• Pitsligo Parish Kirk & Pitsligo Castle, near Rosehearty, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, U.K. ~ 24 June 2023
… But my God, must I really go now? And so soon, so very soon? And can I not just stay a while longer… a little while longer? And behold all that heavenly splendour. And be with the good creatures… your creatures. And I love them so. And I love you so. But my God,…
… Tell me, for who are they that sayeth to you that there is good in war? When all know, or come to know, that all in war suffer, and by no small measure, whether in life, or the same in death. Let them that sayeth to you that in war there be good, let…
… and in this moment think, think that if you would embrace unto God and make her yours, and yours alone, that she be thence only yours, where there be no other place in your heart, in your soul, but for her. And that be your truth, and your covenant unto her. And if your…
… Well, I’ll tell you… He brings his fork of evil, we bring the Spear of God He puts one of ours in the hospital, we put scores of his in purgatory He summons his many, we assemble the multitude He sends his Prince of Darkness, we call in the Angels of Light. And That’s how we defeat the…
… Oh you corruptors of faith, you fakers of God, you agents of evil Know that God shall always, always, see your schemes, your plans, your creeping, your clamberings for all that is base, all that is cruel Know that the true believers shall always rise, and rise, and rise, far above the vanity of…
… “What question, if any, would you have me answer?” There was one that did not hesitate. More eager, and much less bashful than the others, she stood up straight aways and called out to her: “What age are you?” “What age are you, oh holiest of holies?” And this she spoke, in a voice…
… The auld stone Kirk by the sea? Have you heard that he sits there, on a little hill, right by where the sea would rear up and devour the land whole, given half a mischance. He sits there, on that craggy hill, unmoving, above the pebble strewn shore like the tallest of trees with…
… Be as to her, be as to God, for though she may be the most mightiest of warriors, the most unbeatable of foes, she seeks not the fight, nor the conflict, nor the war, lest it become the only and last resort whence all else has evaporated into nothingness, just as the morning dew…
… “With an infinitude of choice and possibility, of light and of life that I bestowed upon you… tell me, why?… why did you choose the path that you did?” What will you say in answer? • Camino de La Raña Los Lobos, Castilblanco, Extremadura, España ~ 11 May 2023