Nuutste Plasings
February 25, 2023
. . . and so we continuedAnd arrived at evening, not a moment too soonFinding the place; it was (you may say) satisfactory.– TS Eliot, Journey of the Magi
Every pilgrimage, indeed every journey, gets to the point...
February 7, 2023
‘The soul walks at the pace of a camel.’
- Old Arabic proverb
January 4, 2023
In 2003, I went on my first pilgrimage. Johannes had died three years ago. My life had to all intents and purposes lost its direction and even its meaning. I still carried an awareness of something like tiredness within and...
January 2, 2023
I start with a very literal, kitchen translation of an Afrikaans poem, and apologies to all of you who know the original.
First snow
The joy has overnight, like new snow,transformed the foothills of my early sadnessinto...
December 20, 2022
I’ve long realised that pilgrimages, if pursued long enough, eventually reach a place in the woods where we get lost. The initial excitement and its accompanying energy wears off; we grow weary and the obstacles prove more...
December 19, 2022
The week started with illness. I told last week how I went to the doctor. Although my condition improved somewhat after starting the cortisone, I remained really concerned, as I know the course of this illness, as I have...
December 12, 2022
If I had thought that the first week was slightly chaotic, I was optimistic. Things were no less chaotic – if anything, more so. But on reflection this is because Konstantin, the director of the training for the...
December 12, 2022
I had a difficult journey to Russia, with much uncertainty about what to take with, what my reception would be and what the programme would entail – and whether my alcoholic gifts would stay intact! After a week I can...
November 21, 2022
Ek moet miskien begin deur iets te sê oor die rede vir die pelgrimstog, omdat dit heelwat te make het met ons ervaring daarvan. Ek loop al ’n lang pad met pelgrimstogte, wat begin het toe ek in 2003 die Camino gaan...
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