\u00c9g man \u00fea\u00f0 ekki n\u00fana, hvort \u00e9g lag\u00f0i einhvern tr\u00fana\u00f0 \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0 sem \u00e9g las e\u00f0a hvort \u00fea\u00f0 snerti mig yfirleitt nokku\u00f0. \u00de\u00f3 leyni \u00e9g \u00fev\u00ed ekki, a\u00f0 m\u00e9r st\u00f3\u00f0 h\u00e1lfger\u00f0ur stuggur af honum, \u00feegar vi\u00f0 hittumst \u00ed fyrsta sinn. Danasleikja, landr\u00e1\u00f0ama\u00f0ur, laumukommi, uppreisnarseggur, l\u00fd\u00f0skrumari, kvennab\u00f3si, lygari, \u00f3\u00feverri \u2013 eflaust hafa \u00f6ll \u00feessi or\u00f0 komi\u00f0 upp \u00ed huga m\u00e9r. \u00c9g haf\u00f0i lesi\u00f0 \u00feau \u00ed Bla\u00f0inu \u2013 bla\u00f0i allra landsmanna \u2013 svo oft, svo oft.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
En au\u00f0vita\u00f0 voru \u00feetta bara or\u00f0 \u00e1n merkingar. \u00c9g vissi ekki, hvern mann hann hef\u00f0i a\u00f0 geyma, fyrr en \u00e9g haf\u00f0i teki\u00f0 \u00ed h\u00f6ndina \u00e1 honum, horft \u00ed augu hans og seti\u00f0 til bor\u00f0s me\u00f0 honum nokkrum sinnum. Fengi\u00f0 a\u00f0 kynnast hans innra manni. Eftir \u00fea\u00f0 l\u00e9t \u00e9g allan r\u00f3g og n\u00ed\u00f0 l\u00f6nd og lei\u00f0.<\/p>\n
En au\u00f0vita\u00f0 f\u00f3r ekki hj\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 allt \u00feetta n\u00ed\u00f0 og r\u00f3gur \u00e1 s\u00ed\u00f0um dagbla\u00f0anna s\u00eda\u00f0ist inn \u00e1 heimilin \u2013 inn \u00ed eldh\u00faskr\u00f3kinn. \u00dear var hann borinn \u00e1 bor\u00f0 me\u00f0 morgunkaffinu, s\u00ed\u00f0degiskaffinu \u2013 og jafnvel l\u00edka me\u00f0 kv\u00f6ldkaffinu. K\u00f6kur voru \u00f3\u00fearfar, \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 ekkert rennur lj\u00faflegar ni\u00f0ur en sl\u00fa\u00f0urs\u00f6gur, g\u00f3ms\u00e6tar og krassandi.<\/p>\n
Amma m\u00edn var enn \u00e1 l\u00edfi, \u00feegar \u00feetta var. H\u00fan bj\u00f3 meira a\u00f0 segja hj\u00e1 okkur J\u00f3ni Baldvini, \u00feegar vi\u00f0 byrju\u00f0um a\u00f0 b\u00faa saman. \u00dea\u00f0 f\u00f3r ekki hj\u00e1 \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 h\u00fan kynntist tengdaf\u00f6\u00f0ur m\u00ednum. H\u00fan bar mikla vir\u00f0ingu fyrir Hannibal.<\/p>\n
Amma var s\u00edvinnandi al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0ukona. H\u00fan vann s\u00e9r inn peninga me\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 prj\u00f3na \u00feelmj\u00faka n\u00e6rboli, hl\u00fdja vettlinga og sokka fyrir b\u00f6rn – og mynstru\u00f0 sj\u00f6l fyrir konur \u00fati \u00ed b\u00e6. \u00deegar h\u00fan haf\u00f0i pressa\u00f0 og pakka\u00f0 inn \u00feessum fallegu fl\u00edkum, lag\u00f0i h\u00fan af sta\u00f0 f\u00f3tgangandi b\u00e6jarenda \u00e1 milli til \u00feess a\u00f0 skila af s\u00e9r. Oftast var henni bo\u00f0i\u00f0 upp \u00e1 kaffi \u00ed eldh\u00faskr\u00f3knum. \u00dear sat heimilisf\u00f3lki\u00f0 og masa\u00f0i um landsins gagn og nau\u00f0synjar. Oftar en ekki barst tali\u00f0 a\u00f0 tengdaf\u00f6\u00f0ur m\u00ednum. Og eflaust hefur f\u00f3lk haft l\u00famskt gaman af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 str\u00ed\u00f0a g\u00f6mlu konunni, l\u00e1ta hana heyra \u00fea\u00f0 um \u00feennan n\u00fdja fj\u00f6lskyldume\u00f0lim.<\/p>\n
Einhverju sinni haf\u00f0i h\u00fan m\u00e1tt sitja \u00f3venju lengi undir kjaftava\u00f0linum og hlusta \u00e1 f\u00f3lki\u00f0 smjatta \u00e1 sl\u00fa\u00f0urs\u00f6gum. \u201eOg hva\u00f0 segir \u00fe\u00fa n\u00fa, Margr\u00e9t m\u00edn, um \u00feennan mann?\u201c, spur\u00f0i h\u00fasm\u00f3\u00f0irin loksins. \u2013<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 st\u00f3\u00f0 ekki \u00e1 svari hj\u00e1 henni \u00f6mmu minni: \u201e\u00c9g er b\u00fain a\u00f0 \u00feekkja \u00feennan mann \u00ed nokkur \u00e1r. Og \u00fea\u00f0 segir m\u00e9r alveg n\u00f3g um manninn, a\u00f0 \u00e9g hef aldrei heyrt hann tala svona um nokkra manneskju, eins og \u00fei\u00f0 hafi\u00f0 tala\u00f0 um hann h\u00e9r \u00ed dag\u201c.<\/p>\n
Og \u00fear me\u00f0 var h\u00fan farin.<\/p>\n
\u00dearf \u00e9g nokkru vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 b\u00e6ta?<\/p>\n
Satt a\u00f0 segja skaust \u00feessi h\u00e1lfgleymda minning upp \u00ed hugann, \u00feegar \u00e9g heyr\u00f0i, a\u00f0 sk\u00f3laslit Menntask\u00f3lans \u00e1 \u00cdsafir\u00f0i f\u00e6ru fram \u00feann 25. ma\u00ed – \u00fe.e.a.s \u00ed g\u00e6r. \u00dear hafa \u00fe\u00e1 v\u00e6ntanlega veri\u00f0 vi\u00f0staddir einhverjir \u00far seinasta \u00e1rganginum sem J\u00f3n Baldvin \u00fatskrifa\u00f0i, til a\u00f0 fagna 40 \u00e1ra st\u00fadentsafm\u00e6li s\u00ednu.<\/p>\n
\u00deeir munu v\u00e6ntanlega hafa teki\u00f0 eftir \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 \u00fea\u00f0 er b\u00fai\u00f0 a\u00f0 fjarl\u00e6gja m\u00e1lverk af fyrstu sk\u00f3lameistarahj\u00f3nunum, sem haf\u00f0i veri\u00f0 uppi \u00e1 vegg \u00ed m\u00f6tuneyti sk\u00f3lans \u00ed n\u00e6stu 40 \u00e1r. Hvers vegna? Hafa \u00feau veri\u00f0 d\u00e6md fyrir gl\u00e6p? Eitthva\u00f0 hl\u00fdtur \u00fea\u00f0 a\u00f0 vera, fyrst sk\u00f3lameistarinn \u2013 reyndar gamall nemandi okkar \u2013 telur okkur ekki lengur \u00ed s\u00ednum h\u00fasum h\u00e6f.<\/p>\n
\u00c1st\u00e6\u00f0an mun vera illt umtal \u00ed bl\u00f6\u00f0unum \u2013 r\u00f3gur og n\u00ed\u00f0.<\/p>\n
M\u00e9r finnst \u00e1st\u00e6\u00f0a til a\u00f0 vekja athygli \u00cdsfir\u00f0inga \u00e1 \u00feessum gj\u00f6rningi. Hann \u00e6tti a\u00f0 vera \u00fdmsum ver\u00f0ugt umhugsunarefni \u00e1 \u00feessum sta\u00f0 og stundu.<\/p>\n
Eitt a\u00f0 lokum. Menn ver\u00f0a a\u00f0 vera sj\u00e1lfum s\u00e9r samkv\u00e6mir \u00ed verkum s\u00ednum \u2013 hvort sem \u00feau eru g\u00f3\u00f0 e\u00f0a ill. Ver\u00f0ur sk\u00f3lameistari ekki l\u00edka a\u00f0 sj\u00e1 til \u00feess, a\u00f0 Saga Menntask\u00f3lans \u00e1 \u00cdsafir\u00f0i eftir fyrrum sk\u00f3lameistara, Bj\u00f6rn Teitsson \u2013 sem fer lofsamlegum or\u00f0um um brautry\u00f0jendurna \u2013 ver\u00f0i fjarl\u00e6g\u00f0 af b\u00f3kasafni sk\u00f3lans, r\u00e9tt eins og myndin af veggnum?<\/p>\n
\u00de\u00e1 fyrst v\u00e6ri verki\u00f0 fullkomna\u00f0.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tengdafa\u00f0ir minn, Hannibal Valdimarsson, var einhver umdeildasti stj\u00f3rnm\u00e1lama\u00f0ur \u00cdslands, me\u00f0an hann lif\u00f0i. Vestfir\u00f0ingur \u00ed h\u00fa\u00f0 og h\u00e1r, eins og flestir vita. \u00deegar \u00e9g var unglingur \u00ed Vesturb\u00e6 Reykjav\u00edkur, s\u00e1 \u00e9g oft myndir af honum \u00ed Morgunbla\u00f0inu. \u00deessum myndum fylgdi yfirleitt einhver sk\u00e6tingur og n\u00ed\u00f0 um pers\u00f3nu hans \u2013 en aldrei \u00fe\u00f3, a\u00f0 hann v\u00e6ri barnan\u00ed\u00f0ingur, merkilegt nokk! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","category-greinar_og_vidtol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}