No, I don’t mean ET, I mean humanity’s voyages to the surface of Mars, NASA’s Viking Program. I was very young when the missions landed in two locations in 1976, so I honestly don’t remember
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ASgardia Update #1
I’ve been perusing the Asgardia web presence, and it’s… interesting. I am very impressed with the level of obvious dedication the founder has put in place and the seriousness that is evident in the work
Read moreThor’s Day – History in a Nutshell
In a continuing effort to understand the way Vikings came to be, and what’s happened up until the modern age, I started looking for a timeline to work with. Of course, one can go looking
Read moreThor’s Day – Asgardia!
I was walking through building 4N at Johnson Space Center yesterday, and as I entered the lobby I could see scattered about multiple copies of the same magazine. It had a picture of a young
Read moreThor’s Day – Bjorn’s Viking Village Part III
Bjorn’s most recent Viking Camp video is fun, showing that he and his fellow reenactors are now using the site, at least to camp on, and they are enjoying it. I do see a structure
Read moreThor’s Day – Bjorn’s Viking Village Part II
I’m continuing to walk my way through Bjorn Bull-Hansen’s video series on building a Viking village, here. It’s a nice, relaxing video of him finding the cornerstones for their first structure in the village, talking
Read moreThor’s Day – Bjorn’s Viking Village Part I
I am very excited for Bjorn Bull-Hansen’s venture into building an authentic Viking village! There isa series of videos on this topic, starting here. For myself, I like the idea of the Viking community structure
Read moreThor’s Day – Viking Education, PArt I
As I’ve definitely gotten a yearning to know more about my heritage, frankly, the character of the Viking Age and it’s people are still in the mist for me. Of course, I’m reading other blogs
Read moreThor’s Day – A Gale Approaches
No, really, there is. In a recent forecast from the Farmer’s Almanac, it seems that we’re in for a stout winter this year, at least in the United States. As they state it, they predict
Read moreThor’s Day – Even MORE Greenland!
It’s been an interesting week since the news of the possible Greenland purchase by the USA broke through the ice. There was much speculation as to veracity of the effort at first, and a lot
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