I think I must have mentioned Mr Penry's den before. It started off as a workbench in the corner of our garage. Now it has taken over the garage and the car has to stay out....
I'm due to do some rune readings at Hay on Wye on Saturday (just £3 per reading!) and usually I take a set of stone runes made from haematite that one of my daughters bought for me a few years ago.
Today, however, Mr Penry was very VERY interested in the runes. What did they look like, how many are there, etc. He even wandered off with one of my books to look at. And then he disappeared into his den.
When he emerged, seven hours later, looking like he'd just come up off the night shift (blackened face, pale circles around his eyes etc.) he was clutching two LIDL carrier bags.
Inside, bless him were TWO sets of runes he had made for me from laurel wood. (Admittedly these were about three times the size of your average rune, but so what?) He had carefully cut them, filed and sanded them, then used a soldering iron to burn in the runes.
He is really is a great man. Bless him.
wendlane
And yes, I think they're going to be fantastic for readings! They have a wonderful feeling to them!
, literally translates to "moon-laurel". This is the subject of a story of Wu Gang, a man who aspired to immortality and neglected his work. When the deities discovered this they sentenced Wu Gang to fell the laurel tree, whereupon he could join the ranks of the deities; however, since the laurel regenerated immediately when cut, it could never be felled. The phrase "Wu Gang chops the tree" is sometimes used to refer to endless toil, analogous to Sisyphus in Greek mythology."
What a nice husband! Bet they are great for readings too