Historical setting: 602 C.E. A cottage in the Vosges All night last night, we sat at the table with a candle and the book. Ana and I took turns reading to one another through warm tugs and tears. We read the scribbles of words in Simon’s journal. [Footnote] The pages are the storyContinue reading “#47.1, Tues., Aug. 1, 2023”
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Post #16.2, Wednesday, January 6, 2021
Historical setting: Pyrenees Mountains, 6th Century C.E. We are on our journey, two horses a good distance behind the ox cart with the pace set by the little desert father and the ox. We are sent on our way most rudely this morning by the seller of Gallo-Roman stone gods and goddesses because we rejectedContinue reading “Post #16.2, Wednesday, January 6, 2021”
Post #15.13, Tuesday, December 29, 2020
Historical setting: 6th Century C.E. Somewhere in the Pyrenees We’re guests at this place where statuary is carved from the quarried sandstone. Most of these works are icons for pagan ritual. But here amid the cacophony of Roman talisman is also a carving in a Christian theme of a common woman of Galilee withContinue reading “Post #15.13, Tuesday, December 29, 2020”
Lazarus Ink 