{"id":4799,"date":"2021-08-04T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-04T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/?p=4799"},"modified":"2021-07-31T13:06:24","modified_gmt":"2021-07-31T13:06:24","slug":"the-adventures-of-maite-and-kepa-part-64","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/2021\/08\/04\/the-adventures-of-maite-and-kepa-part-64\/","title":{"rendered":"The Adventures of Maite and Kepa: Part 64"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Adventures of Maite and Kepa is a weekly serial. While it is a work of fiction, it has elements from both my own experiences and stories I’ve heard from various people. The characters, while in some cases inspired by real people, aren’t directly modeled on anyone in particular. I expect there will be inconsistencies and factual errors. I don’t know where it is going, and I’ll probably forget where it’s been. Why am I doing this? To give me an excuse and a deadline for some creative writing and because I thought people might enjoy it. Gozatu!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Weeks went by. Days started to blur as Kepa made meals every day, packing a lunch for Santi to take as he followed the sheep. Every few days, Kepa would have to move the sheep wagon as Santi took the flock further away. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

About once a week, Dominique came to deliver supplies, arriving on horseback with the second horse laden with supplies. Kepa was always grateful to see Dominique, as it meant a break in the mundane routine that defined his life in the mountains. And, in contrast to Santi, who even after their seeming breakthrough barely spoke a few words, Dominique was a literal chatterbox, telling Kepa about everything that was going on with the other herders and back in town. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dominique sat across the fire as Kepa dished him some stew that had been simmering since the night before. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve gotten to be a really good cook,\u201d Dominique said between bites. He then took a swig of wine from his bota bag before tossing it to Kepa, who took his own squirt, the tangy liquid flowing down his throat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cEskerrik asko,\u201d replied Kepa. \u201cTo be honest, there isn\u2019t much more to do up here than practice my cooking. And taking care of the horses.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, that young girl back at the hotel will appreciate your cooking, I\u2019m sure!\u201d chuckled Dominique.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMaite?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBai, Maite. She asks about you every time I make it to town.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHow\u2019s she doing?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFine, I guess.\u201d Dominique shrugged. \u201cI don\u2019t talk to her much, but she always makes a point to find me and ask about you. I guess you made an impression.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI guess I did,\u201d replied Kepa with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dominique finished his stew. Taking the bota bag back from Kepa, he stood up. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWell, I got to get to the next camp before dark. I\u2019ll see you in a week.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kepa nodded. But then, he suddenly jumped up. \u201cItxaron! Wait a moment!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He rushed into the wagon. A moment later, he returned with a folded piece of paper that he handed to Dominique. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen you see her, can you give this to Maite?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dominique nodded as he tucked the paper into his shirt pocket. Soon, he and his horses were disappearing over the crest of the hills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you get this post via email, the return-to address goes no where, so please write blas@buber.net<\/a> if you want to get in touch with me.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weeks went by. Days started to blur as Kepa made meals every day, packing a lunch for Santi to take as he followed the sheep. Every few days, Kepa would have to move the sheep wagon as Santi took the flock further away.  About once a week, Dominique came to deliver supplies, arriving on horseback […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4410,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2640,864],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventures-of-maite-and-kepa","category-bubers-basque-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/maite-and-kepa-v2-01.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2sYNu-1fp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4799"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4800,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4799\/revisions\/4800"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buber.net\/Basque\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}