#75.14 Weds., December 31, 2025

Historical Setting: Monkwearmouth, 793 C.E.  The Reverend Mother, asks me how I know this woman I brought here to them.          “The guards rescued her from the sea and I went down to help them but I don’t know her.”          “We know her here. Last winter she came to us in labor and theContinue reading “#75.14 Weds., December 31, 2025”

#55.13, Tues., April 30, 2024

Historical Setting, 629 C.E. Vosges          We ‘ve tucked Layla away in a safe place hidden from Will, safe with her mother and her sister. Now I’ve come to this little land patch where people try to nurture family despite the poverty. It would all be so simple if Layla could just leave Will andContinue reading “#55.13, Tues., April 30, 2024”

#50.10, Weds., Nov. 22, 2023

Historical Setting, 610 C.E. Besançon Fortress          Greg is thinking through his assignment to be the Brother Ezra at the church. “When I pop up through the trap door into the basilica, what if someone sees me?”          I answer, “You’ll know what to do. You have a good mind for this. You don’t haveContinue reading “#50.10, Weds., Nov. 22, 2023”