#68.11, Tuesday, May 27, 2025

Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Mooring at The North Sea           We are given the slave orders for the journey. But really the only thing slaves need to know is obedience. “Slaves are assigned two to a longship, one with the bow rowers, and the other at the stern taking orders from the coxswain.”          TheContinue reading “#68.11, Tuesday, May 27, 2025”

#65.9, Thursday, February 20, 2025

Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Jutland             The seiðr tells me that the story on this stone tells of the death of the god Odin.          “It’s well-known. It is marked on this stone as a picture of an often-shared story, so you don’t even need to know the runes to know this story.”          TheContinue reading “#65.9, Thursday, February 20, 2025”

#62.4, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024

Historical Setting, cold unknown          Even in these new times called future there can be a madman pretending to be a ruler.          He billows on to Oos, or Us, (does spelling even matter?)           “Now, we can’t even return him to the bogs; he’s been brought up from the depths and he is watchingContinue reading “#62.4, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024”

#40.1, Tues., Jan. 3, 2023

Historical setting: 590 C.E. Cottage between Annegray and Luxeuil          Maybe they are neighbors. A family of hunters found our doorstep on their way home from somewhere they say is a church named after St. Martin said to be hidden in the woods behind the monastery. It seems legends of Christian saints left a sourContinue reading “#40.1, Tues., Jan. 3, 2023”

#39.13, Thurs., Dec. 29, 2022

Historical setting: 589 C.E. cottage between Annegray and Luxeuil          I can understand our visiting neighbors are not favorable to Christian Saints and foreign missionaries murdering sacred trees of Pagan worship. And it doesn’t take very much chatter to discover our guests are not the variety of Christians who would make a pilgrimage to aContinue reading “#39.13, Thurs., Dec. 29, 2022”