We had a wonderful Woman's Retreat over the weekend with an excellent group of women, mostly from Western Washington, with a few from Minnesota. Now we have the "Spinning Sisters" from St. Placid Priory in Lacey. They come up with their spinning wheels and all and teach anyone who wants to wander into the Dining Hall. This all started in 1998 when Sister Monika met Pastor Jim Christiansen at a spiritual directors' retreat at the priory. He raises sheep, they were learning to spin, and the rest is history. They have become quite famous for their felted sheep, many of which are sold in the Holden store. (See blog Post 1 for a picture of our welcome sheep!) One of the nuns at the Priory is just knitting sheep #900! Jim gets all the centennial sheep, so this one will add to his collection. They also lead worship for us while they are here, which is very nice. They have adapted the Benedictine hours into a lovely set of very inclusive liturgies that work well here at Holden. Jim also brought fresh lamb for us, which will be lovely for dinner one day.
Tuesday evening is craft night after dinner (we've had our worship for the day at breakfast) and tonight the St. Placid folk will teach how to needle-felt hearts for Valentine's Day. Fun!
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