Photo above left shows the damaged roof of the now demolished Wash House of the Pine Ridge Colliery  in Miners Mills, Wilkes-Barre, PA, with ceiling racks for the clothing of miners.  For a classic photo of the Huber Breaker in Ashley, PA, click Responses and scroll down.

This website is dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas, who appeared in 1531 near Mexico City to Juan Diego, an Indian convert, and told him she wished a shrine built there.  He took roses, arranged in his cloak by her, as a sign for the bishop, who found an image of the Virgin impressed on the cloak.  This portrait is preserved at her shrine and attracts many pilgrims, especially on her feast, Dec. 12.

Traditional Mexican songs and dances celebrate the miraculous image.  Holiness is the pure being of God, the being that is being and the source of all that is.  Our human family, ancient and fertile, springs there.

We've recorded Welsh songs (Gwynn Publishing Co. of North Wales, my translation & performance).

Click to hear "The Cowboy's Song": 

The traditions of Welsh poetry and Catholic prayer are explored in my book, "New House." 

To order a COPY of the CD recording of NEW HOUSE, click Contact Us & email your name and mailing address.   

Discovering holiness is a pilgrimage that begins where we are and can take us to the ends of the earth & the farthest reaches of time.  My own voyages are chronicled in my novels, poems, and essays, described on the pages of this website.  Pax Intrantibus!

"Voyage to the Farm" is a novel set in medieval Iceland.

Medieval Iceland was a commonwealth of free farmers whose sagas recount their struggle to maintain their laws, their families, and their freedom.  The hero of this novel, Thorir Gunnarsson, travels from boyhood to maturity to build his family's farm against hazards of nature & human predators, sustained by his parents, his schoolmates, his teachers, his wife, Helga, and the faith he shares with her.
Above is Hoffellsjokull glacier in Iceland (c) Chris Hammond. 
Visit the photographer's website:  www.chrishammond.co.uk 
Voyage to the Farm is available from http://www.xlibris.com/RichardLoomis.html
A CD Audiobook recording of this novel has been produced, available at CD Baby:  http://cdbaby.com/cd/rmloomis4

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