Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Metz Metz is hardly as I remembered it. There are new walls and towers, and the once mud streets are paved in stones. But musicians still test their songs in the town plaza and probably the commoners still come dancing for the mid-summer celebration. It was a favorite venue forContinue reading “#70.15, Thursday, July 31, 2025”
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Post #34.4, Tuesday, July 12, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. Metz Sweet fragrance of vineyards hums a placid summer’s gloss over any purpose for this journey. As we leave the vintner’s wife tells us we are seeking a dark old Roman basilica with baths. It will be dreary and damp, seeping with the laments chanted by women. In MetzContinue reading “Post #34.4, Tuesday, July 12, 2022”
Post #34.1 Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Historical setting: 589 C.E. Near Annegray in the Vosges Mts. Ana and I have a journey before us and we’ve barely finished preparing. A bird arrives with the message that Thole is waiting at the monastery with our horses. So on this fine summer’s day we take up our traveler’s bags and our bird inContinue reading “Post #34.1 Tuesday, July 5, 2022”
Lazarus Ink 