Elmina (née Martin) Brubacher 14 August 1923 – 22 May 2010
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Kosovo: Can You Imagine?
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a good old age, and full of years
The summer before I headed off to seminary marked my paternal grandmother’s 80th birthday, and there was a large surprise birthday party in her honour. She has always been healthy and clear-minded, but about two years ago she began experiencing pain. She had a […]
The unexamined life is not worth blogging.
Well, so the actual words attributed to Socrates in his Apologia were “not worth living.” Nevertheless, I think it’s an apt saying. I have busied myself with many doings since returning from Santiago, and have not engaged in much reflection. One of the greatest […]
Home again, home again, jiggety jig.
Last Tuesday morning I walked into the cathedral in Santiago de Compostela to spend a bit of time with St. James before leaving Spain. I blundered down the stairs to the crypt with my pack on my back, set it on the floor, and […]
Monte de Gozo
I’m now staying at the “youth” hostel in Monte de Gozo, which is the first hill from which the spires of the cathedral in Santiago can be seen. (Hence the name “Mount of Joy.”) There’s quite a complex here, developed originally for the 1993 […]
Santiago!!!
Made it here in good health and good spirits. I’ll be looking for a cheap internet cafe tomorrow to upload photos and write more, but for now just this.