To Tuscany, On A Quest

Notes at the beginning of a voyage to a land of saints and poets

Good morning from the Baton Rouge airport. I am off for several days of conferences in Rome, then a brief tour for the Italian edition of Live Not By Lies. But the part of the trip I am most excited about is my planned visit to the Abbey of San Galgano, and the church where the 12th century Tuscan saint planted his sword in a stone.

I don’t have to tell…