Retreats Pillows

"The good news is that all the teachers loved the weekend brainstorming retreat. The bad news is that a dozen of them are out today, with splitting headaches."

'It's SUPPOSED to be quiet up here!'

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

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

"You wanted a romantic getaway, so...get away."

Scurile travels

"I'm going on a retreat."

"1972: Kim and Doug invited us to their key party... Sounds groovy! 2017: We just got an evite from Kim and Doug to join them on an ayahuasca retreat in Peru... Tommy starts hockey and my father is about to die—no way."

Monk on the beach

'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!'

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

"At last - no Trump."

Priest

"It's either enlightenment or excruciating boredom."

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

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

'See what happens when meditation isn't supervised?'

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

"Ed is back from his silent cocoon retreat."

Self Storage Unit

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

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

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

Busy thoughts of people at a silent retreat.

I'D RATHER BE IN MIAMI, 'Oognik, I'd like to talk to you about your attitude...'

'Becoming enlightened fifteen minutes before I did doesn't EITHER give you seniority!'

"I don't think there's enough vodka for another week in Canada."

Go away

Musings of a Marooned Mountain Man

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

"Fred, no one is going to bother you here. Put away the Bare Spray."

Missionary Statement: Spread the Word.

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

"I bought a new summer condo."