Historical Setting, 626 C.E. On the River near Trier If no one should appear from the little village of refugees’ houses, that would be fine with me. We could leave now. I pull the boat I rowed over onto the shore with the bow pointed into the river for the retreat. But now, asContinue reading “#53.13, Thurs., Feb. 29, 2024”
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#51.2, Weds., Dec. 6, 2023
Historical Setting, 610 C.E. Besançon Fortress Now, as the light-shed off the guard’s torch shadows the walls around us, we are hiding with silence and stillness as our only stealth. A small contingency of soldiers following that single torch pass by us. Apparently, they aren’t even aware we are here, so now we areContinue reading “#51.2, Weds., Dec. 6, 2023”
#45.9, Weds., June 21, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. A cottage in the Vosges Greg argues against my hard rule for pacifism. He says, “When plotting bishops order their guards to murder an innocent man just because he brings them a message — then they are evil.” “’When’ you say? So evil is not a person but theContinue reading “#45.9, Weds., June 21, 2023”
#45.8, Tues., June 20, 2023
Historical setting: 602 C.E. A cottage in the Vosges Greg and Gabe returned from Metz more excited than ever about the possibilities of taking their accomplishments and making themselves into some twist of aristocracy. They’ve decided riding horses is more to their liking than managing the farm mule, and a polished sword dangles fromContinue reading “#45.8, Tues., June 20, 2023”
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