#70.4, Tuesday, July 8, 2025

Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne Monastery          On this terrible day Brother Ealdwin and I have been burying the dead left in the wake of the Viking raid. There are more empty cells where monks lived, than are the number of bodies we buried. Apparently, more monks than just Brother Ealdwin escaped death, but theyContinue reading “#70.4, Tuesday, July 8, 2025”

#70.2, Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Historical Setting: 793 C.E. Lindisfarne Monastery           Brother Ealdwin finds me digging graves in this field. He has with him some garments for wrapping the bodies.  And he tells me he walked the width of the island from one shore to the other shore and found two more bodies by the water.  One is BrotherContinue reading “#70.2, Wednesday, July 2, 2025”