Monday, September 15, 2014

Thing 2014 - Valley Park

When they say that meeting Heathens in person is different than online, they're not kidding. It's one thing we promote with Ulv Hamre.

Yesterday, the point of our Appalachian Asatru event, was to simply bring folks together in the area, that may not even know that there are other Heathens around them. A lot of folks found out first hand that there's people literally right down the road from them.

Myself, Frank, and Jeffrey came down first to hang up the raven banners and Norwegian flag. We had our friends, Pat and Cliff from the Asatru Folk Assembly come in soon after. They honored us with a gift to Ulv Hamre and we started talking immediately. Over time, James showed up with his family and a friend, food got brought out. Robert Taylor from Changes brought his friend and family. Things got underway quickly.

Throughout the day, we got various comments about how how people felt at home, either instantly, or within a matter of minutes. That's when we knew it was a success. The fact that folks were happy at an open event, just to know that other folk were close by, shows that we're on the right path here in West Virginia.


Overall, it was great. Good food, good conversation, and it was great to see our folk from the AFA. Pat and Cliff honored us with gifts (that cake Cliff brought got taken out by Myself, Frank, and Jeffrey when we got back) and Pat honored Ulv Hamre over a horn. We couldn't have asked for a better day.




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