Historical setting: 564 C.E. A Small Village in Southeastern Gaul The villagers argue: “This is no statue, Father!” “A statue is an image of an emperor or a hero!” “A statue is like a pagan god trapped in the stillness of stone!” “Of course we have seen statues, and thisContinue reading “Post #16.12, Thursday, January 28, 2021”
Category Archives: Dark Ages
Post #16.11, Wednesday, January 27, 2021
Historical setting: 6th Century A Small Village in Southeastern Gaul We’ve stopped in this small village to for the night’s. The priest recognizes August even with the hood that covers his face. Their warm greeting includes the introduction of us fellow travelers. Then the priest takes a long ponder in awe at the stoneContinue reading “Post #16.11, Wednesday, January 27, 2021”
Post #16.10, Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Historical setting: Pyrenees Mountains, 6th Century C.E. Nic is arguing with August over August’s commitment to walk this winter journey barefooted. Nic tries another plea. “Possibly you believe that God will see your suffering as a way in which you are superior to your fellow travelers. But because your own frosting toes areContinue reading “Post #16.10, Tuesday, January 26, 2021”
Post #16.9, Thursday, January 21, 2021
Historical setting: Pyrenees Mountains, 6th Century C.E. This icy freeze was late in coming this year, but the flood that washed out the creek we followed sent the three of us wet and shivering, waiting for our wools to dry and giving us time to scrape the leathers and mend the fabrics. The variousContinue reading “Post #16.9, Thursday, January 21, 2021”
Post #16.8, Wednesday, January 20, 2021
Historical setting: Pyrenees Mountains, 6th Century C.E. This campsite we made in the haste of rising water will serve us well for a few days while the wools dry and the small furs we have gathered can be soaked in herbs and scraped and pounded clean for use or trade. A newly formed spreadContinue reading “Post #16.8, Wednesday, January 20, 2021”
Post #16.7, Tuesday, January 19, 2021
Historical setting: Pyrenees Mountains, 6th Century C.E. This morning the creek is slowed, the flood withdrawing, but we will have to wait a little longer to scour the tangles left after the washout before we can search for August’s wools. Waiting here by the fire August tells of his life. He wasContinue reading “Post #16.7, Tuesday, January 19, 2021”
Post #16.6, Thursday, January 14, 2021
Historical setting: Pyrenees Mountains, 6th Century C.E. Add a deluge of rain to our tendril of a creek and now it foams and roars. It is well out of the banks, and surely it is a very deep river even as the storm lets up. We decide to set our camp on higher groundContinue reading “Post #16.6, Thursday, January 14, 2021”
Post #16.5, Wednesday, January 13, 2021
Historical setting: Pyrenees Mountains, 6th Century C.E. Caught in the current, the little monk, with all his strength is able to stop himself from the pull of raging river by grabbing onto a low tree branch rooted to the opposite bank. The ribbons he was wrapped in flow loose and twist and coil onContinue reading “Post #16.5, Wednesday, January 13, 2021”
Post #16.4, Tuesday, January 12, 2021
Historical setting: Pyrenees Mountains, 6th Century C.E. For a few days into this journey now, we’ve been following a slender twig of a creek taking us on a flattened plain northward ever inching toward Gaul. The still of winter has a clarity allowed to go unnoticed by those who wish to curl in fleecesContinue reading “Post #16.4, Tuesday, January 12, 2021”
Post #16.3, Thursday, January 7, 2021
Historical setting: Pyrenees Mountains, 6th Century C.E. We are crossing through the hills beyond the mountains into Gaul — two men on horseback and a lone monk with an oxcart — moving at the speed of one man walking beside his ox. From time to time Nic and The Rose go ahead of usContinue reading “Post #16.3, Thursday, January 7, 2021”
Lazarus Ink 