Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Visiting Tours This journey, visiting the bones of my loved ones along my way, is really about finding the spiritual life and life again of those I once shared bread with. It is the joyful side of life — the weedy overgrown vines of remembrance. Dear God, thank you for thisContinue reading “#71.2, Wednesday, August 6, 2025”
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#69.9, Thursday, June 19, 2025
Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne Monastery I’m reaching the priory of the Lindisfarne Monastery, the gathering room used as a sanctuary and probably also the scriptorium. I find the marauders stopped here outside the walls. The stains on the earth mark their feet and axes soaked in the blood of innocent monks. Here theyContinue reading “#69.9, Thursday, June 19, 2025”
#61.12, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024
Historical Setting, 631 C.E. The armor markets at Dorestad We are at a market for armor and helmets. The overt mission of Greg and Gaillard is to purchase swords and helmets. The covert mission is to listen and learn who is outfitting armies in these times. Greg and Gaillard don’t work together. GregContinue reading “#61.12, Thursday, Oct. 24, 2024”
Post #23.8, Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Historical setting: 584 C.E. Ligugè Just before the silence Brother August was telling me of the women’s convent which I thought was named for St. Mary, Abbaye de Sainte-Marie, at Poitiers. He said it was renamed after a relic of the true cross that the abbess, Radigund, a queen, was able to acquire forContinue reading “Post #23.8, Wednesday, August 18, 2021”
Lazarus Ink 