Forum: Home, Garden and Family life

does any one know a godi-godia in west tn area?my wife and i are going to renew our vowes for our tenth anniversry on the 10th of may 08.it would be most helpful ,dont know any folk in our area.

ok now i saw a poll here askin if you would move to a community where there were more heathens etc. I want to know would you move into a community where everyone was heathen and it was also self governed sort of like a amish community. This is a theoretical question but i have seriously considered...

OK here it is, I have recently found Odinism or better yet, I finaly listend to what felt right (quess he found me). Anyway my wife is a southern babtist. She neither encurages nor discurages my beliefs. But we have two children one 6 and one 3. How do you say prayers at night without causing...

Ok. I may have my brains in my arse but, does anyone else think we should have a festival like the Up Helly Aa ? Mabe not just like it. But something that we could have in the U.S.? (And NO, I'm not drunk.......just buzzed)

Found this christian article while "surfing" for actual good Heathen child raising tips. Mighty helpful of the xians to provide tips on how to protect your children from their indoctrination :D Here 'tis: "Ten Tips for Raising a Darling Heathen Child ...

Well with all these new babies popping into our lives these days it seems, I thought I would start a thread about childrens names for Odinists. It would be nice to have a collection of names available as a glossary of sorts for expecting/new/hopeful parents. If you would, please share your child's...

Don't know if it's been discussed before, and it probably has, but since I couldn't find anything through a search .. I'll go ahead and ask it .. Would you be willing to relocate yourself to a state/province/country that has a sizable heathen population, and live in a community that is in close...

I was looking through the children's section at Barnes & Noble the other day and found a norse mythology book. I bought it for my daughter, who's only six months old, but it has a lot of good pictures and I thought I could read it to her anyway. http://www.powells.com/biblio?isbn=159017125x ...

This bill is sitting in committee and I am not sure when it is going to hit the floor. One thing I do know is that very few of the Representatives have read it. As usual they will vote on this based on what someone else is saying. Urge your members to read the legislation and ask for opposition to...

The time will soon be here my Kinsman when we will no longer have the pleasure of living in these modular cookie cutter housing units "If you can call living like factory hens pleasurable" therefore It is integral to our survival as a folk and religion to be able to have shelter and comfort when...

I was wondering if anyone knew how to tell if a piece of land is rich in Nitrogen? Is it if there is alot of plant/weed and tree growth, or is there some other way of telling? I was out hiking yesterday, and am just about ready to go out again in search of some Donar Brennessel (stinging nettle)...

Dont know if this thread belongs here or in science and nature? Well anyway i recently contacted a local conservation group called friends of murdishaw valley" and along with my friend, his youngest son and my Daughter were invited to build some bird and bat boxes at the organisers home. Needless...

hunting for or bieing deer your self or your famly is hether for both u &them thares less fat to it and it tase beter then beef &thare are ather willed game meats out thare too that are just as good to eat and helthyer for u as whell:rolleyes::)

Or something.... Well the other day I was shopping around in some local shops for a good price/design on a valknot. First off let me say that while I have met a few scattered heathens here in michigan, there are so few in the Grand Rapids area that most of the pagan shop owners have never even...

Ho Ho Ho!!!! (And I make no apology for using the Christian term - we took this over long since and made it our own. Or rather it was ours always, and they never took it away from us. Just finished filling their stockings. :) )

http://www.simondale.net/house/index.htm How I envy this guy!!11

The newest addition to my family, Aonghus Ruairidh, was born yesterday. I'm walking on air.

Just wanted to boast the birth of my First Son! Thorson was born on 15th of January, two months premature. If the gods see fit, he will be comming home tomorrow! That brings my Clan up to 4! Ashleigh, Akira, Freya and Thorson! I'm so chuffed that I'm so blessed! :D

I bought two of these today from the European market in town. Does anyone else grow them?