Shhhhh. . .  Don’t tell anyone: Although encouraged to “unplug” during the silent retreat here at the Claymont Society, I nonetheless snuck out my phone (in a secret undercover operation) during this morning’s walking mediation to grab photos for this blog– of meadows and sky, of a lazy creek too fat to slip through a…

Not your average barn! Today I took my first proper overnight trip in over a year, my first since starting this blog. So why did I travel two hours to see a barn?! Well, it’s a retreat center, renovated and air conditioned, with simple dorm rooms, a camp-style kitchen serving vegan meals (whose main charm…