiet enough for her greeting.
Jun 29
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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Pilgrimage Is Not About the Destination, and Neither Is Anything Worth Doing Slowly
Coming down off the Aubrac Plateau in the rain, a village I could not see until I was almost upon it showed me how much I miss when I fix on where I am…
Jun 24
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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What a Day of Rain on the Camino Taught Me About the Solstice
One soaked day on the Le Puy route changed what I want to bring to the longest day of the year.
Jun 19
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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Six Caminos In, I Finally Have Words for Why I Walk
After 98.9 miles on the Le Puy route, I finally have language for why I walk alone each year. It runs counter to what most of us were taught about going…
Jun 15
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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You Do Not Have to Walk in Step to Belong
For anyone who has mistaken kinship for sameness, especially when the sky turns grey
Jun 3
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Jeffrey Keefer, PhD
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