Historical Setting: 789 C.E. Jutland With fire only embers now, the “seiðr” sops up the last of the juices with a broken crust and takes a long guzzle from the horn of beer then speaks. She spins a yarn, layer upon layer, starting with a boy with special powers that allow him to changeContinue reading “#64.11, Thursday, January 23, 2025”
Category Archives: Christian History
#64.10, Wednesday, January 22, 2025
Historical Setting: 789 C.E. Jutland I have questions. When a people pull themselves into community after a devastation — a war or a famine – it happens with plague — anything that selectively removes a generation from the population — taking all of the children from families — or taking all of its young menContinue reading “#64.10, Wednesday, January 22, 2025”
#64.9, Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Historical Setting: 789 C.E. Jutland That misunderstanding of Marian’s freedom or enslavement seems rooted in a common misconception having very little to do with freedom and slavery. In the case of a child and an old man, this perception of them as less than human is all about agism. Sometimes there seem to beContinue reading “#64.9, Tuesday, January 21, 2025”
#64.8, Thursday, January 16, 2025
Historical Setting: 789 C.E. Jutland There is a lot I don’t know about where I am. Apparently, after the raids on northern river towns of Gaul, all that is left of the villages I once knew are these captives. Since the thralls here speak familiar languages and these masters do not, I takeContinue reading “#64.8, Thursday, January 16, 2025”
#64.7, Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Historical Setting: 789 C.E. Jutland Apparently, Marian’s value as a slave has soared by her ability in bread baking, and a woman here, among the masters is willing to battle for her. “Marian,” I speak to her in our language, “If you want to be the cook in this woman’s house, tell herContinue reading “#64.7, Wednesday, January 15, 2025”
#64.6, Tuesday, January 14, 2025
Historical Setting: 789 C.E. Jutland The hollowed horns of cow are passed around among those seated at the board filled with a beverage. Shaped, as they are, the horns can’t be set down on the board while filled, so they are guzzled then passed along to the next and all around the table, untilContinue reading “#64.6, Tuesday, January 14, 2025”
#64.5, Thursday, January 9, 2025
Historical Setting: 789 C.E. Jutland This place is not Christian and the feast we are preparing will be celebrating the solstice. The moose that fell into the pit provides plenty of meat. The moose is roasting over the embers of a huge central bonfire with breads rising on every hearth in the cluster ofContinue reading “#64.5, Thursday, January 9, 2025”
#64.4, Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Historical Setting: 789 C.E. Jutland Mostly I’ve been hauling and stacking logs for the feast. Day’s end, I return to the house of the smiðr with a load of thick hardwood for a hot fire and having seen the shipyard I can understand a purpose in this man’s work. I ask the child thrall,Continue reading “#64.4, Wednesday, January 8, 2025”
#64.3, Tuesday, January 7, 2025
Historical Setting: 789 C.E. Jutland Straying from collecting of firewood, I’ve wandered into a shipyard just north of the houses. No one is here. I suppose there are more of these artists working inside these houses. And now I find plenty of wood stacked on the scrap piles maybe set aside for the burn, soContinue reading “#64.3, Tuesday, January 7, 2025”
#64.2, Thursday, January 2, 2025
Historical Setting: 789 C.E. Jutland Dear God, All day I did the rote collecting of wood, walking, mindless work, releasing the bonds of earth in repetitious devotion. Thank you. I’ve been stacking logs at the hearth in this little house of the wood carver intensely devoted to his work. Now my task is toContinue reading “#64.2, Thursday, January 2, 2025”
Lazarus Ink 