Montreat's a singularly pleasant place with many of the original houses and buildings still in use. Sleepy Hollow(not pictured), where our friends were staying , dates back to 1905 -- or earlier -- and is like a palimpsest with tokens from previous generations still in evidence, including a collection of books by Pearl S. Buck who was said to have stayed there while writing her Pulitzer Prize - winning novel The Good Earth.
The North Carolina mountains are home to a number of communities or conference centers or retreats run by various organizations and religious groups (Montreat is Presbyterian). Here at Montreat, the combination of mountains, sky and water, with a harmonious collection of historic cottages tucked back amongst the rhododendrons, is utterly charming and surely conducive to spiritual growth and serenity.
I almost forgot to fret.
I almost forgot to fret.
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