Monthly Archives: May 2016
Spires and Turrets
“Then I dreamed that they came in sight of the city, very old, and full of spires and turrets, all covered with ivy…” CS Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress Park Guell isn’t old, but it is full of spires and turrets, … Continue reading
He Kept On
“He kept on singing his song…” CS Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress I read an article in Time magazine once that said it takes 10,000 hours of practice to become accomplished at whatever is practiced. We visited Picasso’s museum today where … Continue reading
A Little More Tea?
“Will you not have a little more tea?” “Thank you,” said John, ” but if you can give me some directions, I think I would like to continue my journey.” CS Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress It’s awfully tempting at times … Continue reading
Some Other Place
“Thus we know we are near to some other place on the map which is not yet visible on the countryside.” CS Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress About noon we hopped aboard the 30 minute train to Madrid where we waited … Continue reading
A Great Company of Other Pilgrims
“Then I saw that they were received into a great company of other pilgrims…” CS Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress On our way out of Toledo, Corpus Christi celebrations were in full swing. What a send-off!
All the Crowd
“He could not get free…and all the crowd of people were moving on in the same direction, with a sinister happiness on their faces.” CS Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress There are some things in other cultures that bewilder me and … Continue reading
Folk Tales
“And the sweetness came not with pride and with the lonely dreams of poets nor with the glamour of a secret, but with the homespun truth of folk-tales…” CS Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress No sooner had we arrived in Toledo, … Continue reading
Plodding Along
“‘The young gentleman is soft, sir, very soft,’ said Drudge. ‘He is not used to this sort of thing. We’ll have to help him along…Then they plodded on for many more miles.’” CS Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress Many months ago … Continue reading
And Some Carried Water
“Then I saw that chairs were brought for the travellers and some of the young men of the house carried water to them to wash.” CS Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress 2,000 years ago the Romans built a nine-mile aqueduct from … Continue reading
Studying in Salamanca
“He [Aristotle] held that the end of mortal life was to put on immortality as much as might be. And he also said that the most useless of studies was the noblest.” CS Lewis, The Pilgrim’s Regress Salamanca is a … Continue reading