#60.11, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024

Historical Setting, 629 C.E. Creek House in the Vosges Mts.           Vizsla would be much more at ease with a building project if he were told to use a surgeon’s blade. He is clearly befuddled by the ax.  The first tree he chased down wasn’t felled so much as wounded, tenderly, so there wouldn’t beContinue reading “#60.11, Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024”

#58.13, Tuesday, July 30, 2024

Historical Setting, 629 C.E. The thatched house behind Annegray          We’ve learned that Hannah didn’t just leave without telling anyone.  She just didn’t tell her parents.          “Should we go on to the inn on the river and find them?” I suggest.          “They’ll be home in their own good time,” answers anyone who givesContinue reading “#58.13, Tuesday, July 30, 2024”

#54.7, Tues., March 19, 2024

Historical Setting, 629 C.E. The creek cottage in the Vosges          In the moonlit night Hannah hears the horses at the door and she comes out to tell Brandell and Gaia to keep quiet so Ana can sleep. Then she sees me here, wrapped in Brandell’s cloak, waiting for him to help me down fromContinue reading “#54.7, Tues., March 19, 2024”

#52.1, Tues., Jan. 2, 2024

Historical Setting, 626 C.E. The farm in the Vosges           My prayers throughout this decade and six years have mostly been gratitude. We’ve had no more eulogies for our children, only bits of grieving for the passages of youth. I was last keeping this journal in December of 610. These years have brought subtle transitions.Continue reading “#52.1, Tues., Jan. 2, 2024”