Historical Setting, 629 C.E. near Trier Brandell and some others come here where I am waiting for help to pull me to my feet, useless as my feet may be. I have one arm around the shoulders of Brandell, and the other arm around a stranger. With all my wooly beard and long hair,Continue reading “#54.5, Weds., March 13, 2024”
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#54.3, Thurs., March 7, 2024
Historical Setting, 629 C.E. near Trier Gaia tells me things. “Papa Lazarus! You’ll be proud of Brandell! “We’ve journeyed in a caravan all this way across the plains and mountains with the families of new settlers bringing their little shoots of vines kept in their tender care all the way here. They cameContinue reading “#54.3, Thurs., March 7, 2024”
#53.5, Tues., Feb. 13, 2024
Historical Setting, 626 C.E. Luxeuil to borrow a horse This morning I am at Luxeuil which happens to be one of these monasteries built on a Roman ruin. Here my own son, Brother Gabriel, takes the messages from the leg of a bird to the abbot in this community. So here I findContinue reading “#53.5, Tues., Feb. 13, 2024”
#53.4, Thurs., Feb. 8, 2024
Historical Setting, 626 C.E. The secular church near Annegray Mater Doe, our priest, shared with me her concern with answering the question of the vintners with her explanation of baptism, it puts the Jewish settlers coming to the lands in danger as outcasts. She is realizing now, after they left, that the real concern theyContinue reading “#53.4, Thurs., Feb. 8, 2024”
#53.2, Tues., Feb. 6, 2024
Historical Setting, 626 C.E. The farm in the Vosges Brandell prepares for his journey into the unknown of Constantinople. He will be guided by his brother and Gaillard across the mountains, then they will part ways and Brandell plans to join a merchant ship’s crew in Ravenna to earn his travel by sea toContinue reading “#53.2, Tues., Feb. 6, 2024”
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