Imbolc Waning Bridgit Moon Blue Cloud Abbey Since I plan to spend most of my time writing, I brought one of my split keyboards which make typing much easier for me. Only thing. It had an old fashioned pin style … Continue reading
Imbolc Waxing Bridgit Moon Signed up for 8 nights at Blue Cloud Abbey, Feb. 28 to March 8. My goal is to push Missing at least to the 2/3rds mark for a rough draft, maybe more if I get on … Continue reading
Imbolc Waxing Bridgit Moon The drive home with Frank is over. We followed route 12 back east, away from Blue Cloud Abbey and the snow which had claimed a semi and an SUV on the road away from the Abbey, … Continue reading
Imbolc Waxing Bridgit Moon Here I am, a heretic beneath the bell tower of Blue Cloud Abbey, sitting at this mobile scriptorium, pecking away at the keys. The bell tower rises outside the window, a jet passing by, contrail at … Continue reading
Imbolc Waning Cold Moon Ancientrails hits the road again this afternoon for sunny eastern South Dakota, high above the plains. There I will reside, for three nights, in a local instance of a 1,300 year plus institution, the Benedictine Monks … Continue reading
Imbolc Waning Cold Moon’ Last day at home until Sunday. Headed out to Blue Cloud Abbey, where Kathleen Norris wrote at least two books. The Abbey’s buildings are 1960’s modernist, most like public elementary schools, save for the Abbey church … Continue reading
An interesting Christmas note to my brother Mammoths from a monk at Blue Cloud Abbey in South Dakota MERRY CHRISTMAS JIM AND ALL WOOLLY MAMMOUTHS (sic), Thanks for those elegant photographs, Jim. As much as I hate winter, I have … Continue reading