For far too long I have watched and read from afar, peering into this forum to learn what I can, but remaining a stranger all the same. I wish to hear and be heard, to share and not just take. This is a hearty tribe, where so many have so much to learn, and likewise so much to teach. I would like to be a part of this tribe, not a faceless parasite of your community.
I seek your welcome.
My name is Kjartan (pronounced Kyartan in english), I hail from the south shore of New England. I've been seriously learning and practicing ancestral skills for about a year now, in hopes of becoming self-sufficient in my skill and knowledge. I have a boiling contempt for industrial society, and know that it does not hold what I want in life. To me, life is composed of many journey's and transformations, metamorphosis in which we emerge in a soaring explosion of new-found wisdom and ability - where once we could only crawl we now fly. My path right now traces the footsteps of my ancestors, relearning what has been unlearnt, finding what has been forgotten. This journey of learning and self-reflection requires community, wisdom to be shared. I believe we here are all traveling along this same path, although some are further along than others.
In short, I would like to join your band of travelers, for as the brave Tecumseh once said "A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong".
What say you?
I seek your welcome.
My name is Kjartan (pronounced Kyartan in english), I hail from the south shore of New England. I've been seriously learning and practicing ancestral skills for about a year now, in hopes of becoming self-sufficient in my skill and knowledge. I have a boiling contempt for industrial society, and know that it does not hold what I want in life. To me, life is composed of many journey's and transformations, metamorphosis in which we emerge in a soaring explosion of new-found wisdom and ability - where once we could only crawl we now fly. My path right now traces the footsteps of my ancestors, relearning what has been unlearnt, finding what has been forgotten. This journey of learning and self-reflection requires community, wisdom to be shared. I believe we here are all traveling along this same path, although some are further along than others.
In short, I would like to join your band of travelers, for as the brave Tecumseh once said "A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong".
What say you?
got to admit my ancestry by name is scottish, Lovatts are recorded in Lanarkshire in the 1841 census after that we're there up until around the 1900's, my grandfather was born in the 20's but doesn't talk about his parents but he was a merchant seaman and my nan's parents i know were jewish. 
