Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland Maybe it was after a snooze, or another day and night altogether when I awoke to hear the seiðr bargaining with the sailors to give us passage for the journey to sail across the sea. And so, we are sailing now. We two passengers are just riding along whenContinue reading “#66.2, Wednesday, March 5, 2025”
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#65.12, Thursday, February 27, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland I still have questions. Why are these people, already empowered by the magnificent nature of being human — already rich with power — setting their hearts on taking the riches of others? There must have been a disaster that skewed the human values. Love, in all its varieties seemsContinue reading “#65.12, Thursday, February 27, 2025”
#63.3, Thurs., Dec. 5, 2024
Historical Setting: An unknown time in a cold land This woman in shackles speaks in the comfortable language of Frankish Gaul. She tells me men are most often killed when they are captured and the women are taken as slaves. So, she says, I should be fortunate they only wrapped me in heavy chains.Continue reading “#63.3, Thurs., Dec. 5, 2024”
#62.6, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024
Historical Setting, cold unknown There are stories of saints like Father Columbanus befriending wolves. Father Columbanus stood tall with a comforting authority but never a threatening dominance. Dear God, as I find new strength, may I have these saintly virtues. Amen. But… I doubt my circumstances and the virtues of a saintContinue reading “#62.6, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2024”
#61.15, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024
Historical Setting, Samhain in an unknown time and darkness It is a dark hovel with an earthen floor and no fire though there is the damp smell of decay. Life before must have been long ago. My hair and beard are spread all around me, long and unruly like long dark flickers of coronaContinue reading “#61.15, Thursday, Oct. 31, 2024”
#61.8, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024
Historical Setting, 631 C.E. Traveling northward on the Rhine This next stopover is in another Roman city on the Frankish edge. Here a river crossing with horses can be done with a boat made by the Wends to transport war horses on these northern rivers. Theoretically, these boats can also be carried or draggedContinue reading “#61.8, Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024”
#60.7, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. Creek House in the Vosges Mts. We were talking about the nature of life and that the one thing that defines life is the constancy of change. Growing, coming and going, keeping and letting go, these are all things of change. Life is never stagnant. In fact, the opposite ofContinue reading “#60.7, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024”
#60.3, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. Creek House in the Vosges Mts. Layla has come to see her mother and she brought a kitten to give as a gift. Now Hannah is telling me it is an infant reminder that the castle fields are seeded with ancient superstitions pretending evil spirits into life. She tells meContinue reading “#60.3, Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024”
#58.9, Thursday, July 18, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. The monastery, Luxeuil My sons and I follow the procession of monks chanting the hours of late afternoon. Psalm 62:5-7, (here chanted again, fresh with our own prayers). For God alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is in God. God alone is my rockContinue reading “#58.9, Thursday, July 18, 2024”
#57.6, Thursday, June 13, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. Vosges Mts. It is the poet’s wedding when God is Word, and Word is unspoken breath. It is the deaf priest who hears of the love by watching the lips – I – Open in anticipation Love – tongue to teeth, then open, then touch of theContinue reading “#57.6, Thursday, June 13, 2024”
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