James Timberlake 
Autumn on the Trail to Santiago 

Book Two:

Autumn on the Trail to Santiago begins where Sons of Thunder left off… same man, same spirit… blood, sweat and soul expressed out the same marrow but much is changed with the landscape, skyscape and timescape that inform the in-scape of mind.

The eye popping Whippit hit of June and Julys Spain mellows now in the soft autumnal exhale reflected in cooling days, lengthening nights and the repletion and harvest of agricultural labors along a string of trails spanning across southern France, over the Pyrnes, along northern Spain and into Santiago for a second time this year.

While writing Autumn on the Trail to Santiago natural section breaks appeared in a way they did not in the flood-rush of Sons of Thunder. The initial On nest pas riche mais on vie bien segment is a toast to my family and to the love expressed in a plate of food. Between the Rabbits puts comestible brackets around le Chemin d Arles, from Arles to the Pyrnes. Aragonia describes el Camino Aragons descent from the storm ravaged Pyrnes-Pirineos into Spain, to re-connect with el Camino Francs in Puenta la Reina. And Broken Water, Spanish Rain is the long last leg of the journey; a dark wet trek down the metaphysical birth canal to Santiago, to the sea, and to the rest of life beyond this adventure.

A propos de l’auteur

Infected early on with a want to acquire foreign languages from hearing the musical French Canadian dialect spoken in the homes and streets of Lewiston, Maine, where he was born… Infected with a desire to travel ever since his parents bought their VW Westfalia Campmobile back in the late 70s and spent summers traveling throughout New England, to the Canadian Rockies, the Grand Canyon, Nova Scotia, Florida, and by being deeply stirred by the epic journeys undertaken across Tolkiens Middle Earth… Infected with a love for poetry by the late Boston College professor, Richard Hughes, under whose influence the author left his senior year at Boston College behind and went to study abroad in Nijmegen, Holland… Infected with a worldly appreciation for food by Josefina Yanguas Perez – the proprietor of the Caf Pamplona in Harvard Square who used to share the extras from her famous Saturday night dinner parties with Timberlakes then yet inexperienced tongue, while he was a waiter there… Infected by Thich Nhat Hanh and the teachers within the Cambridge Insight Meditation Center community with a mindfulness practice after realizing he was empty-handed and tool-less to deal with lifes sucker punches…
These happy infections have shaped James perceptions and ex-pression, and he continues to seek to bring these pleasures along with him on his next journey.