#75.9 Thursday, December 18, 2025

Historical Setting: Jarrow, 793 C.E. Librarian Wilbert and probably others too, found the night’s noise from the special “guests” annoying.          “This is a sacred season. It is the Christ’s birth, and there those fellows are bearing down on us with all that Pagan noise. They might as well be Vikings for all the disruption.”Continue reading “#75.9 Thursday, December 18, 2025”

#48.7, Tues., Sept. 19, 2023

Historical setting: 602 C.E. The Vosges Mountains          Several candles burned to the socket this night as Father Columbanus listens to Bishop Felix tell of his visit with the Pope.          The father asks, “So do you suppose the Holy Father will understand my plight with these bishops of Gaul?”          The bishop answers, “IContinue reading “#48.7, Tues., Sept. 19, 2023”