Loretto Mother House
I love that you can’t buy
anything here.
Everything simple, clean,
home-spun: hand needled
footstools, quilts draped
over chair backs. Wood floors
shine with caretaking.
During the night,
the clanging of radiators
waking up, a shing
of steam heat.
Like being on safari
in the bush, here
we’re returned
to the natural world.
I’m resting on a bench
watching leaves wave
against a blue sky.
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Lovely. May I come visit?
Yes, Pat. It’s a lovely place to be. Nice tribute to the quietness – but I love your line about the steam heat. So evocative!
I love that “shing/of steam heat” too!
it’s full of sound
and the pinpoints of beauty
Nice tribute to a wonderful place.
Ditto on the radiator sound!