Well there are times when we need a pat on the back, a little encouragement. We had our Sunday afternoon walk yesterday and tapas after as usual. And Catherine and Dana were here for that just like old times. Our summers were so busy that they were bearly here at all and this is the first time since Spring that we got to slow down and just walk, tapa and laugh together. At some point in this Catherine said, “Yay us!”. That is were I’ll start from today.
Just nice to do a simple celebration like that. Nothing major or complicated, just a pause and a acknowledgement that we are here together intact along the trail. Yes we are weary, yes we are dinged up, yes there still is a long way to go but “Yay us!”
We are walking in half an hour, part of our Labor Day celebration. Stop by when you get a chance, today or one of these days soon. Bring a dollar for the bird seed donation.
Yay us loves, Felipe.
Hola Amigo Felipe!
I second that: “Yay, US”!! The “us” is so precious and far flung. I got the nicest little note from Bureau Chief Cris yesterday, connecting “us” via the barn swallows that are gorging on insects here in my yard and we are envisioning them getting strong and fat so that they can fly to her yard in Buenos Aires! Another of my Dear Camino Amigas is just beginning her Camino Ignatius today in Loyola, Spain. She would appreciate prayers from all of us for her and her friend for a safe and Blessed Camino. If you would add that to your prayer intentions book, we would love it; for Angela and Moira. It is a sparsely populated Camino, but with such a rich history. Ignatius was quite the guy, and started life as a real “gung ho” soldier for Spain. Getting his legs nearly blown off by a cannon ball required some serious soul searching and meditation. He took it and ran and ended up creating the Jesuit Order. No small feat. His “Spiritual Exercises” are still widely read world wide.
No real “labor” here on Labor Day. In days past we would have been actively involved in silage cutting and feed gathering for the cattle in the feedlots. It’s better as a memory than an activity. 😏
Loves to all of you out there on the western edge of this great country.
SF,
PFJ
Hey Amigo ~ thanks for the long note. Glad that Cris is sending you communications. There is no bigger Caminohead than Cris, our Southern Connection. I hope that you get to met here in person one of these days.
And then there is Ignatius. I have done some reading on him andu the order. It is all fascinating. Kate Barush, who we nicknamed Catalina, takes students on that Camino. She is the art historian that works at the Jesuit seminary in Berkeley.
And yes will whisper the names Angela and Moira along Phil’s Camino. PFF.
Love you both!!!
Yes… when can we make a Camino reunion?!!!!!!
Grateful love,
Cris
Cris ~ yes yes. Felipe.x