There has been so much commotion this month that didn’t lead to anything spectacular as far as my writing goes. So, I thought that maybe today I could get back in the saddle and produce something spectacular to save October.
Have been reading my Thomas Merton book No Man Is An Island. We talked of it before but I am actually in pretty deeply now. It took me fifty pages to warm up but I’m with it at the present.
“God’s mysterious decisions are themselves our life.” Merton
I have never read anything by him before so I really didn’t know what to expect. But things are working out. He is very challenging in his descriptions of the interior life. It is easy to understand but hard to imagine me doing some of it. Is this a little bit above my pay grade sort of feeling happens.
It is the kind of book that may require a second reading to link all it’s parts together. Sometimes I tend to gloss over things I don’t get at the moment in favor of preserving my grasp on the flow of the book. So I continue.
I am proud to announce that Ron presently living in SW Virginia is going to be our Eastern US Bureau Chief. He is with his wife Ann and they both came all the way to Indianapolis to be with us at the festival. So, at some point in the not far future their plan is to move to Astoria, Spain. How great is that and we will have an actual Bureau Chief right there on the Camino. Too cool.
Well, time for lunch and time to recharge these batteries. Thanks for being here as always. We Are learning loves, Felipé.
Yes, Thomas Merton does require more than one reading for most of us. You know he realized words were limited, so also used photography. If you get a headache reading his stuff pick up a copy of “A Hidden Wholeness” to see images and read words that may resonate with you.
I am honored to be chosen as bureau chief (or is it chef?) and look forward to moving to the position in Spain. At about the time you wrote that post I got an email from a family who looked at the house on Wednesday requesting a meeting with my lawyer to draw up the offer letter! I have confidence that we will be homeless soon and moving to Spain in April on a SHIP!
And it is ASTORGA, not Astoria that we plan to call home for at least the first year. It is the Chocolate capital of Spain and has a great gelato shop, so what could be bad about that? We look forward to meeting many Camino friends and sharing moments in their lives along the Way.
Love to all, Ronaldo (not the football player)
Ronaldo ~ thank you so much for your enthusiasm and your willingness to be associated with us here at Caminoheads. As I see it the only way is up. And yes Astorga. Did I put Astoria? Welcome aboard! Felipé.
How cool that our Bureau Chief role includes the opportunity for relocation!!!! When I was a teenager, I dreamed to work for the United Nations… I am thinking now that Caminoheads has given me a sort of similar opportunity 🙂
I love the “Learning Loves”, may I borrowed that?
Learning loves,
Cris
Cris ~ Caminoheads might be a bigger deal than the UN so fasten your seat belt! Hehe. Are you back home? Felipé.x