Greetings!
I am not sure what I am going to do with this blog just yet….I may post some original short stories, comment on politics, review some products, or even tell you about some cool places to see in my adopted home of Phoenix Arizona. Of course, my homeland is the midwest, not actually Scandinavia, but that’s okay. I am of Viking blood, and proud of the heritage, although the norwegians, they can keep the lutefisk!
For those of you who don’t know, I have made a couple of scandinavian references….
”allthing” is an ancient concept of a kind of Court of free men in Viking society. It was a court of law, and a legislative body. It developed into a major social event held yearly where all the big questions of the day were answered.
Secondly, “wassail” is an aberration of an ancient greeting used by both anglo-saxons and scandinavians. It is a greeting that means good health, and evolved into a concept of eating, drinking, and making merry at essentially every home on the block. It is an endearing concept the scandinavians have left for us-the idea of making merry with your neighbors, despite their differences, as neighbors have likely always had down through time. Let it be our greeting here, let it be our symbol that all here are welcome who enter with good will and good thoughts for others. Wassail!
