This Place Apart

Holden Village is in many ways a reflection of my hearts true home: in the mountains at high enough elevation to get snow, far enough east of the crest of the mountains to be in the rain shadow, on the edge of the arid intermountain west; a glaciated valley, a creek, big trees but not too much understory.
Holden is a former company town, a mining town turned family retreat center, nestled in Railroad Creek valley up from Lake Chelan, surrounded by the Glacier Peak Wilderness. One of the former directors noted that Holden is 'A Place Apart' and I think that is a pretty good place from which to start.
Other places in my life have had a similar quality of placeness - a presence that enables us to step out of our selves for a moment, to step out of the flow of the world and find some kind of awareness and mindfulness. I will explore those places too. But this is where I am. This is where I start, today.

Moonset, Copper Basin, Holden Village

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