“Lots of folks like to talk about ‘magic’ and yet so few of them can come close to clarifying the same. For me ‘magic’ is the nigh-impossible-to-define quality of anything & everything in life that stirs up our feelings of amazement, awe, intrigue, and above all wonder. Magic is that which renders something beautiful in […]
Not only was the small city of Espeyrac exceptionally beautiful from afar, but its church sanctuary was just as stunning from within* … 🙂 “The deeds of Kindness you do today will be the only sermon others truly hear.” ~ via St. Francis of Assisi “For I have set before you an example, that you […]
“You’ve heard poets talk about their words flowing from their minds, and painters getting on a roll and having their masterpieces flowing through their hands. And you all have seen musicians when they are in a similar state; when their the guitar, or their piano, or whatever other instrument they are playing seems to become […]
I arrived at the next township (Senergues) — which meant entering the next church — which allowed me to revel once more in the Way’s next amorous ambience … 🙂 “We alone control our final form through our conscious choices, and ever become the product of the combined movement of our mental awareness and our […]
The Way was wearing on me more than a bit this afternoon, with an empty belly causing me to feel a bit dizzy with doubt, and a re-injured right hip inspiring me to quite slowly limp along. I wasn’t that concerned for my whereabouts or my well-being mind you — I knew deep down that […]
“The is in truth a great purpose to our times of rest & recuperation, and yet it is not the great purpose most commonly embraced. Indeed, it is possible to rest in times of weariness (or recover in times of injury or illness) and come to a place of increased energy or health or comfort. […]
And so it was that hobbled along the longer-yet-smoother alternate route into the stunningly beautiful city of Conques — flowing first above & past the mini-metropolis down below, and then doubling back and downward; eventually entering the township proper via a snugly aligned, cobblestone-paved, and moss-dripped alleyway that seemed to come straight from a medieval […]
“Beauty — real, lasting, jaw-dropping beauty — isn’t merely found in moments spectacular or aesthetics majestic. No, real beauty is found even more perfectly in all things mundane — in the normal, and in the familiar, and even in the ‘ugly.’ For the truth of the matter is quite simple: Beauty sparkles & scintillates & […]
As was usually the case whenever entering a city of any size, I headed first and foremost to the local church, in this case the majestic Church Abbey of St. Foy — to pause in gratitude for my arrival and the day in general, as well as to reaffirm my humble resolve to do it […]
The inside of the churches I encountered on my Walk almost always inspired a far greater awe & reverence than their cooler, stony shells. This was the case on this day in Conques as well … 😉 “We must all have sacred moments and we must all bathe in holy places. For we humans — […]
The donativo hostel in Conques was located right next door to the church, and as such was easy to find and even easier to approach. And as I did so I noticed right away that it was ornate, impressively clean, and indeed quite large — large enough to provide yours truly with a spontaneously reasonable […]
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