by Jim McIntosh | Mar 31, 2011 | Status |
Yesterday, I showed you a view from my sickbed. Today, I show a better picture taken at the window. The view is truly marvelous, looking down at St. Peter’s and the Vatican City. Yesterday and today, I’ve been practicing walking with crutches. I find it...
by Jim McIntosh | Mar 29, 2011 | Status |
I wanted to show you the view from my sickbed. Yes, that’s the top of the dome of St. Peters Basilica. I am truly looking down at the Vatican from my sickroom. 🙂...
by Jim McIntosh | Mar 29, 2011 | Status |
As some of you may know, I have been in Rome for the last two weeks helping out in our Justice and Peace office here. The General Curia building has beautiful marble staircases. Last night, I was descending in the dark and when I got to what I thought was the landing,...
by Jim McIntosh | Nov 16, 2010 | Bolivia, Camiri, Peru, Status |
Those of you who followed my “Should I Stay or Should I Go?” posts know of my unhappiness in Camiri, Bolivia. After a fruitful and rewarding two years in Cochabamba, I found myself in Camiri doing next to nothing. As much as I loved working in the missions...
by Jim McIntosh | Oct 31, 2010 | Status |
In Bolivia, there is no autumn. There are basically two seasons: rain and no rain. In the Chaco, where I lived for the last two years, the leaves died during the dry season, but somehow they did it without changing color. One day there were leaves; the next day, it...
by Jim McIntosh | May 19, 2010 | Bolivia, Camiri, Status |
I hope that this can be the final installment of this little drama and I can get back to bashing Arizona and nudging Obama. I have been thinking why I came to the missions. When I was looking at the Franciscans, the one ministry I really couldn’t see myself...
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