Narrated Essay: These Fleeting Temples We Make Together
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The episode invites listeners to a week-long retreat in Ireland, exploring themes of nature, community, and self-discovery.
You’re invited next September 20-26, 2026, to The Tender Harvest , a week-long retreat amidst the golden hues and organic bounty of the world-class Ballymaloe House in County Cork, Ireland . Each day will feature yoga, meditation, farm-to-table meals, and curated excursions—plus ample time for rest, self-nurturance, and imagination. ... Hordur is a descendent of Vikings. To arrive at his farm—4,000 windswept acres in Iceland’s storied BrennuNjáls Saga—is to step into an atmosphere rich with the scent of sulfur and soil, into a dramatic expanse of earth blanketed under heavy, silver-wrapped clouds. The light here is diffuse yet piercing, the landscape at once strange and wondrous—alive with an elemental force that reshapes the breath in our bodies as we ride through quick-watered rivers and cold, lush fields. I find my mind traversing the natural observations and human meanings of Annie Dillard ’s Teaching a Stone to Talk: Expeditions and Encounters : “We are here to witness the creation and to abet it. We are here to notice each thing so each thing gets noticed. Together we notice not only each mountain shadow and each stone on the beach but, especially, we notice the beautiful…
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