When we were in Whistler over Christmas we had the delight of seeing two different rainbows, which I realized were actually “snowbows.” One of them looked like a traditional arc (top and bottom image), the other hung suspended in the air upside-down (middle image).
-Christine Valters Paintner @ Abbey of the Arts
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Maryellen Whitaker’s reflection and poem A few small ways to grow in contemplation. In the Way of the Monk, Path of the Artist
The Blessings of Our Ancestors*This blessing calls you home againto your collective inheritance of blood and bone,calls you to dance with generationswho shimmer beyond the veil.We call on the great cloud of witnesses,the ones who inspire our courage,support our endurance,kindle our joy, whisper words of
I am delighted to share another beautiful submission to the Monk in the World guest post series from the community. Read on for Anne Donze Gerber’s rewrites of Psalms 122 and 23 she created during the Earth Monastery retreat*. During The Earth Monastery Retreat in
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Thanks dear friends.
Rachelle, maybe if your son moves out here you’ll be tempted too! :-)
Snowbow! How cool is that?!!! We occasionally have the pleasure at this time of year of “sundogs” but these photos go a bit farther down the road (across the sky) than our little pups.
Beautiful, Christine, again, thanks for sharing! I’ll be showing these photos to my loved ones. My “boy”, Reid (age 26) says “COOL”–he’ll be on the lookout for them now that he knows they are possible. Maybe not in Michigan, but he fell in love with Seattle when he was out west last year. Oh dear, don’t go stealin’ his heart with your wild western ways!
Hugs dearest Christine.
BH.
R