Post #3.6, Thursday, 12-12-2019

Historical setting: 561 C.E. Gaul She can’t eat when her face is covered in bee nets. Eve sits on the hearthstone near the coals smoldering under the kettle. There is a bed but no chair. The soup is hot and good. But she has only one bowl and one spoon in this house and thatContinue reading “Post #3.6, Thursday, 12-12-2019”

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”