Brindy's Blog

by John Mallon

Brindy is a fictitious midwife, healer, and herbalist who lived in the early 1700s in the rural village of Oakleigh, Somersetshire, England. About once a week she writes a blog about what has happened in her community. Her comments are about herself and her niece, Blythe, who is also her apprentice, and their interaction with members of the village, the local manor, and at local farms. Brindy and Blythe not only deliver newborns, but treat broken bones, other injuries, and illnesses. They are part of an extended family who are involved in medical treatment in several countries. They grow and collect herbs, to include plants that can be poisonous if not prepared properly. She somehow communicates her blogs with her friend, John, who lives in Florida in the early twenty-first century.