Historical setting: 6th Century C.E. Somewhere in the Pyrenees Our rain-soaked cloaks are nearly dry this morning, but now our tarp is ripped and muddied, flattened into the soft earth with the hooves of many sheep trampling across it. And we seem to have made another shepherd angry with our insensitive intrusion unto hisContinue reading “Post #15.7, Tuesday, December 15, 2020”
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Post #15.6, Thursday, December 10, 2020
Historical setting: 6th Century C.E. Somewhere in the Pyrenees Mostly it’s rain, wind-driven rain, ice fringed rain, blinding, sleety rain always in our faces affirming we have chosen the northerly way. Ah, yes! We aren’t lost. Thank you God. We are watching for a sheltered lee to be a stopping place, but nowContinue reading “Post #15.6, Thursday, December 10, 2020”
Post #15.5, Wednesday, December 9, 2020
Historical setting: 6th Century C.E. Somewhere in the Pyrenees Nic explains his amazing good fortune. “I went across the river to the snowy side of the valley. I was reaching for a stick for the fire which I had seen from the other side, when I caught a glimpse of something on the move.Continue reading “Post #15.5, Wednesday, December 9, 2020”
Post #15.4, Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Historical setting: 6th Century C.E. Somewhere in the Pyrenees The flat place we find for this night is barren of trees or bushes, but higher than the river should the river be raging with a new storm before morning. It’s on the leeward side of the valley in the shadow, but also protected fromContinue reading “Post #15.4, Tuesday, December 8, 2020”
Post #15.3, Thursday, December 3, 2020
Historical setting: 6th Century C.E. Somewhere in the Pyrenees Nic knows my silent prayers are anxious prayers. He assures us both that all the shepherds and all the sheep have only happiness before them by the grace of God. And he mentions also, that our donkey will be in the care of the bigContinue reading “Post #15.3, Thursday, December 3, 2020”
Post #15.2, Wednesday, December 2, 2020
Historical setting: 6th Century C.E. Somewhere in the Pyrenees This elder farmer speculates, “I suppose that boy is always in danger of hurt. His own father bittered and turned. That father turned a pain in his tooth to rage, then over and again douses his rage in sweet honey nectar only to wake andContinue reading “Post #15.2, Wednesday, December 2, 2020”
Post #15.1, Tuesday, December 1, 2020
Historical setting: 6th Century C.E. Somewhere in the Pyrenees We’re not hiding on this hill even though the shepherd told us it was a good hill for hiding. We are clearly in view from below — two men on horseback. We must be a strange sight for these two shepherds looking up at us,Continue reading “Post #15.1, Tuesday, December 1, 2020”
Post #14.12, Thursday, November 26, 2020
Historical setting: Along the ridges of the Pyrenees, 6th Century Nic and I finally make a plan not to make any plan until we see if this neighbor has compassion for this shepherd. Maybe our consciences will bind us here to care for him; or we might find we can continue our journey knowingContinue reading “Post #14.12, Thursday, November 26, 2020”
Post #14.11, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020
Historical setting: Along the ridges of the Pyrenees, 6th Century “From that hilltop” the young shepherd explains, “You can see the smoke where the hearth-fire burns for the house of the neighbors. There are some good hiding places on that hill so you can watch the daughters a long time and no one will seeContinue reading “Post #14.11, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020”
Post #14.10, Tuesday, November 24, 2020
Historical setting: Along the ridges of the Pyrenees, 6th Century We are somewhere in mountains on the edge of winter and we find ourselves face-to-face with a grieving young shepherd. It was my thought that there must be a community of shepherds or farmers in this area or how could this farm sell its muttonContinue reading “Post #14.10, Tuesday, November 24, 2020”
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