Historical setting: Sixth Century Bordeaux Nic and I are spreading our fleeces in the stable loft near the construction of a new basilica in Bordeaux and from here we can overhear the conversation between two of the workers who are looking over the stone sculpture still in the cart just outside. “Do youContinue reading “Post #18.4, Tuesday, March 9, 2021”
Category Archives: Historical Fiction
Post #18.3, Thursday, March 4, 2021
Historical setting: 564 C.E. Building site in Bordeaux Nic and I are looking for sleeping quarters in Bordeaux for the two monks and for ourselves, and we’ve stopped to ask at the thatched house near the construction of the basilica that August told us would be his family’s home. The woman of this house,Continue reading “Post #18.3, Thursday, March 4, 2021”
Post #18.2, Wednesday, March 3, 2021
Historical setting: 564 C.E. The road into Bordeaux On this ride to Bordeaux I am telling Nic what I remember of my life before I was found robbed and beaten. “I was walking back to my family’s home from Tours when I was attacked.” “So how was your wealth worthy of aContinue reading “Post #18.2, Wednesday, March 3, 2021”
Post #18.1, Tuesday, March 2, 2021
Historical setting: 564 C.E. The road into Bordeaux “That was two deaths ago.” I’m telling Nic what I was reminded of in my search for a doctor. I now have that memory of wife, Susanna and that foggy image of the family we sought in vain. “I can recall I buried Susanna beforeContinue reading “Post #18.1, Tuesday, March 2, 2021”
Post #17.12, Thursday, February 25, 2021
Historical setting: 564 C.E. The Gaul Side of the Pyrenees I’m anxious to let Nic know of my recent clarity of memory. It’s all come back to me now, not as grief but as hope. I have a breathing reality in knowing where I will find my children and grandchildren. I suggest Nic andContinue reading “Post #17.12, Thursday, February 25, 2021”
Post #17.11, Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Historical setting: 564 C.E. The Gaul Side of the Pyrenees August is telling of his becoming a hermit monk. “I wandered alone until I found a quarry for my stonework and I made my cave near that place, so my prayers could be my artwork. Yet, even now I think often of my fatherContinue reading “Post #17.11, Wednesday, February 24, 2021”
Post #17.10, Tuesday, February 23, 2021
Historical setting: 564 C.E. The Gaul Side of the Pyrenees So, Nic asks August, recalling the story of Joseph, “It was like your brothers plotted to take you from your father, strip you of your fine coat with long sleeves then leave you in a wilderness pit?” [Genesis 37:20-24] August answers, “Yes, IContinue reading “Post #17.10, Tuesday, February 23, 2021”
Post #17.9, Thursday, February 18, 2021
Historical setting: 564 C.E. The Gaul Side of the Pyrenees So the decision is made. We make camp between yonder and nowhere for whatever time Brother Joel needs. Severing a foot is an agonizing cure but Brother Joel has accepted it as boldly as could anyone. And it’s clear Nic has a skillContinue reading “Post #17.9, Thursday, February 18, 2021”
Post #17.8, Wednesday, February 17, 2021
Historical setting: 6th Century Bordeaux The city of Bordeaux is barely rising from the ruin of the old Roman civitas of Burdigala. It’s been battered in wars again and again ever since the Romans saw the strategic location and protected it with a wall; but in these times it’s just another example of theContinue reading “Post #17.8, Wednesday, February 17, 2021”
Post #17.7, Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Historical setting: 564 C.E. The Gaul Side of the Pyrenees We are trying to decide if we should take Brother Joel on a day long ride in an ox cart to find a city with a surgeon, or if Nic should just apply his blade and skill and take this man’s agonizing dead footContinue reading “Post #17.7, Tuesday, February 16, 2021”
Lazarus Ink 