Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

There used to be tin signs which some folks had on their front porches. They read “No peddlers, beggars or solicitors.” One does not see much of these signs any more. They are tokens of another time.
There was a time only forty years ago when any of several vendors came to the [...]

Faith
How many times has someone presented you with a doubtful proposition, and then asked you to “…take it on faith”? In other words, they want you to believe in something that has not yet been proven reliable. Another word for it is blind faith. Blind faith means believing even when there [...]

Recently, a friend introduced the question about weapons and the modern world. The older Heathen writings stressed the need to be armed. Modern society’s laws make it difficult in these times.
Nonetheless, the facts show that people need to know something of defending themselves. I think it would be good for [...]

Look out at the sky. Whether the day is clear or not, you know that there are stars and planets, Sun and Moon. They circle our planet on a regular basics. It is like a large Celestial Machine. Each part has its place in the Universe. Each has a thing [...]

I learned a thing about time when I made deliveries in New York. For a few weeks, I worked part time for a small company. The boss was perhaps the worst boss I ever met. Henry was a man who suddenly found himself boss of the company. I never asked how he [...]

Several times, I had worked in Manhattan. A couple of my jobs in the 1970s involved maintaining equipment and making deliveries. The work included bringing equipment and supplies into various office buildings.
If you have ever been in the larger office buildings in Manhattan, you may never have seen a delivery being [...]

One of my homecasting projects involves making Yule figurines. You may have seen such things, cast in lead or tin and painted in bright colors. They are a variety of items: ice skaters, skiers, Yule revelers, snowmen, etc. Every time I set up to do some casting, I make sure to do [...]

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Heathenism is not a rough tough bully boy religion. We are not divinely designed to kick ass at the slightest provocation. The ideal man in the old literature was an even-tempered fellow who thought before he acted. He was able to settle disputes, not cause them. However, when the time came [...]

The first stanza of the Havamal offers this advice:
All door-ways, before going forward, should be looked to; for
difficult it is to know where foes may sit within a dwelling.
Does that sound cynical to you? Actually, it is good common sense. One ought always look about when entering a place. One never knows [...]