{"id":1069,"date":"2011-02-11T10:36:51","date_gmt":"2011-02-11T14:36:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=1069"},"modified":"2011-02-11T10:36:51","modified_gmt":"2011-02-11T14:36:51","slug":"labyrinth-at-mepkin-abbey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=1069","title":{"rendered":"Labyrinth at Mepkin Abbey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Abbey-Labyrinth.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1070 lazyload\" title=\"Mepkin Abbey Labyrinth\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Abbey-Labyrinth-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Abbey-Labyrinth-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Abbey-Labyrinth.jpg 502w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1070\" title=\"Mepkin Abbey Labyrinth\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Abbey-Labyrinth-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Abbey-Labyrinth-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Abbey-Labyrinth.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mepkinabbey.org\/home\/virtual_tour.php\">http:\/\/www.mepkinabbey.org\/home\/virtual_tour.php<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On another topic unrelated to Eleanor, at the end of October, I had the pleasure of visiting Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, SC (near Charleston) and walking the labyrinth there.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Labyrinth-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1112 lazyload\" title=\"Mepkin Labyrinth 2\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Labyrinth-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Labyrinth-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Labyrinth-2.jpg 502w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1112\" title=\"Mepkin Labyrinth 2\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Labyrinth-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Labyrinth-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mepkin-Labyrinth-2.jpg 502w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is an outdoor labyrinth, so I can&#8217;t recommend that anyone seek it out for a few more weeks, but even in late October the high grasses were filled with flowers and more butterflies than I have seen anywhere, save for the moutains of West Virginia.\u00c2\u00a0 Mepkin Abbey is a serene and beautiful place, good for encouraging contemplation and relaxation in anyone. As a writer, I felt as open to the Muse there as I ever have anywhere&#8230;that kind of beautiful serenity makes for a lovely quiet, the kind of quiet that invites characters and ideas in to stay.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mpekin-Labyrinth-3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1113 lazyload\" title=\"Mpekin Labyrinth 3\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mpekin-Labyrinth-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mpekin-Labyrinth-3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mpekin-Labyrinth-3.jpg 720w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/225;\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1113\" title=\"Mpekin Labyrinth 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mpekin-Labyrinth-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mpekin-Labyrinth-3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mpekin-Labyrinth-3.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>http:\/\/www.mepkinabbey.org\/home\/virtual_tour.php On another topic unrelated to Eleanor, at the end of October, I had the pleasure of visiting Mepkin Abbey in Moncks Corner, SC (near Charleston) and walking the labyrinth there. This is an outdoor labyrinth, so I can&#8217;t recommend that anyone seek it out for a few more weeks, but even in late October &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/?p=1069\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Labyrinth at Mepkin Abbey<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":""},"categories":[37,6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1069"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1116,"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1069\/revisions\/1116"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ChristyEnglish.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}