-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts
(photos taken along the shore of the Hood Canal)
The winner of this week’s Poetry Party drawing will be announced later today! There’s still time to add your poem — currently up to 23 participants which is a wonderful outpouring of creative energy.
Pilgrimage Blessing*Journeying One,you help us to navigate the path, placing one foot in front of the other, even when the way ahead is not visible. We set aside our desire for maps, GPS, and guidebooksand surrender to an inner knowing and directionsparked by the deepest
We welcome you to submit your reflection for possible publication in our Monk in the World guest post series. It is a gift to read how ordinary people are living lives of depth and meaning in the midst of the challenges of real life. There are
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for CJ Shelton’s reflection Matching the Beat of the Universe. In the simple delights of Nature’s repeating cycles there is much comfort and
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Thank you Elaine, what a lovely thing to say. :-)
I’m viewing these photos Sunday evening when it is dark outside.
The photos are radiant — I don’t know if this is the right word but the light is exquisite. You’ve captured the quality of rare (in Coastal Washington/BC) winter sunlight.
Tess wrote about prayer today and when I view your photos, I feel like I am looking at prayers that praise Creation that in turn evoke prayers of gratitude — for Nature, for Artists, for Communities of Friends — in me.
Thank you.
Thanks SS!
Beautiful photography. You’ve captured the “Original Creator/Artist’s” beautiful land and seascapes. Thank you!
SS
Thanks you all! :-)
Total Serenity. Pure Beauty. Soul Medicine.
Oooooh! I am not a good waiter!
These were wonderful.Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful photos! I really do relate to your photography. A beautiful site.
Wonderful. Thank you.