A Personal & Professional Reset The Camino de Santiago is a network of ancient pilgrimage routes leading to the Cathedral de Santiago in northern Spain, where some historians believe followers of Jesus’s apostle, St. James, buried him. Since medieval times, “pilgrims” (referred to as “peregrinos” in Spanish) - kings, farmers, monks, soldiers, and ordinary travelers – began the journey from their homes, crossing Europe and walking through Spain in search of faith, reflection, healing,...

Author: Vanessa Edmonds INTRODUCTION Modern life depends on systems most people rarely think about. Electricity flows across mountains and cities. Water moves through pipes beneath our streets. Hospitals, traffic systems, communications networks, and entire economies rely on infrastructure designed to remain invisible when it works. But when storms hit, fires spread, infrastructure fails, or water becomes unsafe, these systems suddenly move to center stage. And behind those moments are...

At the Jacobi Center in Dundalk, Maryland, visitors entering the building are greeted by color. Butterflies stretch across the walls of the lobby, then drift down the hallway past the kitchen and into the recreation room. The installation culminates in the children’s playroom, where the butterflies gather in a vibrant display of movement and light. Hidden among them is something unexpected, a pterodactyl. It represents Jacobi Jones, flying among the butterflies, a young boy whose life was...