my temporary abode

Reaching my place for the night just as it began to pour, a monk led me to a back room with but one bed, a bed beside a creaky, dust-greasy window with just enough light to read before lighting a candle to continue. The monk would not accept payment for the lodging, one that this romantic found worthier than most.

hermits

August 4th 2005
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