Joel and I recently returned home from two and a half weeks on the road, through Utah, Colorado, New Mexico and Arizona. Most of the time we were in Colorado, visiting friends and family in Ft. Collins, Denver, and Ridgway. It was great to reconnect with loved ones in their home towns and explore places new to us.
And then we headed to New Mexico for some quiet time at Monastery of Christ in the Desert — a Benedictine monastery deep in the Rio Chama valley, west of Abiquiu and thirteen miles off of the interstate highway 84.
The public is welcome to visit, and they also welcome guests who want to share the silence and beauty and spirit of their home. We stayed three nights, two full days of quiet time: the monks request guests to maintain silence. It was sublime.
This was Joel’s first visit, my second. I was there last fall, and spent one afternoon collecting botanical treasures so that I might create a weaving to commemorate my visit. I did create that weaving, and then I realized it was for the monks, not for me. “Along the Rio Chama”, my gift to them in gratitude for the great gift of quiet time that they provide for all who seek it there.
Here is my photo collage of the Monastery and “Along the Rio
And then we headed to New Mexico for some quiet time at Monastery of Christ in the Desert — a Benedictine monastery deep in the Rio Chama valley, west of Abiquiu and thirteen miles off of the interstate highway 84.
The public is welcome to visit, and they also welcome guests who want to share the silence and beauty and spirit of their home. We stayed three nights, two full days of quiet time: the monks request guests to maintain silence. It was sublime.
This was Joel’s first visit, my second. I was there last fall, and spent one afternoon collecting botanical treasures so that I might create a weaving to commemorate my visit. I did create that weaving, and then I realized it was for the monks, not for me. “Along the Rio Chama”, my gift to them in gratitude for the great gift of quiet time that they provide for all who seek it there.
Here is my photo collage of the Monastery and “Along the Rio
