THE PULL OF EMPTY SPACES
by Helen Currie Foster~October 17,2023
Last week, trudging up a rocky trail to an abandoned abbey high above an Italian valley in the Sabine Hills, I heard another walker ask this: after the Romans defeated the Sabines, were any Sabine ruins left?
“Yes,” said the guide. “A temple to the goddess of empty spaces.”
The goddess of empty spaces? Her name?
“Vacuna.”
Even in fourth year Latin at…
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