Carezza to Arabba

Moses said:  ‘ Who am I’ and then he asked God who He/ God was. God helped Moses  to see He was able to use him because He was firstly  the creator God who can recreate us spiritually, physically and mentally.( Exodus 3: 6) Secondly, He was LORD,( Exodus 3:15) a personal God who redeems us and thirdly God says ‘ I am who I am.’ Infinite and transcendent in power. Jesus used this name also:  

‘ I tell you, Jews, before Abraham was, I am.’

They picked up stones to throw at Jesus, who hid himself. John 8:59

( Sandy’s summary and understanding if you are interested study it for yourself.  )

We are still in the Dolomites. The Dolomites extend from the Adige River in the west to the Piave Valley in the east.  They were declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 26th June 2009.

Reading this UNESCO information in many places made this quote seem more relevant when I read it. This was said by Barbara Kingsolver:

‘ There must be limits, somewhere to the human footprint on this earth. When the whole of the world is reduced to nothing but human product, we will have lost the map that can show us how we got here, and can offer our spirits an answer when we ask why. Surely we are capable of declaring sacred some quarters that we dare not enter or possess.’

Let us start at the end of the day in a park up behind some disused buildings. It is a paid-for place with others. It started to rain as we were finishing lunch in town. A traditional order for me; is two spinach dumplings with the third one cheese on a bed of finely chopped cabbage. Delicious. I guess being still in Italy Roy’s Piazza was true to our place, too.

We were in Arabba.

Bugzy has a good heating system and we soon felt comfortable. One eye on a long tennis match (5 hours in the end) and the other? Roy with Saduko and me painting some weathered flowers I picked from near Bugzy. What could Bess see? She stayed interested for quite a while.

We were happy to be still after travelling the hairpin bends of the Costalunga pass.

Here are three views from the passenger seat of Bugzy.

Some thoughts about maps:

‘ A map does not just chart, it unlocks and formulates meaning; it forms bridges between here and there, between disparate ideas that we did not know were previously connected.’ Reif Larsen

And this one made me smile.

‘ You can’t use an old map to explore a new world.’

Albert Einstein

Brian, my nearing ninety-four-year-old father-in-law took an ancient hard-covered book of maps to navigate his way to see his first great-granddaughter in London. He wanted it to be a complete surprise none of us knew until it was done.

His niece had just arrived from the hospital and he had used the train and the underground and walked till he found the right house. He stood on the doorstep and rang the bell and she was more than surprised, delighted.

A forever memory of love from Brian!

And then there is this:

‘Map out your future but do it in pencil.’ Jon Bon Jous

Take care,

Sandy 🙂