Historical setting: 589 C.E. The road to Ligugé Today I meet Ana for our ride and ask her if she and Colleen have a plan if they find the same circumstance as described in the midwife’s journal. Ana tells me, “It’s very helpful to know what happened in that instance, though it doesn’tContinue reading “#36.8, Tues., Sept. 20, 2022”
Category Archives: Historical Fiction
#36.7, Thurs., Sept. 15, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. Poitiers While I stay as a guest at Ligugè I appreciate the hours for prayer and psalms with these few elder brothers. I help some with the work on the statue that Brother August and his young apprentice are doing. And as close as we are, with Ana at theContinue reading “#36.7, Thurs., Sept. 15, 2022”
#36.6, Weds., Sept. 14, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. Poitiers Ana and I have found a cozy quietude in the haymow of this villa stable. I asked her if Colleen, the midwife/servant-slave here is a good teacher. “Teacher, no. She’s more like me as an eight-year-old than she is like my teacher. Lady Elise is due any dayContinue reading “#36.6, Weds., Sept. 14, 2022”
#36.5, Tues., Sept. 13, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. Poitiers at a noble villa I asked for Ana at the gate of the convent and I was given the name of a noble household where she was sent. Finding that place was easy. It’s a villa on the riverbank overlooking the city. It is the residence of an earl.Continue reading “#36.5, Tues., Sept. 13, 2022”
#36.4, Thurs., Sept. 8, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. Poitiers Brother August has already dealt with my obstinate little heresies, nitpicking substance of Trinity and plundering creed, calling it a human appeasement and not the true nature of God. And now I’ve added a wife to my list of sins. From this monk’s point of view it’s onlyContinue reading “#36.4, Thurs., Sept. 8, 2022”
#36.3, Weds., Sept. 7, 2022
This morning after prayers and prayers again I find Brother August and his new apprentice at work on the great stone of marble. It’s in this state of creation where a halo is emerging from the center at the top, and it seems affixed to a head that is bowed. Already I can seeContinue reading “#36.3, Weds., Sept. 7, 2022”
#36.2, Tues., Sept. 6, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. Ligugè near Poitiers It’s nearly dark when I reach Ligugè after getting Ana settled in as a guest with the nuns. I arrive for vespers and stand in the back near the door. It is only the abbot and few monks here now. The abbot sees me immediately and atContinue reading “#36.2, Tues., Sept. 6, 2022”
#36.1, Thurs., Sept. 1, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. Toward the Monastery of the Holy Cross We ride in silence for some hours, I, on a familiar road, Ana, always in wonder of the new places. It’s been a few generations for me, and some deaths since I attuned myself to the patterns of woman. As the pure paleContinue reading “#36.1, Thurs., Sept. 1, 2022”
#35.14, Weds., Aug. 31, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. The Celtic Pagan village of Largin Ana has a clearer picture now of the challenges and possibilities and believes her mission, to save both mother and child might be doable. When Thole and I are privy to the “secret” it is that Tilp differs from her husband on priorities. TholeContinue reading “#35.14, Weds., Aug. 31, 2022”
#35.13, Tues., Aug. 30, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. The Celtic Pagan village of Largin We’ve arrived at the village where Thole worries while Tilp naps. Ana is waiting to examine Tilp, and in the meantime Thole is explaining her pregnancy to Ana. “We are planning that winter would be a good time for this, near the solstice,Continue reading “#35.13, Tues., Aug. 30, 2022”
Lazarus Ink 