Because retreat #2 is in the planning stages.

Of course it will be in Provence, darlings.

Here are the essentials: We will stay in a luxe villa near Arles, France, and we will be visiting flea markets and food markets and we will quiet our souls with monks at a sung vespers service near Gordes, a divine little perched village… near more perched villages… and vineyards and fields of lavender. Then after we’ve had our fill of the quiet country life, we will move on to the vibrant city of Arles, a city filled with UNESCO world heritage sites and Roman ruins as part of daily life. Cheese tasting is happening here, as are walking tours to museums and shops and restaurants… and the very sites that van Gogh made famous in his paintings.

And on to nearby Les Baux and St. Rèmy de Provence and Pont du Gard.

We will eat extraordinary food and drink extraordinary wine, and give our busy minds a rest from the million worries that we carry with us each and every day. You will be picked up at the airport in Marseille upon your arrival and returned to Marseille when it’s time to go home.

Of course you will have a room of your own. It’s simply part of the business of retreating, you see. Quiet time, quiet spaces, surrounded by olive groves and ancient vines? With a little great shopping thrown in?

Yes, please.