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Quaker Retreat Center

Welcome to Woolman Hill, We are closed for the summer due to Covid-19. Our Conference Center is currently occupied, please do not enter the building.


In light, we will be holding our Wednesday meeting outside in the North Lawn. Please do not run the a/c during Quaker meetings.


map of the conference center and surrounding area


drawing of the kitchen wall with the cutting board surface quaker game with angel on cover

yes.



Woolman Hill is located in the Pioneer Valley of Massachusetts, one mile in from the nearest road.


We are waiting, we are in the kitchen and it is hot, the stove is on, the oven is on, and we are waiting.


I have to take out the trash. I don't want to do it but now i am obliged. Cursed obligations, i can say nothing.



Whether on retreat or just visiting, Woolman Hill has many options for residency. The salt box is the perfect spot for a solo retreat.


I am looking around but I am just here. I have been here. The lights are yellow. I am yellow, sick, with something- anything. Get me out of here.

I'm waiting for a call. please call me

We watch each other brush our teeth. I think I am in love.

large bathroom
trip i went on with a friend

baseball


The Hill offers many trails for walking and biking.


Across the west field, is a shooting range. There are markers along the trail to warn you.


I want someone to visit me, I want someone to help me remember. I will not when i leave, i already told myself so.




The Conference Center can hold events of up to 100 people. For accomidations, there are 7 bedrooms that can sleep up to 20 people.

I don’t need an alarm anymore, we have a song. She sings it everyday and will only stop if I get out of bed. I am out of bed and we are now both singing. It is time to rise and shine...

We want to talk for hours, and we will. I'm not looking at your face but I think you are watching mine. We are both far away.

bedroom I slept in that was in the attic
tree plant lady
drawing of different ways to play baseball

I want something, need something, hear something, I am in sorrow but do not know it yet. When I look back I will feel it, feel it again and this time more keenly. What a terrible feeling.


Im looking at you and you are looking at me. I know this and we know this but I don’t know what to say. I find myself in this position everyday.

We have three baseball mitts. The grass is not level and I have to chase after the ball. I should stand somewhere else.

They're driving us to a really nice spot, I think we can go swimming.

I like sitting in this car, it reminds me of how it began.

Picking me up in Kentucky and driving us East.

We don’t get out much, we are not allowed to leave unless it’s important.

Today the sun is hot and we can’t take it anymore so we set off in search of water and freedom.

We find both.

shower painting
bathroom

We think we are quiet but we could be shouting.

There is very little privacy.

I am not sure what I want, is there time to think of it?

inside window into kitchen

I am searching for a place I haven't left. I am recalling a moment I know.


I am losing.


glass mug cup
sink with mirror