This is good work you're doing, Ryan! Found myself thinking of you the other day, as I suddenly realised how close to home your rune project comes. We were out at an old house in the middle of a swamp, a couple of miles outside of town, a dozen of us gathered for a skillshare around pruning apple trees. Over tea in the kitchen afterwards, someone mentioned an undocumented runestone in the garden, its provenance yet to be established. And someone else said, "Ah, well, you know the one by the Kartan turning, back in town? It's one of those nonsense stones, where they just put any old runes, without making any actual words." You can imagine my ears pricked up at that. The stone in question is not 200 yards from the front door of the shoe shop. I shall have to investigate further. But it gave me pause to realise, I've kept an eye on your project, yet without really thinking about how local it is to my corner of the world.
oh wow. please do send pictures if you can, that sounds extremely interesting. and i'm glad the project is having some resonance for you! more to come soon, and i'm looking forward to catching up on your work as well.
This is good work you're doing, Ryan! Found myself thinking of you the other day, as I suddenly realised how close to home your rune project comes. We were out at an old house in the middle of a swamp, a couple of miles outside of town, a dozen of us gathered for a skillshare around pruning apple trees. Over tea in the kitchen afterwards, someone mentioned an undocumented runestone in the garden, its provenance yet to be established. And someone else said, "Ah, well, you know the one by the Kartan turning, back in town? It's one of those nonsense stones, where they just put any old runes, without making any actual words." You can imagine my ears pricked up at that. The stone in question is not 200 yards from the front door of the shoe shop. I shall have to investigate further. But it gave me pause to realise, I've kept an eye on your project, yet without really thinking about how local it is to my corner of the world.
also—can't remember if this is a joke i got from you, but i've been unofficially thinking of this project as "At Work in the Runes." 😁
i think the finished product will overlap significantly with your work, and your book has repeatedly come to mind throughout my research.
oh wow. please do send pictures if you can, that sounds extremely interesting. and i'm glad the project is having some resonance for you! more to come soon, and i'm looking forward to catching up on your work as well.