Imbolc\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Bloodroot Moon<\/p>\n
I’ve had visitors now for lunch every day.\u00a0 Father Chris and I discussed being hard of hearing.\u00a0 When I mentioned saying something inappropriate occasionally in noisy places, he recounted a time when a parishioner said he was going to his sister’s funeral.\u00a0 That’s nice! Father Chris replied.<\/p>\n
Brother Paul presented me with a pound of Blue Cloud Abbey honey, from one beekeeper to another.<\/p>\n
I’ve gotten to know more of the monks on an individual basis, mostly through lunch since I spend most of my time here in the room writing and when I finish in the afternoon no one’s around.\u00a0 Dinner is in silence and afterward the monks retire.<\/p>\n
Breakfast is usually in silence although Sunday morning is not, I learned today.\u00a0 The rhythm goes silent breakfast after morning prayers, then day prayer and eucharist followed by a lunch when talking is ok and a silent dinner not long after evening prayer held at 5 pm.\u00a0 Vigils come at 7:30 and after it, at 10 pm, the night or grand silence.<\/p>\n
The silence at regular intervals and the quiet in general make this a wonderful place to write.\u00a0 The only noises here are bells, singing and chanting, howling wind and the occasional train.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imbolc\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waxing Bloodroot Moon I’ve had visitors now for lunch every day.\u00a0 Father Chris and I discussed being hard of hearing.\u00a0 When I mentioned saying something inappropriate occasionally in noisy places, he recounted a time when a parishioner said he was going to his sister’s funeral.\u00a0 That’s nice! Father Chris replied. Brother Paul presented me … Continue reading Next to Last Day<\/span>