Historical setting: 588 C.E. the forest north of the Loire Now the responsibility for this war falls to Daniel who simply decides we will go back home at first light. In the morning the embers of the fire are cold. Some of our band still sleeps, and some of the Pagan tribe areContinue reading “Post #26.5, Weds., Nov. 10, 2021”
Category Archives: Early Medieval
Post #26.4, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021
Historical setting: 588 C.E. by the fire of Samhain The moon has set and the pagan ritual goes on and on with incessant chanting, and calls from the druid and responses from his gathered. They all know the words to say. The druid’s movement is near dancing. A teller has tales steeped in tradition…Continue reading “Post #26.4, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021”
Post #26.3, Thurs., Nov. 4, 2021
Historical setting: 588 C.E. by the fire of Samhain Dear God, what do you make of this spiritual milieu? Is it alright that we make borders around our prayers and pray only to the facet of Spirit each of us already claims? Are we of one spirit despite our differences? But if we areContinue reading “Post #26.3, Thurs., Nov. 4, 2021”
Post #26.2, Weds., Nov. 3, 2021
Historical setting: 588 C.E. Forest Primeval We’ve found the druid and a band of the pagan tribe; maybe we found them by coincidence or perhaps by the synchronicity of the holy. The druid asked Daniel if we have come to join in the festival of Samhain. Daniel answers, “We’ve come to pay homageContinue reading “Post #26.2, Weds., Nov. 3, 2021”
Post #26.1, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021
Historical setting: 588 C.E. Forest Primeval A scream of terror pierces the night. Count Bert is screaming, “a dragon! A dragon is slithering through the wood right toward our camp!” It is the night of Samhain when the two plains, the immortal and the mortal of earth become one. “This was theContinue reading “Post #26.1, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021”
Post #25.12, Thurs., October 28, 2021
Historical setting: 588 C.E. This morning comes with a horse and an expectation that I too will ride with the count’s men. It is thought the pagans have taken back the borrowed child, burning the house, and murdering Eve. I’ve chosen not to carry a sword. I’m here simply to make the lookContinue reading “Post #25.12, Thurs., October 28, 2021”
Post #25.11, Weds., October 27, 2021
Historical setting: 588 C.E. Thole has been waiting in the rain with the horses inviting me to ride with him to his father’s house. First we gather up the chickens binding their feet to take them along. We only go toward Tours as far as the road into the little village where BertiganContinue reading “Post #25.11, Weds., October 27, 2021”
Post #25.10, Tues., October 26, 2021
Historical setting: 588 C.E. An autumn wind brushes through the patch of rosemary wafting with the scent of broken stems setting a storm onto our patch of sky then drenching rain. With Eve’s house in ash there is no shelter. We are all, however we grieve, soaking in shared rain. The soft grayContinue reading “Post #25.10, Tues., October 26, 2021”
Post #25.9, Thurs., October 21, 2021
Historical setting: 588 C.E. leaving Ligugè We leave after morning matins. The rising golden sun, the alleluias of our lauds, even the early songs of the birds rising from the trees for their autumn pilgrimage – it all seems out of place in my own grieving. Riding at an easy gait the youngContinue reading “Post #25.9, Thurs., October 21, 2021”
Post #25.8, Weds., October 20, 2021
Historical setting: 588 C.E. Ligugè I’ve just met this man who has come as a messenger bringing the sorrows we share. We both love Eve in our own ways. I’ve learned now that Eve was violently slashed by invaders outside her burning house. She was clutching her precious parchments on which Anatase had placedContinue reading “Post #25.8, Weds., October 20, 2021”
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