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Diane Keaton makes vintage furnishings feel modern in her pared-back 'monastic' dining room – designers swear by this decorating technique

When considering ways to bring a modern flair to your living space, vintage furnishings are an unlikely starting point. In ...
FOX31 Denver

A Berlin garden of flavorsome herbs revives a monastic health tradition from the Middle Ages

BERLIN (AP) — In a secluded lot next to a former gasworks in suburban Berlin, Martin Rötzel is breathing new life into a tradition of centuries past: the monastery garden. Rötzel’s Monk Garden is home ...
Western Michigan University

Monastic Life and Venerated Spaces

"Pandhof next to the Dom Church." Photo by Bart van Leeuwen / Flickr (cropped from original). CC BY 2.0. This series examines monastic movements amid broader religious and cultural traditions. It ...
NPR

The book 'Haven' is a monastic retreat to an island inhabited only by men and birds

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Emma Donoghue about her new book, Haven. In it, three Irish monks in the Middle Ages choose to live a life of isolation on a rocky island. Emma Donoghue tends to write ...