The Barn

The Barn in Topsham
The Barn in Topsham

The Barn in Topsham, ME is the place we choose to teach most of our workshops. The space is warm, inviting, open and healing.

There are walking trails, a huge fire pit, and gorgeous hard wood floors. The space has a kitchenette so participants can have their meals on site with a stove for warming things and a small refrigerator for storing lunch items.

Ann Flannery is a fine woodworker who, with the help of friends, built The Barn in 1995. Here are some photos that tell part of the story of how glorious this space is to be in a circle of healing and learning.

First floor of The Barn
First floor of The Barn
Second floor of The Barn
Second floor of The Barn

 
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Spirit's Journey After Death

Yesterday was the one-year anniversary of a dear friend's death.   I was in attendance at her dying and was blessed to feel and see her precious, beautiful spirit leave her body.   She had, as the French would say, 'la bonnne mort', a 'good death'.       

What does that mean, exactly?   What makes a death a good one as opposed to a difficult one?  

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