Historical setting: 602 C.E. The opened gates of Luxeuil I’m asking Brother Servant what hour will the nuns be in the oratorio. Cy casts a look of suspicious curiosity. “Why would I bring young boys just to see the nuns?” Brother Servant knows why. He says, “I can’t wait to see the lookContinue reading “#42.14, Thurs., March 30, 2023”
Category Archives: Serial Fiction
#42.13, Weds., March 29, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. Luxeuil This man is not even as heavy on my back as were two boys I’ve carried home from the fields at the end of a day’s work; that was just a year or so before they declared themselves men. Now they are concerned for this man who is lame,Continue reading “#42.13, Weds., March 29, 2023”
#42.12, Tues., March 28, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. On the road to Luxeuil When the crowd opens a little the underside of a mass of pilgrims is revealed. Here are the sick and the lame crawling along among the feet of the gathered, just for a touch of a healing hem; [Luke 8:43-48] and here is one carriedContinue reading “#42.12, Tues., March 28, 2023”
#42.11, Thurs., March 23, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. On the road to Luxeuil Greg is agape studying every soldier in the line, noting every detail: the armor, the swords, the horses, the rich silks, the banner. This is not the banner of the queen. “It’s not royalty at all under that banner.” I tell them, but myContinue reading “#42.11, Thurs., March 23, 2023”
#42.9, Tues., March 21, 2023
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”
#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”
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