\u00dea\u00f0 l\u00e9k allt \u00ed h\u00f6ndunum \u00e1 honum Binna. Ef hann settist vi\u00f0 p\u00edan\u00f3i\u00f0, hlj\u00f3ma\u00f0i lagi\u00f0 fyrr en var\u00f0i. Hann l\u00e6r\u00f0i aldrei a\u00f0 lesa n\u00f3tur. \u00deetta var bara me\u00f0f\u00e6tt. Hann var l\u00edka eini ma\u00f0urinn, sem \u00e9g \u00feekkti, sem haf\u00f0i pr\u00f3f upp \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0, a\u00f0 hann kynni a\u00f0 gera vi\u00f0 saumav\u00e9lar. \u00dea\u00f0 l\u00e9k sem s\u00e9 allt \u00ed h\u00f6ndum hans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Einhvers sta\u00f0ar stendur skrifa\u00f0: \u201eVertu tr\u00far yfir litlu, og \u00e9g mun setja \u00feig yfir miki\u00f0\u201c.\u00deannig var \u00fea\u00f0 me\u00f0 hann Binna. Allt \u00ed einu var hann floginn til Vesturheims \u2013 n\u00e1nar tilteki\u00f0 Tulsa, Oklahoma – til \u00feess a\u00f0 l\u00e6ra a\u00f0 gera vi\u00f0 flugv\u00e9lar. Eftir \u00fea\u00f0 hvarf hann sj\u00f3num okkar l\u00f6ngum. Hans a\u00f0alstarfi var a\u00f0 halda risa\u00feotum gangandi \u00ed millilandaflugi. Af \u00fev\u00ed leiddi, a\u00f0 heimurinn var\u00f0 hans vinnusta\u00f0ur: fr\u00e1 \u00cdslandi til Amer\u00edku (Oklahoma, Lousiana, Connecticut, Maryland, New York og v\u00ed\u00f0ar); til Evr\u00f3pu (Belg\u00eda og Sp\u00e1nn), til Mi\u00f0-Austurlanda og \u00ed Afr\u00edku. \u00dear vann hann lengst af \u00ed N\u00edger\u00edu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Svona vaxa verkefnin \u00ed h\u00f6ndum \u00feeirra, sem reynast tr\u00fair yfir litlu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Vi\u00f0 Binni vorum systkinab\u00f6rn \u00e1 l\u00edku reki. J\u00f3n, fa\u00f0ir hans, var br\u00f3\u00f0ir m\u00f3\u00f0ur minnar, Ald\u00edsar \u00deorbjargar. Vi\u00f0 hittumst \u00ed fj\u00f6lskyldubo\u00f0um, \u00fear sem vi\u00f0 fundum hvort anna\u00f0 – \u00e9g dansa\u00f0i fyrir gesti. Hann spila\u00f0i undir. L\u00f6ngu seinna \u00e1ttu\u00f0um vi\u00f0 okkur \u00e1, a\u00f0 fa\u00f0ir hans, J\u00f3n Brynj\u00f3lfsson, tengdi fj\u00f6lskyldu okkar, b\u00e6\u00f0i vi\u00f0 \u00cdsafj\u00f6r\u00f0 og Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0uflokkinn. J\u00f3n, pabbi hans, var um skei\u00f0 b\u00e6jarstj\u00f3ri \u00ed \u201eRau\u00f0a b\u00e6num\u201c \u00e1 \u00cdsafir\u00f0i. Hann var endursko\u00f0andi Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0usambandsins og Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0uflokksins og d\u00f3 \u00ed r\u00e6\u00f0ust\u00f3l \u00e1 flokksstj\u00f3rnarfundi Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0uflokksins \u00ed I\u00f0n\u00f3. Eldri br\u00e6\u00f0ur hans og m\u00f3\u00f0ur minnar, Magn\u00fas og \u00d3lafur, \u00e1ttu \u00f3taldar vinnustundir sem sj\u00e1lfbo\u00f0ali\u00f0ar vi\u00f0 a\u00f0 byggja Al\u00fe\u00fd\u00f0uh\u00fasi\u00f0 \u00ed Reykjav\u00edk. \u00deegar \u00feeir f\u00f3rust me\u00f0 togaranum Leifi heppna \u00ed Halave\u00f0rinu mikla \u00e1ri\u00f0 1925, \u00feyrmdi sorgin yfir fj\u00f6lskyldu okkar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Enn \u00ed dag n\u00edstir sorgin s\u00fa hjarta okkar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Binni var alla t\u00ed\u00f0 tr\u00far mannr\u00e9ttindahugsj\u00f3n jafna\u00f0arstefnunnar. \u00deegar J\u00f3n Baldvin f\u00f3r a\u00f0 blanda ge\u00f0i vi\u00f0 okkar fj\u00f6lskyldu, t\u00f3k Binni honum strax fagnandi. \u00deeir ur\u00f0u miklir m\u00e1tar. \u00deegar hatursfull \u00f6fl reyndu \u00edtreka\u00f0 a\u00f0 n\u00ed\u00f0a af okkur \u00e6runa, br\u00e1st \u00fea\u00f0 aldrei, a\u00f0 Binni st\u00f3\u00f0 \u00fe\u00e9tt a\u00f0 baki okkar, hvar sem hann var staddur \u00ed heiminum. Traust hans var \u00f3bilandi. Hann reyndist vera tr\u00far og tryggur, \u00feegar mest \u00e1 reyndi. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fyrir \u00fea\u00f0 erum vi\u00f0 \u00e6vinlega \u00feakkl\u00e1t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Seinustu \u00e1rin \u00e1tti konan hans Binna, Margr\u00e9t J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir, (h\u00fan Ditta) vi\u00f0 \u00feungb\u00e6r og erfi\u00f0 veikindi a\u00f0 str\u00ed\u00f0a. \u00dea\u00f0 var a\u00f0d\u00e1unarvert, hversu vel Binni st\u00f3\u00f0 me\u00f0 henni \u00ed \u00feeim raunum, svo a\u00f0 aldrei br\u00e1st. Og \u00fea\u00f0 var honum \u00feungb\u00e6r raun, \u00feegar h\u00fan kvaddi \u00feennan heim fyrr \u00ed \u00feessum m\u00e1nu\u00f0i.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
N\u00fa sj\u00e1um vi\u00f0 \u00e1 bak \u00feeim b\u00e1\u00f0um. \u00deau voru \u00f3a\u00f0skiljanleg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\u00dea\u00f0 l\u00e9k allt \u00ed h\u00f6ndunum \u00e1 honum Binna. Ef hann settist vi\u00f0 p\u00edan\u00f3i\u00f0, hlj\u00f3ma\u00f0i lagi\u00f0 fyrr en var\u00f0i. Hann l\u00e6r\u00f0i aldrei a\u00f0 lesa n\u00f3tur. \u00deetta var bara me\u00f0f\u00e6tt. Hann var l\u00edka eini ma\u00f0urinn, sem \u00e9g \u00feekkti, sem haf\u00f0i pr\u00f3f upp \u00e1 \u00fea\u00f0, a\u00f0 hann kynni a\u00f0 gera vi\u00f0 saumav\u00e9lar. \u00dea\u00f0 l\u00e9k sem s\u00e9 allt \u00ed … Continue reading “Brynj\u00f3lfur J\u00f3nsson, minning”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"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-3235","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\/3235","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3235"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3237,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3235\/revisions\/3237"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jbh.is\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}