Jeremy Thompson

Category: Personal

  • A lot to be thankful for

    Happy Thanksgiving to everyone. I know I certainly have a great deal to be thankful for.

  • Sitting, Dwelling and the Unworthiness of the Messenger

    There is a thread that runs through all of the lectionary readings for today. We see in Isaiah, Paul in 1 Corinthians and Peter in the Gospel reading the unworthiness of the messenger. This is evident in any number of ways in Isaiah 6, but one of the aspects of the reading I noticed is…

  • Elie Wiesel and When the Meanings Don’t have Words

    I, too, have recently adopted the mantra “words don’t have meanings; meanings have words.”  But, I was struck recently by this passage in the preface of Night by Elie Wiesel where he discusses how there were no words appropriate for the meanings he was trying to convey concerning his experiences during the Holocaust: I had…

  • What I’ve Been Doing for the Past Year

    Well, if you look at the date of my last post, I’ve taken about an 11 month blogging hiatus. But, so as not to offend Jim, I’m not going to make this one of those “sorry, I haven’t blogged in a while posts.” This is more of a here’s what I’ve been up to, I…

  • Days 10 & 11 – The Sea

    On days 10 and 11, we went to visit Christo (my supervisor) and his wife Marli at Hermanus. We visited the local beach for a short time and tasted wine at La Vierge. La Vierge may have been our favorite wine tasting in South Africa. Erica even liked one of the red wines there, which…

  • Day 9 – Table Mountain

    On day 9 we visited Table Mountain. It is now considered one of the seven natural wonders of the world. The view was gorgeous after we rode the cable car to the top. Then it got pretty cloudy, but it was pretty neat to walk in the clouds.

  • Days 7 & 8 – Franschoek and … You Guessed It, Stellenbosch Vineyards

    Okay. So, I realize I never finished posting picture from our trip to South Africa. That’s because I’ve either been busy or lazy or some combination of the two. At any rate, on day 7 we went to another smaller area called Franschoek, known for its French influence. It was beautiful, with plenty of vineyards…

  • Day 6 – The Waterfront and Kirstenbosch Garden

    On day 6, we went to Cape Town to the V&A Waterfront and Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden. The waterfront was interesting, but a bit commercial. There was a nice craft market though with some good souveneir shops. We also went to a restaurant where I tried a number of different kinds of meat common to South…

  • Day 5 – Penguins, the Cape of Good Hope … and More Wine

    On day 5, we decided to drive the coast because we had heard that many of the businesses in Stellenbosch are not open on Sundays. Then, we decided to just keep driving to the Cape of Good Hope. The views were absolutely incredible. Along the way, we also decided to stop and see the penguins…

  • Day 4b – City Centre

    On the evening of day 4, we spent some time in the central part of Stellenbosch, getting around in our little green rental car. Cafe au lait is different – coffee and milk are served separately and you have to pour the coffee into the milk. We also did a wine tasting (partly for free…