Category Archives: Epiphanies

These are the mountaintop moments–the reason we put up with all the insecurity and discomfort–for these times of amazing clarity and insight.

Trinity and the Skerwink Trail

  You can’t follow every road. Therein lies the crux of the traveler’s dilemma–too many roads, too many nooks and crannies. Too many tangents and digressions and detours to explore, either on a road trip or in a lifetime. So, … Continue reading

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Artist of the Outports–David Blackwood

  Newfoundland is a place that dwarfs human life. It is surrounded by deep, black water and massive ocean icefields. It is covered with expanses of scrubby marsh and misty lumps of rocks. This landscape is brooding, barren, impassive. It … Continue reading

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Epiphany

  Today is the feast of the Epiphany. For the Orthodox and Byzantine rites, today is Christmas. Today is special for travelers, too. This is the day, so the story goes, that the Magi, the Wise Men, the Astrologers or … Continue reading

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