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Category: Retreat

3 tips & 7 ideas to get away

There’s a great line at the beginning of the movie Gladiator, when the character Maximus asks his servant if he finds it hard to do his duty. The servant replies that some of the time, he does what he has to do, and the rest of the time, he…

A journalers summer reading list

by Sara Marchessault June is here and  for many of us that means summer time! Summer certainly had appeal as a kid. No school. Maybe staying up a little later. No homework, which meant more time to read.  Wait a minute – more time to read? And to read whatever…

Why journalers dig Memorial Day

by Sara Marchessault The first day of summer isn’t until mid-June, but every year we mark Memorial Day as the kick-off to our season of fun in the sun. We go to the beach. We cook on the grill. In my community, and many others, we prepare…