The thoughtful K gifted me with a few days at St. Gertrude’s Monastery in Cottonwood, Idaho. Built in the 1920’s, the monastery sits on the Camas prairie, with two red domes lifting over the four-storied stone building. It’s perched on a wooded hillside with...
May 17 – 19, 2024 Mavens’ Haven, Lucile, ID $450 private $400 shared Mid-May is the height of spring in Lucile. Every tree and shrub is showing off, including the Locust trees with their fragrant blossoms. The river will be high, rushing just below the...
April 19 – 21, 2024 Mavens’ Haven, Lucile, ID Pay what you can. Suggested: $450 private / $400 shared Why meditate? Meditation cultivates emotional resilience less reactivity ability to focus and concentrate reduced anxiety personal intuition and insight This...
Or, Come Help Renée Field-Test her Book at Mavens’ Haven in Lucile, ID March 8 – 10, 2024 Pay what you can. Suggested: $450 private / $400 shared From Henry~ Walking I frequently tramped eight or ten miles through the deepest snow to keep an appointment...
On a recent stay with my 86-year-old dad in Ohio, I got to practice checking my impatience and slowing down. Dad loves “visiting,” which means telling anecdotes from random threads of memories. It’s also a practice of kindness and respect for me to listen to the...
