#50.14, Thurs., Nov. 30, 2023

Historical Setting, 610 C.E. Besançon Fortress          We are, with the help of God, setting the prisoners of Besançon free. The Father and Gabe have already escaped into the tunnel and no one was alerted to that escape to chase after them. Surely they are safe by now.          The prison guard and the fiveContinue reading “#50.14, Thurs., Nov. 30, 2023”

#48.12, Thurs., Sept. 28, 2023

Historical setting: 602 C.E. The Vosges Mountains          Those who were once hunters will soon be bent into farmers who will have no safety from wars except for a landowner’s castle walls.  The legends haunting the Samhain fires of the dwindling tribes of pagans remember the ghost riders across the sky, the soldiers of TheodoricContinue reading “#48.12, Thurs., Sept. 28, 2023”

#46.3, Thurs., July 6, 2023

Historical setting: 602 C.E. Between Luxeuil and Metz          So, on this new day Greg and I are starting out toward Metz with that letter from the monastery affirming the quality of this son that he may become something I would never wish for him, an armed guard for nobility. It is a child’s imaginedContinue reading “#46.3, Thurs., July 6, 2023”