The Camino Maltés reinforces the idea that pilgrimage is not limited to a single path. It transcends borders and connects people across time and space.
It was May 8, and the radio DJ announced, “Today is Ricky Nelson’s birthday,” as he prepped Nelson’s song, “Travelin’ Man.” Nelson was a TV star and a pop singer of the golden oldies era who had 54 hits on Billboard’s “Hot 100.” He, sadly, left us at age 45. He flew from Guntersville after a concert tour and the plane crashed north of Dallas, killing seven of its nine passengers. I recently remembered 2023 being the 40th anniversary of the untimely death of another great singer, Karen Carpenter, age 32.