Einar Benediksson, fyrrverandi sendiherra \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum, sag\u00f0i vi\u00f0 mig \u00feegar hann f\u00f3r fr\u00e1 Washington og vita\u00f0 var a\u00f0 J\u00f3n Baldvin myndi ver\u00f0a n\u00e6sti sendiherra:\u201eBrynd\u00eds \u00fearf a\u00f0 kynnast \u00fe\u00e9r\u201c. \u00c9g var\u00f0 fur\u00f0u lostin, Brynd\u00eds \u00feessi fr\u00e6ga kona, af hverju \u00feurfti h\u00fan a\u00f0 kynnast m\u00e9r, stelpu \u00far Keflav\u00edk sem enginn \u00feekkti. \u201eJ\u00fa af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 h\u00fan \u00fearf einhvern sem h\u00fan getur treyst og \u00feekkir alla sta\u00f0h\u00e6tti h\u00e9r \u00ed Washington\u201c. \u00c9g lofa\u00f0i honum a\u00f0 \u00e9g skyldi gera \u00fea\u00f0 og \u00feegar \u00feau komu ger\u00f0i \u00e9g bo\u00f0 \u00e1 undan m\u00e9r \u00ed sendir\u00e1\u00f0i\u00f0 og tilkynnti a\u00f0 \u00e9g vildi eiga fund me\u00f0 \u00feeim.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g hitti \u00feau \u00ed sendir\u00e1\u00f0inu einn morgun \u00ed n\u00f3vember og vi\u00f0 \u00e1ttum g\u00f3\u00f0an fund \u00fear sem vi\u00f0 \u00e1kv\u00e1\u00f0um a\u00f0 hittast flj\u00f3tlega. \u00c1 \u00feessum t\u00edma \u00e1tti \u00e9g heima \u00ed n\u00e6sta n\u00e1grenni vi\u00f0 \u00feau og \u00e9g var\u00f0 eins og sagt er \u201eheimilisk\u00f6ttur\u201c \u00e1 Kalorama (sendir\u00e1\u00f0sb\u00fasta\u00f0num) og t\u00f3k virkan \u00fe\u00e1tt \u00ed m\u00f6rgu sem \u00e1tti s\u00e9r sta\u00f0 \u00fear n\u00e6stu fimm \u00e1rin. \u00dea\u00f0 sem m\u00e9r er minnist\u00e6\u00f0ast er a\u00f0 fr\u00e1 upphafi t\u00f3k listunnandinn Brynd\u00eds, \u00fe\u00e1 \u00e1kv\u00f6r\u00f0un a\u00f0 h\u00fan skyldi reyna allt sem \u00ed hennar valdi st\u00e6\u00f0i til a\u00f0 kynna \u00edslenska listamenn fyrir Bandar\u00edkjam\u00f6nnum, listamenn sem b\u00e6\u00f0i voru b\u00fasettir \u00e1 \u00cdslandi, Bandar\u00edkjunum og annars sta\u00f0ar. H\u00fan st\u00f3\u00f0 fyrir upp\u00e1komum \u00ed b\u00fasta\u00f0num fyrir rith\u00f6funda, t\u00f3nlistarf\u00f3lk, myndlistamenn og m.a.s. fatah\u00f6nnu\u00f0i svo eitthva\u00f0 s\u00e9 nefnt.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Allar \u00feessar samkundur voru vel s\u00f3ttar af \u00feekktum Washingonb\u00faum og var oft glatt \u00e1 hjalla. Vi\u00f0 Brynd\u00eds \u00fev\u00e6ldumst saman um Washingtonborg \u00fear sem vi\u00f0 hittum listamenn fr\u00e1 \u00f6\u00f0rum l\u00f6ndum. H\u00fan haf\u00f0i mikinn \u00e1huga \u00e1 fram\u00farstefnu fatah\u00f6nnu\u00f0um, \u00fev\u00ed eins og \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0 veit \u00fe\u00e1 hefur h\u00fan fram\u00farstefnulegan fatasmekk, og finnst gaman a\u00f0 skarta kl\u00e6\u00f0na\u00f0i sem er flottur en \u00f6\u00f0ruv\u00edsi en allir hinir kl\u00e6\u00f0ast. \u00deetta \u00fe\u00f3tti m\u00e9r s\u00e9rstaklega skemmtilegt \u00fev\u00ed \u00e9g er b\u00faningah\u00f6nnu\u00f0ur og vissi n\u00e1kv\u00e6mlega hva\u00f0 h\u00fan vildi. Vi\u00f0 kynntumst evr\u00f3pskum h\u00f6nnu\u00f0um og h\u00fan fann \u00fea\u00f0 sem hana langa\u00f0i \u00ed. Hvar sem h\u00fan kom var h\u00fan alltaf gl\u00e6silegust og allir spur\u00f0u hva\u00f0an \u00ed \u00f6sk\u00f6punum h\u00fan hafi fengi\u00f0 \u00feessi flottu f\u00f6t. Brynd\u00eds kl\u00e6ddist aldrei \u201edr\u00f6gtum\u201c \u00fea\u00f0 var alltof formlegt fyrir hana.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 sem \u00e9g er a\u00f0 segja me\u00f0 \u00feessu er a\u00f0 Brynd\u00eds er og hefur alltaf veri\u00f0 kona sem hefur auga fyrir \u00fev\u00ed fallega en a\u00f0 sama skapi \u00fev\u00ed \u00f3venjulega og aldrei hr\u00e6dd vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 reyna eitthva\u00f0 n\u00fdtt.
\n\u00deegar \u00feau f\u00f3ru til Finnlands eftir dv\u00f6l \u00feeirra \u00ed Washington sakna\u00f0i \u00e9g \u00feeirra miki\u00f0 en vi\u00f0 h\u00e9ldum sambandi \u00ed gegnum s\u00edma og netp\u00f3st. Fyrir nokkrum \u00e1rum heims\u00f3tti \u00e9g \u00feau \u00ed \u00feeirra fallega h\u00fas \u00ed Salobrena \u00e1 Sp\u00e1ni og \u00e1ttum vi\u00f0 margar g\u00f3\u00f0ar stundir \u00e1 \u201e\u00feakinu g\u00f3\u00f0a\u201c sem til umr\u00e6\u00f0u hefur veri\u00f0 \u00ed \u00edslenskum fj\u00f6lmi\u00f0lum undanfari\u00f0.<\/p>\n
\u00deegar Brynd\u00eds sag\u00f0i m\u00e9r a\u00f0 h\u00fan v\u00e6ri a\u00f0 vinna a\u00f0 n\u00fdrri b\u00f3k bei\u00f0 \u00e9g spennt a\u00f0 f\u00e1 a\u00f0 lesa handriti\u00f0. \u00c1 me\u00f0an J\u00f3n Baldvin gegndi sendiherrast\u00f6\u00f0u sinni \u00ed Washington, m\u00e1la\u00f0i \u00e9g portrett af Brynd\u00edsi, \u00fea\u00f0 var mikill hei\u00f0ur fyrir mig \u00feegar h\u00fan spur\u00f0i hvort portretti\u00f0 m\u00e6tti pr\u00fd\u00f0a fors\u00ed\u00f0u b\u00f3karinnar.<\/p>\n
H\u00fan sendi m\u00e9r s\u00ed\u00f0an handriti\u00f0 \u00ed vor og \u00feetta voru vi\u00f0br\u00f6g\u00f0 min sem \u00e9g sendi henni \u00ed netp\u00f3sti:
\nVar\u00f0 algerlega heltekin. Vissi ekki af t\u00edmanum. Fr\u00e1sagnarh\u00e1tturinn er svo pers\u00f3nulegur, einl\u00e6gur, fr\u00e6\u00f0andi, hra\u00f0ur og spennandi. Eftir tvo e\u00f0a \u00ferj\u00e1 t\u00edma var\u00f0 \u00e9g a\u00f0 stoppa \u00fev\u00ed \u00e9g var\u00f0 a\u00f0 pissa og n\u00e1 m\u00e9r \u00ed meira kaffi. \u00deurfti a\u00f0 hl\u00fd\u00f0a \u00e1 lei\u00f0inlega conferencu og svara nokkrum s\u00edmt\u00f6lum, en eftir \u00fe\u00e6r truflanir h\u00e9lt \u00e9g \u00e1fram.<\/p>\n
\u00c9g las alveg til loka og \u00feegar \u00e9g var b\u00fain sat \u00e9g m\u00e1ttlaus og gr\u00e9t.<\/p>\n
Brynd\u00eds m\u00edn, elsku vinkona, \u00fe\u00fa hefur \u00f3tr\u00falega fr\u00e1sagnarg\u00e1fu.<\/p>\n
Eftir \u00feennan lestur finnst m\u00e9r \u00e9g hafa l\u00e6rt svo mikla mannkynss\u00f6gu. Hvernig \u00fe\u00e9r tekst a\u00f0 fr\u00e6\u00f0a lesandann um s\u00f6gu hvers sta\u00f0ar sem \u00fei\u00f0 hafi\u00f0 heims\u00f3tt og um lei\u00f0 a\u00f0 l\u00fdsa mannl\u00edfi og reynslu ykkar \u00e1 hverjum sta\u00f0 er alveg magna\u00f0. \u00dea\u00f0 er l\u00edka \u00f3tr\u00falegt hve m\u00f6rgum \u00fej\u00f3\u00f0\u00feekktum pers\u00f3num \u00fei\u00f0 hafi\u00f0 kynnst. Sagan af p\u00e1fanum og Palest\u00ednu manninum var svo athyglisver\u00f0 hva\u00f0 mig var\u00f0ar, \u00fev\u00ed \u00e9g er \u00ed e\u00f0li m\u00ednu svo mikill m\u00e1lfr\u00e6\u00f0i n\u00f6rd.<\/p>\n
\u00de\u00fa ert og hefur alltaf veri\u00f0 kona me\u00f0 hlutverk. Aldrei seti\u00f0 heima og grenja\u00f0, \u00fe\u00fa hefur alltaf fundi\u00f0 lei\u00f0 \u00fat \u00far \u00f6llum \u00feeim vandam\u00e1lum sem l\u00edfi\u00f0 hefur \u00b4thrown at you\u00b4.<\/p>\n
\u00de\u00fa hefur alla t\u00ed\u00f0 vi\u00f0haldi\u00f0 fr\u00f3\u00f0leiksf\u00fdsn \u00feinni, l\u00f6ngun til a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra menningu og tungu annarra landa og svo a\u00f0 sj\u00e1lfs\u00f6g\u00f0u \u00e1st \u00feinni \u00e1 listum hvort sem um dans, t\u00f3nlist, leiklist, e\u00f0a ritlist er a\u00f0 r\u00e6\u00f0a, en l\u00edfi\u00f0 er ekki dans \u00e1 r\u00f3sum eins og \u00fe\u00fa ein veist best.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Einar Benediksson, fyrrverandi sendiherra \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum, sag\u00f0i vi\u00f0 mig \u00feegar hann f\u00f3r fr\u00e1 Washington og vita\u00f0 var a\u00f0 J\u00f3n Baldvin myndi ver\u00f0a n\u00e6sti sendiherra:\u201eBrynd\u00eds \u00fearf a\u00f0 kynnast \u00fe\u00e9r\u201c. \u00c9g var\u00f0 fur\u00f0u lostin, Brynd\u00eds \u00feessi fr\u00e6ga kona, af hverju \u00feurfti h\u00fan a\u00f0 kynnast m\u00e9r, stelpu \u00far Keflav\u00edk sem enginn \u00feekkti. \u201eJ\u00fa af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 h\u00fan \u00fearf … Continue reading “Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur J\u00f3hannesd\u00f3ttir: Brosa\u00f0 gegnum t\u00e1rin, ritd\u00f3mur”<\/span><\/a><\/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-773","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\/773","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=773"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":774,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773\/revisions\/774"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/bs\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}