Hearthside

So I finished my last post on Nerthus and Jörð. I had been working at it for over a week but in the end it was one of those pieces that became all-consuming until I finally completed it. The writing took on its own life quite separate from the original direction I had thought I was going with it. With that completed I thought, finally I will get some sleep… And I fell hard, into a dream about the Thunderer in the Proto-Indo-European myths. Perk w unos awoke in my mind, forming a thundercloud that loomed over everything. When I finally pulled myself out of the dream it was past my alarm, and outside the Sky showered the Earth with rain. It is thunderstorm season here. I admit that Thor has been on my mind, since I associate the midsummer blot with Thor. The coming of the storms brings the water needed for the crops in their big growth time before the harvest. There are also the hot and humid summer evenings when all you can do is sit with a cool drink on a patio and tell stories until ...