Retreat Planning Gifts

Excess Baggage: Some people take getting away from it all very seriously.

'You're through around here.. turn in your rubber donut!'

'Are we there yet? Huh? Have we achieved Nirvana yet? Huh, have we?'

"I'm going to tell them our number one way to be stress-free is taking a day off to go fishing."

Scurile travels

"To think—this meeting, which turned into the perfect day, filled with spontaneous adventures that will become priceless memories, could have been an e-mail."

"Shall I buy you a manual typewriter and break your legs?"

"I'm going on a retreat."

The Boys of Indian Summer

Monk on the beach

Don't you worry JB, everything is fine here.

'Therapy always works best in a safe environment ... such as your old tree house.'

'You know, if we had a bed and breakfast, we could use it ourselves!'

"That's it sorted then - this year we'll spend a fortnight in the spare bedroom."

'He's telling them it's time to head south.'

Judgment Day is coming next Monday. Repent. Now, hold on. How can I believe you when so many dire prophecies haven't come true? I sealed myself in a shelter twice in the late '60s, hid in the Appalachian Mountains a decade later. A huge bunching of Judgment Day visions in the late '80s led me to simply get a time share in the Colorado mountains … Getting out of town doesn't spare you Judgment Day. I don't think. Lemme double-check the clues in Marmaduke. Mostly I needed an excuse to get away. Th

"It's either enlightenment or excruciating boredom."

Priest

"I wish there was a way to get out of the city this summer without leaving Manhattan."

'Lost in the Jungle I found this Buddhist retreat...'

'Today's Presentation: God's Miracles.'

"No thanks, I need time away from madness."

Business acquaintances on holiday

Spring Training

Busy thoughts of people at a silent retreat.

"...And then beyond the lawn, a lily pool with fountains and..."

Missionary Statement: Spread the Word.

Go away

"For quality control purposes, this phone call may be recorded and replayed for laughs at various office parties throughout our company."

"Tuesday is my day off - leave a message..."

'I understand the Adirondacks are where it's REALLY happening.'

'Mother, are you sure your marijuana use is purely medicinal?'

''Fasting' doesn't mean eating fast food!'

"I bought a new summer condo."

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