Here is a brief-but-complete walk through of my solo retreat experience at Jacoba Hermitage (on the grounds of Holy Spirit Retreat Center in Janesville, MN). Thursday, March 18, 2010: Day 1 – Arrival and rest I left the house just before 8 am, truly exhausted. Hazel had been panicky all day, and continued nearly all [...]
Archive for March, 2010
March 2010: Retreat
Posted in meditation, retreat, vipassana on March 22, 2010 | 8 Comments »
Jacoba Hermitage
Posted in hermitage, retreat on March 22, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a “virtual tour” of Jacoba Hermitage, my residence during my March 2010 retreat. I drove up, walked to the front door, and encountered a beautiful living space, complete with full kitchen, small music library, and HUGE bathroom! (hi guys!) I also discovered a screened-in porch (which was too cold to use), and a [...]
March 2010 Posts
Posted in meditation on March 14, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Sunday, March 14, 2010: All the right tools I used to dislike cooking. I am actually quite a good cook, and I always appreciated the end results of my efforts; but I found the process of cooking to be annoying and frustrating. What I was most averse to was all of the cutting. Mincing onions, [...]
