St. Crispin’s Day, in the eighth year of King Richard II Today is the holy day of that most venerated of Crispins. Not me, of course. An ancient Crispin with … Read More »
It is cold on London’s streets. My cloak and leather hood are weak shelter against the icy hand of nature. Occasionally, a shopkeeper lights wood in a brazier outside his … Read More »
St. Paul’s Day, in the eighth year of King Richard II Jack’s cooking has gotten better over the few months I’ve known him, though he is little to blame for … Read More »
Saint Bede’s Day, the eighth year in the regin of King Richard It isn’t often I think of my mother. Johanna. Her hair was black, as is mine. I remember it … Read More »
Saint Paul’s Day, Eighth year of the reign of King Richard Jack Tucker. Your ginger hair gleams in the firelight. Your eyes are contantly moving, assessing. I watch you watching … Read More »
Saint Alexis Day, the eighth year of the reign of King Richard Treason. How I despise the word. The very notion. Under the old King Edward, such whispers would have … Read More »
Feastday of Saint Sigebert in the Eighth Year of the Reign of King Richard And so the summer passes with narry a whimper. But springs, summers, and autumns are much … Read More »
Feast Day of Saint Frumentius, the Eighth Year of the Reign of King Richard In a stale room above a tinker’s shop rises the sharp smells of butchering from the … Read More »
Feast Day of Saint Clement I, The eighth year of the reign of King Richard It has been many a day since I have feasted in my own great hall … Read More »
