20 Comments
User's avatar
Ann Erickson's avatar

I so enjoy read ing your Cloister Notes! They offer me peace and comfort in trying times such as these. Your references of growing up in East Germany offer me hope

Expand full comment
Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

Offering peace and comfort is more I can hope for, Ann. 🙏

Expand full comment
Gayla Dunn's avatar

‘ I hope nature will remind you of the dance of beauty mingled with bareness and the wild.’

❤️🙏❤️

Expand full comment
Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

🥰🙏

Expand full comment
Anne Walter's avatar

Thank you for the words and especially the series of gorgeous North Shore photos including at least two people having fun in the wind and cold. Stepping away to find strength and even wisdom for the hard tasks at hand seems important... you have given us a way to step away, if only briefly ...thank you.

Expand full comment
Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

So glad it worked, Anne 😇

Expand full comment
Bernd Herbek's avatar

I feel safe in the forest. I feel closer to our Creator there, that's how I feel!

Bernd Herbek

Ich fühle mich im Wald geborgen. Da bin ich unserem Schöpfer näher, so empfinde ich das!

Expand full comment
Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

The forest is a lovely place to get grounded again, I agree 🙏

Expand full comment
Patricia Morris Johnson's avatar

The splendor of fire

Expand full comment
Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

Lovely line, indeed.

Expand full comment
Patricia Morris Johnson's avatar

I feels almost like an “oxymoron” in its use, because we hear much more negativity due to fire destruction.

Expand full comment
Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

Right, just like the sea can be both or the wind or the sun. It is this fine tuned balance we long for, isn’t it?

Expand full comment
Janet's avatar

Love the North Shore pictures. I even painted one that you posted. Thank you for your sane and precious words in these difficult times!

Expand full comment
Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

Bless you, Janet. I would love to see your drawing!

Expand full comment
Janet's avatar

I’m sorry, I can’t figure out how to do it, but I’m still very mich a beginner. I also wanted to say I appreciate your perspectives from when you were growing up in East Germany. My son was an exchange student just outside Hamburg in the late 90s. His host parents were Baptist. His host mom just commented to me that she is bewildered by all that is happening in the US. She was an exchange student to the US herself.

Expand full comment
Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

Janet, yes, unfortunately there is no way to share files in the comments but you could just respond to my email when ever you want to attach a file. We are all beginners 😇

Expand full comment
Kathleen Estes's avatar

❤️. Thank you

Expand full comment
Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

🙏

Expand full comment
Mary Austin (she/her)'s avatar

Mmm…thanks for this dose of peace. And the photos are a gorgeous gift!

Expand full comment
Almut | The Weary Pilgrim's avatar

Glad to hear that, Mary, thank you.

Expand full comment