Family is always the odds and ends of old friendships sometimes with precisely matched DNA and sometimes only a wide openness to one another’s ethnic tradition: Pagan, Roman, Republican, Islamic, Democrat, Orthodox, Zealot, Heretic … The chasm of politics and the distances we hurdle to make this all work out so we can simply eatContinue reading “December Chapter, “Stories in the Dark””
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Post #2.12, Thursday, 11-28-2019
Historical Setting 561 C.E. Ezra’s story continues. “I had no idea where to search for Enola. I called her in the dark and of course there was no answer. I asked Colleta to call too so that she would know she was welcome to come back inside and she could stay with us. Colleta calledContinue reading “Post #2.12, Thursday, 11-28-2019”
Post #2.11, Wednesday, 11-27-2019
Historical Setting 561 C.E. Ezra’s telling me this story, but let me comment here. “I can imagine starting a marriage bringing home a sister-in-law who is the known ogre of village gossip. That would be a bit of a challenge for a new bride. I mean, you said your bride had to leave her ownContinue reading “Post #2.11, Wednesday, 11-27-2019”
Post #2.10, Tuesday, 11-26-2019
Historical Setting 561 C.E. Ezra continues his story. “We are only family again because Eve was so patient in bringing me through my selfish thoughts and fears. In my mind I could tell myself the horrific visage was indeed my beautiful little sister, twisted and re-formed by hard pits of pox scars. But were IContinue reading “Post #2.10, Tuesday, 11-26-2019”
Post #2.9, Thursday, 11-21-2019
Historical setting: 561 C.E., Gaul Ezra continues his story.“I was moving all the things of a bride and a dream from my wife’s father’s home in the area of Tours down to my cottage in the Liger valley, and the journey took me right by the garden of the hag. It were a drearyContinue reading “Post #2.9, Thursday, 11-21-2019”
Post #2.3, Thursday, 11-7-2019
Historical Setting: 561 CE, Gaul “Know I love you Eve. Know you are loved.” I learned those rich and true words of a parent to child by listening for answers to my own gnarly and riled prayers. In times when I believe the world hates me I unfurl my ugly smudge of self toContinue reading “Post #2.3, Thursday, 11-7-2019”
Post #2.2, Wednesday, 11-6-2019
Historical Setting: 561 C.E., Gaul What can I say to her? The huge chasm between us is more of deaths than of measured time. She keeps enough distance between us that my longing arms would not reach her for hug in case I should follow my impulse. I try to fill the hollow silenceContinue reading “Post #2.2, Wednesday, 11-6-2019”
Post #2.1 Tuesday, 11-5-2019
Historical setting: 561 CE, Gaul I call through the cottage door, “Eve, don’t be afraid. Please come and walk with me to the hill to your mother’s grave and we will place flowers together. Let’s go now and cut a bouquet from the yellow bobbing heads that fill the wild meadow so late in thisContinue reading “Post #2.1 Tuesday, 11-5-2019”
October Recap
OCTOBER RECAP – Chapter 1, “Scars.” launched this continuing story. To recap, in 561 C.E. (or as one reader reminded they would surely have called it “A.D.”) nineteen years after plague devastated his family, Lazarus returns to find his adult daughter Eve living as a recluse “hag” (calling herself Enola) providing herbs and medicalContinue reading “October Recap”
(10-31-19 post 1.9) October Chapter – “Scars” Set in 561 C.E. Gaul
Surely it is hard for my son to understand my strange circumstances of healing even though it would seem a good thing to find one another again after we each expected the other’s death. But of course, it isn’t as sweet and simple as it would seem. All of us living people seem toContinue reading “(10-31-19 post 1.9) October Chapter – “Scars” Set in 561 C.E. Gaul”
Lazarus Ink 