Groot Begijnhof, Leuven

Wood smoke in the air and a view that has not changed in centuries...

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Vail

Short trip to the Rockies with a fellow Rome survivor and a great young theology professor. The "Campo de' Fiori" thing was funny -- it's just soooooooo not Rome.... O;)

I have missed this.

First Sunday of Advent.



Boston in the extreme distance, above.

Nantasket beach, and Weymouth, Massachusetts.

Fall in Georgetown

It has been six years since I have experienced anything like Fall. Many thanks to my Maronite Sister friend and the Georgetown Visitation convent for a wonderful week in D.C. -- including leaves crunching under my feet, sunny and mild weather, figs and Trappist Chimay, ducks in the canal, and long walks through the historic neighborhood (and a great view of the tower of Georgetown University from our windows!).

Venice. I'm glad I went last year....

The future....do they have one?

(part of the reason, see Rabbi Sacks: Falling birthrate is killing Europe)

Itinerarium: Procedamus in pace!

November 16 to 20:

The Georgetown Visitation Convent

and then......

Massachusetts, November 21 to December 5:

Maronite Servants of Christ the Light.

Our Lady of the Angels

A happy excursion yesterday to the cathedral, and a stop at the Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena.

In Hungary...

Not much seems changed since the Wall came down. The brassica fields still bloom, the great Synagogue of Budapest is still there, right across from Melinda neni´s flat (though there was no Ford sign under the previous regime), the village still looks up at the Archabbey, and the saints still look down over the village, the fogas still swim in Lake Balaton, and the apricots remain the sweetest in the world.