Sworn beneath the old gods (and new).
Carried like iron under the cloak.
Personal writing on faith, family, politics, and life. Discussion is welcome. Debate is not the purpose.
Faith · 2025-08-26
Genealogy is not a list of clean names. It looks that way at first: dates, places, marriages, children, migrations, military service, occupations, causes of death when the record is willing to say. A family tree can make the dead seem orderly. [more]
Faith · 2025-07-01
Ancestor practice gets awkward when the dead do not all belong in the same story. The record may be neat. Names, dates, marriages, children, places, maybe a grave location if the paperwork held. Then the religion starts asking questions the record cannot answer. [more]
Faith · 2022-11-01
Some holy days are easy to keep when the table is full. The harder test comes later, when nobody is impressed, nothing smells especially festive, and the work has become ordinary again. The cup still needs to be set down. [more]
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