Seven Pillars

noun re•treat 1 a (1) : an act or process of withdrawing, especially from what is difficult, dangerous, or disagreeable | 2 : a place of privacy or safety | 3 :a period of group withdrawal for prayer, meditation, study, or instruction under a director The author retreats into a necessary dormancy, cocooned in a blanket for comfort. The ache of a recent devastation is too great to plow through. She lies internally gelatinous inside this make-shift chrysalis, waiting for the de