#79.4 Wednesday, April 8, 2026

Historical Setting: Jarrow, 794 C.E. The baker and I are waiting to meet with the abbot in the monk’s chapel of St. Paul. Here the window is leaded with pieces of colored glass. The places in this room where shadows would nestle are not shadows at all, but little patches of dancing light, though theContinue reading “#79.4 Wednesday, April 8, 2026”

#36.4, Thurs., Sept. 8, 2022

Historical setting: 589 C.E. Poitiers          Brother August has already dealt with my obstinate little heresies, nitpicking substance of Trinity and plundering creed, calling it a human appeasement and not the true nature of God.  And now I’ve added a wife to my list of sins.          From this monk’s point of view it’s onlyContinue reading “#36.4, Thurs., Sept. 8, 2022”