{"id":4928,"date":"2009-12-23T09:56:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T15:56:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=4928"},"modified":"2009-12-23T09:57:36","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T15:57:36","slug":"monks-and-prisoners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ancientrails.com\/?p=4928","title":{"rendered":"Monks and Prisoners"},"content":{"rendered":"

An interesting Christmas note to my brother Mammoths from a monk at Blue Cloud Abbey in South Dakota<\/p>\n

\"winter-solstice-1\"<\/p>\n

MERRY CHRISTMAS JIM AND ALL WOOLLY MAMMOUTHS (sic),<\/p>\n

Thanks for those elegant photographs, Jim. As much as I hate winter, I have to admit a work of art when I see one.<\/p>\n

Recently I went to a meeting at the prison in Appleton, Minnesota. The facility is closing the first of February. At present there are only 230 inmates in a building that can\u00a0 accommodate 1500. I suggested to the inmates that maybe they could finish out their sentences at Blue Cloud Abbey because we have plenty of room and so few vocations.<\/p>\n

One of the guys asked his fellow inmates, \u201cWould you like living with a bunch of old monks?\u201d One of them answered, \u201cIt might be better than\u00a0 living with a bunch of old convicts.\u201d Some people think the prison will reopen soon because crime is increasing. Monks are decreasing but convicts are increasing.<\/p>\n

The cat just came into my office. This fall someone dropped off a cat and fled. Brother Chris has assumed the care of the \"winter-sol-2\"cat.\u00a0 It lives in the garage but when doors are left open, Da Cat (that\u2019s its name) strolls down the ramp and into the house.<\/p>\n

A Blessed Christmas to you and yours (and stay out of the blizzard)!<\/p>\n

Benet<\/p>\n

(note:\u00a0 these pics are by Woolly artist Jim Johnson who does not know whether he is a falcon, a storm or a great song.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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