Historical setting: 602 C.E. The Pilgrim’s path to Luxeuil This is that Guntram story told, but not written, so by the standard my boys use for knowing truth it is merely on the brink of becoming true. The twins take turns layering one strange strand of story onto the next, until at last GuntramContinue reading “#42.9, Tues., March 21, 2023”
Category Archives: Historical Fiction
#42.8, Thurs., March 16, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. On the path to Luxeuil As we walk toward Luxeuil, my boys are exploring the nature of rumor and the power of the written word. Gabe says a rumor isn’t true unless it’s written into a book. So no wonder Gabe finds his voice by practicing letters on the waxContinue reading “#42.8, Thurs., March 16, 2023”
#42.7, Weds., March 15, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. On the path to Luxeuil Gabe and Greg passed along stories from Charlie, our neighbor, who is now a hunter in these woods. I had a guess these were the king’s hunting grounds, but in his old age I’d never known him to hunt here. Now my boys are callingContinue reading “#42.7, Weds., March 15, 2023”
#42.6, Tues., March 14, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. On the way to Luxeuil Today we walk toward Luxeuil with nothing but our fleeces for bed and a loaf of bread and wedge of cheese for the sharing. We are barely halfway to Luxeuil when the boys suggest we stop and eat the bread and cheese because they areContinue reading “#42.6, Tues., March 14, 2023”
#42.5, Thurs., March 9, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. The Cottage a few miles from Luxeuil Ana answers the boy’s query for stories of their mother’s adventures with royalty by asking them to imagine a king’s library and name some books. Naming books they’ve never seen? Impossible. She hints. “The Lord is my shepherd.” Gabe announces, “PsalmContinue reading “#42.5, Thurs., March 9, 2023”
#42.4, Weds., March 8, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. Cottage in the Vosges I’m watching ten-year-old Simon trying to teach his little four-year-old-brother Haberd to stack stones into a cairn. Haberd teases him by collecting misshapen, nearly unstackable stones, then he makes the tower tumble. Simon chooses another flat rock and little Haberd finds a big round pebble andContinue reading “#42.4, Weds., March 8, 2023”
#42.3, Tues., March 7, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. Cottage in the Vosges The pagan-like secular church has become a true sanctuary for our worship through these years. The shrine in this place of worship in the woods is made of forest things. A twig, in front of the candle flame on the Christian altar spreads a fully embracingContinue reading “#42.3, Tues., March 7, 2023”
#42.2, Thurs., March 2, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. Cottage in the Vosges Always changing, always new is the constant of a farm. Thole brought us a mule the summer after the twins were born, the foal of Ana’s Teardrop and Colleen’s donkey, Jack. With a mule for the hard work of it and a cow for the milkContinue reading “#42.2, Thurs., March 2, 2023”
#42.1, Weds., March 1, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. Cottage in the Vosges Change is the nature of things that grow and things that heal and living things we come to know. Twelve years have passed. We know how it was, and how it is and there is a big difference between the “was” and the “is” but theseContinue reading “#42.1, Weds., March 1, 2023”
#41.12, Tues., Feb. 28, 2023
Historical setting: 590 C.E. Cottage between Annegray and Luxeuil Brother Servant arrived here with a bird to send messages to Luxeuil. So our message announcing the births of our sons probably set the dovecote at Annegray atwitter but never actually reached any human eyes. Colleen is serving our guest while in the other roomContinue reading “#41.12, Tues., Feb. 28, 2023”
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