First Letter Dear Journal, It has been an eventful week, and so I have had little time (or interest) in writing. It is hard to find a time for writing anyway, with so many people in the house. Anne-Marie is getting bigger and becoming more interesting every day, and Madame Truc and Jacques-le-Souris are ever … Continue reading Letters from Armorica-Rich Fools (26 December 34 AF)

First Letter Dear Journal, It is all as I have feared. Everyone smiled broadly and greeted me warmly at divine services this past Sonnedi morning. It was the same at Sonnedi dinner at the Tremblay's—and I was made to sit at M. Tremblay's right hand, with Amelie by my side. It was a worrying thing, … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- The Gathering Place (15 December 34 AF)

First Letter Dear Journal, It is Sonnedi once more. We are home from the hot springs, and the first snows are falling outside our parlor window. I fear it is going to be a long, cold, and above all hungry winter, for our farmers were not able to attend to their duties as they ought … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- Books and Trout (5 December 34 AF)

First Letter Dear Journal, Now that we have returned to Bois-de-Bas and are getting settled in for the winter, I find that we have troubles I had not anticipated, the chief of which is overcrowding. We lost very few during the hostilities, and they were mostly from the outlying farms, not from the village proper. … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- Overcrowding (28 November 34 AF)

First Letter Mon cher M. Fournier, I have an urgent need, which I hope you will be able to address. You see, we have run out of books. My wife Amelie has learned to read over the last year, and having read and re-read has exhausted our supply. And there is worse: our home was … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- A Literary Request (21 Novembre 34 AF)

First Letter Mon cher Armand, My thanks for your letter of the 15th. I am pleased that you remain well and have come through these trials in good spirits, and I am delighted with what you tell me of Jean-Baptiste. Please convey my best regards to him and his bride; and tell him that he … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- News from Mont-Havre (19 Novembre 34 AF)

First Letter Dear Aunt Maggie, Trusting that my cousin Jack is well, and presuming upon your good will, I've enclosed a letter for him. Please, of your love for me, send it onward to him wherever he may be. Your loving nephew, Armand Dear Jack, Why is it that soldiers are such pigs? Or perhaps … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- Cleaning Up (15 Novembre 34 AF)

First Letter Dear Journal, I have taken advantage of the lull in the fighting to send the following letter to my Aunt Maggie in Yorke. I copy it here because I have no doubt it will come to the attention of Mr. Trout, and when one's mail is likely to be read it is wise … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- A Letter Home (10 Novembre 34 AF)

First Letter Dear Journal, I have not recorded anything in weeks, for I have had little to tell, and little time in which to write. We have been very much in the dark—literally, in that the days have grown shorter and we dare not show lights at night here on the island, but also in … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- Blockade (8 Novembre 34 AF)

First Letter Dear Journal, Astonishing news: the Provençese forces seems to have vanished! Marc brought this news with him today, and has no more idea what to make of it than I do. For the past several weeks Marc has been out and about with the young men of Bois-de-Bas and the other frontier villages, … Continue reading Letters from Armorica- A Hush (19 Octobre 34 AF)