The Anglo-Saxon storytellers marked the ages of their characters in winters.
Consider, in Beowulf the hero is said to have lived fifty winters, not fifty years. Why? Because anyone can survive a summer, but if you live through a winter, it’s time to celebrate. And that’s exactly what our band of 21st-century scops did Tuesday, April 28, when Story Night made its monthly return to Riley’s Pour House.
[Read and hear more at The 21st-Century Scop.]