Uncle Thor's Lessons, Anecdotes and Humor

The Thurs Rune has several ways of circulating. One of these can best be described as recoil. If you have ever fired a powerful rifle or shotgun, you have noticed that the stock kicks backward when fired. It is reminiscent of Newton’s Law: “For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.” [...]

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Yesterday we spoke of financial circulation. Urus, which is strength, also has its ebb and flow. There are aspects of strength which are cyclic and circulatory. A good example is the long distance runner. He must pace himself. Instead of running full-out, he sets a moderate pace that has slower and [...]

Stagnation is death. Circulation is life. This is true of living bodies and so many other things.
I remember when I worked in a hobby shop. The shop had been there for years, but was in decline when I was hired. The current wner had taken over for her parents. She counted every [...]

My Legion Post provided the color guard for a small ceremony today at Freehold Borough Hall. It began to 9 a.m. This is the annual reading of the Declaration of Independence. The thing about it is how it is done. They get the people involved, and enough are picked to read [...]

One of the National Guardsmen who just returned from Iraq was at our Post last night. He presented us with a flag that flew over the US Embassy in Baghdad.
The man made quite a sacrifice for the good of others. He gave up his civilian life to go into a war zone. [...]

This Rune is a mystery. We are not sure if it is a bow, a staff weapon, a shield, armor or war saddle. Like the story of Weyland the Smith, it was so well known at the time it was written that nobody wrote down a full description. My own work with the [...]

If you make Runes for divination, you have many choices. My original sets were small sticks, about three inches long with a Rune carved on one side. There was a time I did not have Runes with me. In a pinch, I took stones from the beach, rinsed them, let them dry, [...]