Divertimento: Slow Food on La Rambla

“That little wind from La Rambla has the capacity to turn the most superficial part of our body into the deepest part of our existence” - Josep Pla

I have been working full bore since the first week of September. Two congregations, one of which needed an extraordinary amount of help, the guitar/surfboard business, and training a neophyte clergyperson have left me somewhat depleted. As my wife observed, “The job used to give back to you; now it just takes.”

So, with the ordination of my curate, I c…