contemplation ahead…
TheMoses & I are planning a retreat…
For the last year or so, we’ve been talking about going to a place together where we can disconnect from the regular & get away for some contemplation… (in the vein of the Emotionally Healthy Spirituality book by Scazzero.
After lots of searching, I found a place that is relatively clost to where we are, Vina, California. In early April, we’re off to New Clairveaux for about 3 days. It’s a Trappist monastery that allows individuals & small groups (up to 3 at a time) to come to their site for rest, personal enrichment, silence, etc.
A bonus is that the monks support themselves by making vino – you can find out more about that HERE.
I’m not sure what to expect, other than some quiet personal reflective time, & also some bonding time with TheMoses.
awesome. On the opposite end of that, The Man and I are going together to learn to snowboard. There is a good chance you will get a chance to sign my cast.
for some reason i thought i was reading noel’s blog. i was contemplating if it was going too far to suggest that one might expect the moses to possibly take advantage when you get tipsy. now it’s definitely going too far –which makes it impossible not to post.
keep your wits about you, scoey.
Go . . . drink . . . think . . . (or is it think . . . drink?)
Shontae… thanks – keep your knees bent. And you can get pink now as a cast color.
Brintus- thanks for the warning & encouragement – btw – isn’t it time for ye to start blogging again?
TPT- solitude… Petit Syrah… deep thoughts… = meaning of life stuff.
i’m jealous.
you should be, noel. you should be.
have a good time. i’m looking forward to the trip report. make sure you guys hug and dance a lot. i’m serious.
do they allow girls? or is this only a “man-treat” type of a place?
jaybird- haven’t we discussed the topic of hugging?
You know, I was going to make a joke about the city name being Vina, Cali but there’s not joke here. This is a serious monastary with some serious vino in Vina Cali.
AHAHA NICE JEN. I actually know a girl from Regina Canada. I see you reading it like Re-GEENA, but no. It isn’t. You say it Re GI NA. You know, just a couple letters away from…
you say re-geena, i say re-gi-na, let’s call the whole thing off.
I was waiting for you to say something Brent.