I wrote the following as an editorial for the last issue of OR Briefing, the Odinic Rite members’ journal, and thought I would post it here for non OR people to read….

The last few weeks have…

Well some of you have been following my beard updates but I don’t think I posted anything to say that the beard has gone. Yes, it is GONE!

Well, that is not totally true, I still have a short goatee…

It is true, the very fact that I am here and alive today is nothing less than a miracle. How did I survive childhood? I mean seriously, my parents and teachers must have been out to get me.

They just…

Well here is the latest beard pic. It will be a year old next month, but I won’t be blowing out any candles just in case it gets a bit close to the flame!

I only have a small back garden (back yard to American friends) and it was destroyed shortly after the arrival of Saxon to the family. Staffordshire terriers were, contrary to what you might have heard, not bred ot fight bulls,…

I took my little chunkster to the park today to teach him to ride his bike. He did it the first time I let go!

Here he is back home:

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Well I made it to the final day and just needed to get to about 6pm. Fortunately I managed to busy myself today by visiting my friends tattoo shop and so didn’t really think about food. Even when one of…

I  woke with a blocked nose and have had a headache for most of today which is quite normal during a detox.

Started today with an apple and banana. I was actually not too hungry today so did not have…

Ok so yesterday I started a 3 day detox.  Although a detox is a good kick start to any diet. and you will have lost weight at the end of it, that is not the main purpose. It is simply…

I guess as you can see from the picture to the right that I can now braid the beard pretty well. I usually have two but have also tried three and can also have one if someone else braids it…