With the eyes of kasey sparks
August = VIII
I reached an university’s Abbey guesthouse last weekend, ready for a relaxing 2 -day hideaway. My job has actually taxed me since spring, and I wished this brief escape would certainly offer a relaxing respite from my typical daily grind.
Fortunately, a brand-new work waits for just over the horizon. I won’t begin there until November, so I’m patiently going across off the days on the calendar and welcoming my weekend breaks as time to reenergize.
The Abbey guesthouse sits among high pines near the coast of a calm lake. Only a few speeds away stands the sand-colored concrete framework of the Abbey Church, flaunting an enormous belfry that marks the passing away of time with an unique bong every 15 mins.
My weekend break began with a morning petition solution adhered to by a 3 -mile hike on a winding course that embraced the coastline of the lake. The trail finished at a small, quaint chapel concealed within the timbers.
In the afternoon, I strolled over to the university’s ceramic workshop, where a young man greeted me with a kind smile and a passion to reveal me around the space and show me its background. At the end of the excursion, he used me a mug of environment-friendly tea, and we rested, drank, and saw. I left the studio an hour later …