Sometimes what we are looking for is in our own back yard.
Category: Nature
Sabbatical Day 83 – 35th Day of Ordinary Time – Regello, Italy
A restful rainy day and good conversation with Deacons Paul and Antoinette Krieg, administrators of Casa Cares.
Sabbatical Day 81 – 33rd Day of Ordinary Time – (Sienna, San Gimignano) Regello, Italy
A day of travel through the wine country of Tuscany on our way to Sienna. Saw Sienna’s striking colors and contrasts on a day with clouds skittering through the air. Finished the day at San Gimignano as the skies covered over with grey and the towers stood mute.
Sabbatical Day 80 – 32nd Day of Ordinary Time – (Greve-in-Chianti) Regello, Italy
A restful day at Waldensian retreat center, Casa Cares, and short day trip to Greve-in-Chianti. Greve was largely shuttered up! (A down season for tourists). The olive grove and the sunset were life-giving.
Sabbatical Day 79 – 31st Day of Ordinary Time – (Bologna, Tuscan-Emilian Apennines) Regello, Italy
Morning in the food markets of Bologna. Travel in our rented Fiat 500 across the Apennine mountain range. Glorious vistas culminating in our arrival at Waldensian retreat center, Casa Cares in Tuscany.
Sabbatical Day 74 – 26th Day of Ordinary Time – (Merindol, Loumarin, Baux-de-Provence) Arles, France
Powerful day at Merindol, site where a village of Waldensians / Protestants, were sent through a faux door (looks like a window in the photo) to their death down a cliff. One of many villages that suffered for their conscience. Loumarin was also visited by Waldensians before the Reformation. Baux-de-Provence is .. well .. beaux.
Sabbatical Day 72 – 24th Day of Ordinary Time – (Huguenot Languedoc) Arles, France
A day by car through the Camargue, and Huguenot Languedoc. Lunch in Sauve. Visit to Mialet and other Huguenot landmarks.
Sabbatical Day 69 – 21st Day of Ordinary Time – Arles, France
Rainy day for reading, laundry, eating, photography, antiquity, and a visit to the hospital where Vincent Van Gogh recuperated.
Sabbatical Day 66 – 18th Day of Ordinary Time – Arles (Avignon), France
Visited palace of the Popes in Avignon, France. Magnificent views and stunning waste of wealth. Came home to twilight at the place where Van Gogh painted “Starry Night” – a view of our riverside home.
Sabbatical Day 61 – 13th Day of Ordinary Time – (Taizé, France) / Geneva, Switzerland
Morning snow on the vineyards. Midday worship at Taize after a visit to Cluny cloisters. Train to Geneva.
Sabbatical Day 60 – 12th Day of Ordinary Time – Azé (Taizé), France
Arrived in a delightful bed and breakfast in Aze. Took a look around Taize to prepare for worship the next day.
Sabbatical Day 51 – 3rd Day of Ordinary Time – (Canby, Fortier, Granite Falls) Rochester, Minnesota
Updated – A day driving into the drifts to find the grave of my family civil war veteran and homesteads of pioneer forbears before driving toward Elgin, Minnesota and passing through Norseland.
Brian R. Paulson 