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Week 12: Fun in Germany
My last full week in Europe was spent with my friends Claudia, Stefan and Blanca in Germany. I met Claudia when I worked at DHL many many moons ago in Belgium. Claudia, her husband Stefan and their new addition to the family, Blanca the cat invited me to stay at their place in the forest!…
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Week 11: Leaving the Chateau
Hard to believe that last week was my last week at the Chateau! Wow – so interesting to be back out into the wild of the outside world! In all that time I only really spoke to folks with English language skills (mostly) and a majority were women. Who are all these people out on…
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Week 10: Retreat 7 – Last and least (by guest count)
The last retreat! That is just crazy! How did we get here? Already? Also, finally? All of the emotions are happening all at one time. For the last retreat we had the fewest number of guests with only three ladies, and seven volunteer/staff members. That makes it surprisingly tricky! How does one make sure that…
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Week 9: Retreat 6 – Let them eat cake!
Eight lovely ladies descended upon the chateau this week – two of them were the creative workshop leaders – a documentarian and a cake creator! Two of the guests were besties since they were 15 and two of the guests were a couple, so I wondered if the group would splinter off into cliques. However,…
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Week 8: Retreat 5 – What’s up Universe?
This week started with a lot of odd things happening at the Chateau. The pool we have been struggling with for the whole season seemed to both get better (we figured out the vacuum) and worse (the pump didn’t seem to be working right) at the same time. There were dead things that we found…
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Week 7: Last heat wave (hopefully)
We are on the home stretch – three retreats in a row remain for Summer Camp 2026 season! Last week was a final break in the action – a week without guests to do projects and get the Chateau put back in order. During our weeks off there is plenty to do around here, and…
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Week 6: Retreat 4 – entering the Lionsgate
Tuesday a new group of retreat guests arrived, all from Chicago! The retreat was in collaboration with Dew Society – a Wellness PR firm for artists, instructors & practitioners. Six lovely ladies joined us for the week and ran their own schedule of activities at the Chateau. I had the opportunity to shift my role…
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Week 5: Bordeaux birthday vibes
After we said goodbye to the last retreat guests on Sunday I was still feeling really ill and there were well publicized fires burning in Bordeaux which is where I had planned my birthday trip. However, by the time I traveled on Wednesday I felt ‘good enough’ and the fires were being contained. (Thanks to…
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Week 4: Retreat 3 – how about some tarot?
The Chateau hosts two different types of camps: 1. open registration for any woman or binary adult where the staff is creating and running workshops and determines the schedule alongside a “creative in residence” who has applied and been selected to share their art in a couple of workshops throughout the week. There are four…
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Week 3: chop wood, carry water
There is a Zen Buddhist saying – “chop wood. carry water” – the meaning has been debated as summarized here. The way I am applying it is that the daily tasks of life help us to become present through focusing on simplicity and can become a moving meditation. In a communal living situation, I also…
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