#47.11, Weds., Aug. 23, 2023

Historical setting: 602 C.E. A cottage in the Vosges          So here are Greg and his student, friend and lover, Gaillard, spinning wild imaginings into dreams of faraway lands.  They imagine riding camels across a vast emptiness — empty, not because it is a desert, but because it is unknown to them. They ride onContinue reading “#47.11, Weds., Aug. 23, 2023”

#36.5, Tues., Sept. 13, 2022

Historical setting: 589 C.E. Poitiers at a noble villa          I asked for Ana at the gate of the convent and I was given the name of a noble household where she was sent. Finding that place was easy. It’s a villa on the riverbank overlooking the city. It is the residence of an earl.Continue reading “#36.5, Tues., Sept. 13, 2022”