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Catchings Winds North represents my efforts to grasp life's hand and draw in the air these musical stories in shorthand.
Walks
Fallen leaves’
Sweet decay
Ferments this morning.
Like lovers clinging
To memories of lost summer heat,
They curl tightly into one another,
Dreading their wintry farewell.
Sound Beach
November 2015
Touched by the scent of burning corn stalks and pumpkins ripening in the sun, February winds off the Long Island Sound, and midnight ferry runs out of the harbor, Robert Hodum in Catching Winds North celebrates life’s bewilderments and delicious moments.
Hodum’s poetry spans nearly fifty years of creative expression that shares lyrical tales inspired by life’s rogue breezes. Selections written during his life in Colombia speak of the mystery and complexities of this Latin American country. Included are poems inspired by his mission trips to Nicaragua that celebrate its people and their folklore.
| |  | | Catching Winds North
Catching Winds North represents my efforts to draw in the air these musical stories in shorthand.
Touched by the scent of burning corn stalks and pumpkins ripening in the sun, February winds off the Long Island Sound, and midnight ferry runs out of the harbor, Robert Hodum in Catching Winds North celebrates life’s delicious moments, challenges and bewilderments.
Hodum’s poetry spans nearly fifty years of creative expression that shares lyrical tales inspired by life’s rogue breezes. Selections written during his life in Colombia speak of the mystery and complexities of this Latin American country. Included are poems inspired by mission trips to Nicaragua that celebrate its people | |  | | Conversations on La Playa: A Gringo's Tales of Medellín
Travel through Cordillera mountain ranges, mysterious jungles and deserts, and endure the travails of life on the road through one of South America’s most exciting countries with Conversations on La Playa.
As a young American university exchange student in the early 1970s, author Robert Hodum found himself in the exotic and mystifying South American country of Colombia. The time he spent there left an indelible imprint upon his life and led him to a career in Latin American history.
Journey back to a country torn by poverty and civil unrest, and travel through some of Colombia’s most perilous and magical settings in conversations on La Playa. With candor and a good dose of humor, Hodum recreates all the sights, smells, and sounds of Colombia. He recounts the subterranean, dangerous worl | |  | | Pilgrims' Steps: A Search for Spain's Santiago
Travel Spain's ancient pilgrimage route in search of St. James the Greater, the enigmatic Santiago de Compostela in Pilgrim's Steps: An Examination of Spain's Santiago and His Way.
The Way embodies the fulfillment of a pilgrimage route tied to sacred terrain shared by prehistoric man, ancient Bronze Age peoples, early Christians, pilgrims of the Middle Ages, and today's faithful. To do pilgrimage to Compostela is to be part of all of this. The Way's valleys and hills, tree enshrouded paths and streams continue to connect humanity with the celestial divide and return us to ourselves as we find place in the fulfillment here on Earth. Santiago's sacred route takes humanity to a threshold veiled by a mosaic of lore and myth. It invites us to a more intimate solidarity with our past, and with ourselves. The waters of his mountain streams and verdant hillocks dispel the disquiet of our world, whispering to us that we are finally home.
Pilgrim's Steps explores the life and times of Spain's enigmatic patron saint, St. James the Greater. This in-depth examination of the history of Spain's pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela highlights the biography of the saint and examines his relationships with the major figures of the New Testament. Pilgrim Step's focuses on the ancient peoples of Galicia and their cultures that contributed to the pilgrimage tradition of the Way.
Those who walk St. James' pilgrimage route continue an ancient ritual that has touched the lives of millions down through the ages. Come walk | |  | | Reflections on Spain's St. James and His Way
Santiago’s sacred route takes humanity to a threshold veiled by a mosaic of lore and myth. It invites us to a more intimate solidarity with our past. The waters of his mountain streams and verdant hillocks dispel the disquiet of our world, whispering to us that we are finally home.
This is my reflection on the history behind the shrine, its roots in pre-Christian spiritual activity and symbolism, the routes of pilgrimage and their historical namesake, St. James. I invite you to peer into the shadows of Spain's past and examine one of her most cherished icons, St. James the Greater. His history contains narratives that emerge from an ancient historical reality, find expression through legendary accounts based on popular histories and cross-cultural lore and speak to our millenniums-old universal interior voice. |
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