Under a Canopy of Grapes
Letting Go and Coming Home on the Camino de Santiago

At sixty years old, newly sober and recently unemployed after a career-defining job loss, I walked the Camino de Santiago searching for something I couldn’t name. I didn’t know what I was looking for. I only knew I needed to walk.

What I found changed everything.

Under a Canopy of Grapes is the story of two pilgrimages, four years apart, and the transformation that unfolded between them. It is an honest account of early sobriety and identity loss, of blisters and breakthroughs, of grief that surfaces when life finally slows down, and of grace that appears in quiet, unexpected moments.

This is not a guidebook or a self-help manual. It is a story about letting go of certainty and control, learning to trust the path, and discovering what becomes possible when you stop forcing answers and start listening.

Available Spring 2026