Minningarnar um g\u00f3\u00f0an dreng hrannast upp. \u00dea\u00f0 var s\u00ed\u00f0la vors \u00e1ri\u00f0 1999. Sendiherra-hj\u00f3nin \u00ed Washington D.C. h\u00e9ldu til Brasil\u00edu til a\u00f0 afhenda Cardosa forseta tr\u00fana\u00f0arbr\u00e9f fyrir sendiherra \u00cdslands \u00ed Brasil\u00edu. \u00c9g \u00e1tti \u00ed framhaldinu vi\u00f0r\u00e6\u00f0ur vi\u00f0 utanr\u00edkisr\u00e1\u00f0herra, \u00fer\u00f3unarm\u00e1lar\u00e1\u00f0herra, sj\u00e1var\u00fatvegsr\u00e1\u00f0herra, senatora og fylkisstj\u00f3ra. En haf\u00f0i samt allan t\u00edmann \u00ed huga a\u00f0 taka fr\u00e1 tvo daga til a\u00f0 heims\u00e6kja borgina Curitiba \u00ed Parana \u00ed Su\u00f0ur-Brasil\u00edu. Af \u00fev\u00ed a\u00f0 \u00e9g haf\u00f0i haft spurnir af \u00fev\u00ed, a\u00f0 \u00fear v\u00e6ri marga af afkomendum Brasil\u00edufaranna a\u00f0 finna.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n
S\u00fa von br\u00e1st ekki. Tugir manna t\u00f3ku \u00e1 m\u00f3ti okkur Brynd\u00edsi \u00e1 flugvellinum. Svo t\u00f3ku vi\u00f0 samfelldir fagna\u00f0arfundir. Nanna Magn\u00fasd\u00f3ttir, l\u00e6knir og l\u00edfsk\u00fanstner, var \u00ed forsvari fyrir h\u00f3pnum. Br\u00f3\u00f0ursonur hennar Maro, doktor \u00ed l\u00edfe\u00f0lis- og erf\u00f0afr\u00e6\u00f0i, gegndi hlutverki t\u00falksins. Undir hl\u00f6\u00f0num veislubor\u00f0um, sem svignu\u00f0u undan kr\u00e1sum, (a\u00f0 \u00f3gleymdum p\u00f6nnuk\u00f6kunum) var tala\u00f0 saman \u00feindarlaust fram undir rau\u00f0amorgun. \u00dea\u00f0 var fr\u00e1 m\u00f6rgu a\u00f0 segja.<\/p>\n
\u00deetta voru bara \u00ferj\u00e1r kynsl\u00f3\u00f0ir, sem \u00e1ttu allar \u00e6ttir a\u00f0 rekja til Vopnafjar\u00f0ar og \u00deingeyjars\u00fdslna. Magn\u00fas, fa\u00f0ir N\u00f6nnu, var \u00e1 barnsaldri, \u00feegar foreldrar hans fluttust fr\u00e1 Sunnudal \u00ed Vopnafir\u00f0i til Brasil\u00edu. Barnlaus hj\u00f3n, sem heyr\u00f0u lj\u00f3sh\u00e6r\u00f0an dreng leika \u00e1 flautu \u00ed farandsirkus, gengu honum \u00ed foreldrasta\u00f0. \u00deau kostu\u00f0u hann til n\u00e1ms. Hann var\u00f0 verkfr\u00e6\u00f0ingur og s\u00ed\u00f0ar yfirma\u00f0ur j\u00e1rnbrautanna \u00ed Nor\u00f0ur- Brasil\u00edu.
\n\u00c1 upplausnar\u00e1rum, um og eftir fyrra str\u00ed\u00f0, \u00feegar stj\u00f3rnleysi r\u00edkti \u00ed landinu, t\u00f3k hann a\u00f0 s\u00e9r stj\u00f3rn h\u00e9ra\u00f0s, sem var um \u00fea\u00f0 bil sj\u00f6 sinnum st\u00e6rra en \u00cdsland. Til eru se\u00f0lar me\u00f0 mynd og undirskrift forstj\u00f3ra j\u00e1rnbrautanna, sem voru gjaldmi\u00f0ill sv\u00e6\u00f0isins. Magn\u00fas Vopnfir\u00f0ingur var s\u00f3s\u00edalisti og hugsj\u00f3nama\u00f0ur. Svo komu herforingjarnir, og allt f\u00e9ll aftur \u00ed sama fari\u00f0: Har\u00f0stj\u00f3rn og spillingu. Verkfr\u00e6\u00f0ingurinn sneri s\u00e9r a\u00f0 m\u00e1lv\u00edsindum. Hann hanna\u00f0i n\u00fdtt al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0atungum\u00e1l, sem hann kalla\u00f0i \u201cEining\u201d. \u00dea\u00f0 bygg\u00f0i \u00e1 germ\u00f6nskum og latneskum or\u00f0stofnum og n\u00e1\u00f0i um skei\u00f0 meiri \u00fatbrei\u00f0slu en esperanto. \u00c9g gleymi seint, hvernig Nanna lj\u00f3ma\u00f0i, \u00feegar h\u00fan sag\u00f0i fr\u00e1 afreksmanninum, f\u00f6\u00f0ur s\u00ednum og afa Maros.<\/p>\n
M\u00e9r var \u00fea\u00f0 mikill hei\u00f0ur a\u00f0 hafa komi\u00f0 \u00fev\u00ed til lei\u00f0ar, a\u00f0 Maro Sondahl var skipa\u00f0ur r\u00e6\u00f0isma\u00f0ur \u00cdslands \u00ed Curitiba. Curitiba er borg me\u00f0 um h\u00e1lfa a\u00f0ra millj\u00f3n \u00edb\u00faa. \u00dear eru engin sl\u00f6mm. Yfirma\u00f0ur borgarskipulagsins haf\u00f0i n\u00fdlega \u00feegi\u00f0 al\u00fej\u00f3\u00f0leg ver\u00f0laun fyrir bestu lausn \u00e1 almannasamg\u00f6ngum samb\u00e6rilegra borga. Skipulagsverkfr\u00e6\u00f0ingurinn var af \u00e6tt Sunnd\u00e6la. Sj\u00e1lfur var Maro \u00feekktur v\u00edsindama\u00f0ur. Hann \u00e1tti einkaleyfi \u00e1 r\u00e6ktun kaffijurta, sem st\u00f3\u00f0ust \u00feurrka og \u00e1s\u00f3kn skord\u00fdra betur en \u00f6nnur afbrig\u00f0i.Og anna\u00f0 \u00e1 kaffijurt, sem hann haf\u00f0i r\u00e6kta\u00f0, \u00fear sem h\u00e6gt var a\u00f0 st\u00fdra kaffein-innihaldi baunanna.
\nOg haf\u00f0i stofna\u00f0 fyrirt\u00e6ki um r\u00e6ktun og dreifingu kaffis af \u00feessari jurt, b\u00e6\u00f0i \u00ed Brasil\u00edu og Bandar\u00edkjunum.
\nAllt sem hann snerti virtist vaxa og dafna. Nanna, og fr\u00e6ndgar\u00f0ur Maros, var me\u00f0 r\u00e9ttu stolt af honum. Tr\u00falega hefur Dr. Maro erft marga e\u00f0liskosti afa s\u00edns, Magn\u00fasar Vopnfir\u00f0ings. Hann vildi beita \u00feekkingunni til a\u00f0 leysa sitt f\u00f3lk \u00far fj\u00f6trum f\u00e1t\u00e6ktar eins og afi. Og hann var \u00e1 r\u00e9ttri lei\u00f0, \u00feegar honum var kippt \u00far umfer\u00f0 fyrirvaralaust. \u00dea\u00f0 er vands\u00e9\u00f0, hva\u00f0 r\u00e9ttl\u00e6tir sl\u00edka r\u00e1\u00f0st\u00f6fun.<\/p>\n
\u00dea\u00f0 er skar\u00f0 fyrir skildi hj\u00e1 fr\u00e6ndgar\u00f0inum vopnfirska \u00ed Curitiba. Eftir lifir miningin um hr\u00edfandi hugsj\u00f3namann, sem l\u00e9t verkin tala \u00ed \u00fe\u00e1gu \u00feeirra, sem neyta s\u00edns brau\u00f0s \u00ed sveita s\u00edns andlits. \u00deeir m\u00e6ttu vera fleiri. Vi\u00f0 Brynd\u00eds flytjum ekkju Maros, Clemenzu, Eriku d\u00f3ttur \u00feeirra og fr\u00e6ndgar\u00f0inum heima \u00ed Curitiba okkar d\u00fdpstu sam\u00fa\u00f0arkve\u00f0jur. \u00dea\u00f0 er huggun harmi gegn, a\u00f0 minning Maros mun lifa og ver\u00f0a \u00f6\u00f0rum ford\u00e6mi til eftirbreytni.<\/p>\n
Helsinki, 17. jan. 2005<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Einar G\u00fastafsson, fer\u00f0am\u00e1lafulltr\u00faii \u00ed New York og fr\u00e6ndi hans flutti okkur \u00fe\u00e1 harmafregn, a\u00f0 Maro Sondahl, r\u00e6\u00f0isma\u00f0ur \u00cdslands \u00ed Curitiba \u00ed Brasil\u00edu, hef\u00f0i farist \u00ed h\u00f6rmulegu umfer\u00f0arslysi \u00ed Nor\u00f0ur- Brasil\u00edu \u00feann 10. Jan. s.l.. Ma\u00f0ur sem geisla\u00f0i af bjarts\u00fdni, atorku og l\u00edfsgle\u00f0i v\u00e6ri allur. Mig setti hlj\u00f3\u00f0an. Enginn veit s\u00edna \u00e6vina fyrr en \u00f6ll er. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1140","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-allar_greinar","category-minningagreinar"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1140"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2966,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1140\/revisions\/2966"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1140"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1140"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1140"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}