Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Skåne Sjókona is no longer known to me simply by her purpose, seiðr, she is a human being with a name, though not a name given her by loving parents as a birth gift. At least it isn’t a statement of utility; it is a name. But it is a nameContinue reading “#67.1, Tuesday, April 1, 2025”
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#66.11, Wednesday, March 26, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Skåne “Sjókona, I can call you by a name now. And is this your home?” “Home?” “Yet you said you haven’t been back here since you were abandoned as an infant.?” “Really, I’ve only been told of this. Some years ago Auld Bjorn brought another infant girl acrossContinue reading “#66.11, Wednesday, March 26, 2025”
#66.9, Thursday, March 20, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Skåne How can I not speak up against such a terrible practice as setting girl infants out to die? And yet, anything I say to her, a victim, seems more like an accusation or a judgment against these people. The answer to my prayer asking for words comes only withContinue reading “#66.9, Thursday, March 20, 2025”
#50.1, Weds., Nov. 1, 2023
Historical Setting, 610 C.E. Besançon Fortress We’re starting the plan to go into the dungeon to set free Father Columbanus and other prisoners. We assume the soldiers at the north gate expect a “Brother Ezra” to arrive as the Father called for at his capture. In time, this story of rescue may be attributedContinue reading “#50.1, Weds., Nov. 1, 2023”
#46.12, Thurs., July 27, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. A cottage in the Vosges Commoners don’t record their begottens. No one but God and the memories of old grandmothers keep this lineage. But with my oddity, having an ever and ever perspective I’ve come to know that the human record of history is only as good as the keepingContinue reading “#46.12, Thurs., July 27, 2023”
#41.10, Weds., Feb. 22, 2023
Historical setting: 590 C.E. Cottage between Annegray and Luxeuil Sister Marcella always keeps her eye on the hour, and she is expecting the babies will be waking just now. Ana sits with the first son in the chair, and opens her tunic. Sister Marcella checks on Gabriel, still sleeping soundly. “His name isContinue reading “#41.10, Weds., Feb. 22, 2023”
#41.9, Tues., Feb 21, 2023
Historical setting: 590 C.E. Cottage between Annegray and Luxeuil Both babies are well today. The three nuns-to-be and I use a little flask with a spoon top to feed one of them while Ana has the other. It is a very nice thing to hold a baby and to nurture his strength with milkContinue reading “#41.9, Tues., Feb 21, 2023”
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