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Patreon Holiday Cards 2023!

Happy Thanksgiving! It's time once again for our longest-running Patreon tradition: Patreon Christmas cards! The video sums up the key points, but just to repeat them:

1. These are physical cards, not e-cards, so I need a physical address to send them to (and a name that your local postal service will deliver to; I've had cards returned because I only knew a patron by a nickname or username).

2. I don't care if y...

Puukko

I still don't know who all among you were involved in this in total, but to all of you who were: Thank you. I feel profoundly "seen" haha.

Stella's Óðinn Hours (+ Other Zoom Reminders)

Stella is going to be holding Óðinn Hours (Stella's Office Hours) on Black Friday, to hopefully add a little cheer (or more fun darkness?) to that day. Here are the details for you:

Svartr Friday Óðinn Hours
Nov 24, 2023 11:00 AM Mountain Time (US and Canada)
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84943229804
Passcode: elfshot

Other things coming up on Zoom for you:

· An interview...

Patreon Interview with Prof. Tim Hunt

I've scheduled a new interview for Tuesday, Nov. 21st at 11:00 a.m. U.S. Mountain time, with Professor Tim Hunt. This one has a different angle to it. I know Tim because we're both active in the Robinson Jeffers Association, so this'll be a nice excuse for us to talk about him too, but Tim is best-known in our small circle as the editor of the massive five-vol...

Upcoming Zoom Times

Here's a (possibly incomplete) guide to the upcoming Zoom meetings I have scheduled for Patreon. All times are U.S. Mountain time (Denver time); check https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meeting.html for the equivalent time in your time zone and remember to put the date in because different countries come off Daylight Savings Time on different dates. 

· First, I forgot to hold Office Hou...

Indo-European Studies Update with Prof. Tony Yates (11/2023)

Getting a little more ahead of this one: Prof. Tony Yates and I are planning to do our third sort-of-monthly live Zoom chat about recent news in Indo-European studies on Friday, November 3rd, at 12:00 p.m. U.S. Mountain time. The Zoom link is here(https://zoom.us/j/97608541202?pwd=OXZX...

Patreon Interview with Rowdy Geirsson

Our next interview slot goes to Rowdy Geirsson, long noted in the field as a humorist in such forums as McSweeney's and whatever Twitter is called now. He has a new book out soon called The Impudent Edda that combines his trademark Boston-a...

Patreon Interview with Tom Shippey Thursday!

If you've taken a serious interest in medieval studies, or in the study of J. R. R. Tolkien's name, or just watched a documentary or DVD extra about The Lord of the Rings, you've likely come across the name of Professor Tom Shippey, and maybe you've thought to yourself, "I'd love to ask that man a question."

Well now you have a chance, thanks to your generous support of my weird little channel. Pr...

Next "Beowulf" Installment

Simon Roper and I are planning to do our next installment in our live reading of Beowulf (this time, fits 16-19) on Wednesday, October 4th, at 12:00 noon U.S. Mountain time. Simon is hosting this one and the link is here (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5391807487?pwd=eTBOWlNOVk...

Óðinn Hours (Stella's Office Hours)

It's a full week of Zoom appointments this week (don't forget our chat with Prof. Tony Yates this Friday!). And Stella's jumping aboard with Óðinn hours this Saturday, September 30th, at noon USA Mountain time. The Zoom link is here (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/83301344497) and the ever-appropriate Zoom passcode is: vegtamr<...

New Indo-European Language with Tony Yates

Some of you may have read the news about the discovery of a new Indo-European language. Prof. Tony Yates and I are going to get on Zoom again to discuss the find and answer any of your questions about that and related subjects that we can this Friday, the 29th of September, at 12:00 noon U.S. Mountain time. The...

Interview, Office Hours; Patreon Chat; *Vacation

First of all, our next Patreon interview that I have scheduled is with Dr. Colin Gorrie, the Old English teacher at the Ancient Language Institute (also something Luke Ranieri is affiliated with). He'll be talking to us about how he and other ALI instructors use innovative living-language ...

Interview with Krister Vasshus on New Bracteates

We'll have another live interview with Dr. Krister Vasshus on Thursday, August 24th at 10:00 a.m. U.S. Mountain time. The Zoom link is here(https://zoom.us/j/96603301220?pwd=QTk5cjJ5WG8ybk1jSUI2c1hxNjNiZz09) and the passcode is: 821844

You might remember Krister Vasshus from ...

Two Colorado Events in September

If you're anywhere close to Colorado, here are two events to keep an eye out for in September that I know about already:

1- The Boulder Book Store's 50th anniversary is Sunday, September 17th. My impression is that they might not have this planned out yet much, but they're going to have some kind of festivities in Boulder that day involving Colorado authors, probably with a panel, book signings, etc. Since I'm not too involved in the planning process I can't say what local authors beyon...

Odin Hours (Stella's Office Hours) Saturday

It's once again time for Stella's office hours ("Odin Hours") this Saturday, August 19th, at 10:00 a.m. U.S. Mountain time. Bring your questions and discussion topics related to Norse mythology, folklore, and more!

Zoom link is here (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81558768996) and passcode: warneedles

All the best f...

August Office Hours Sunday

Just a quick note to let anyone interested know that I'll host August's "office hours" Sunday, August 13th, at 10:00 a.m. U.S. Mountain time. As usual, a time to bring your questions, especially about Old Norse language, or just hang out and listen to other people's questions and answers about such things.

Link: https://zoom.us/j/96858885248?pwd=NktYT24zOGV0MmVZQm9GR2dzbHpuUT09
...

Vimeo Reminder

Here's a periodic reminder that I upload backups of all my videos to a Vimeo channel. I actually like Vimeo a lot better than Youtube, but Vimeo seems virtually undiscoverable through search engines. This is a good and a bad thing, since I pretty routinely just upload videos there publicly before they're ever on Youtube. That includes all the recent Patreon interviews we've had that aren't on Youtube yet, like 2023-08-07 22:16:53 +0000 UTC View Post

Upcoming Interviews

Here's your (roughly) weekly reminder about upcoming interviews and such that I have scheduled for you:

· Tomorrow, Wednesday, July 26th, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Mountain time
Interview with returning fan favorites Prof. Brenna Byrd and Prof. Andrew Byrd on constructing conlangs
· Zoom link 2023-07-25 17:51:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Upcoming Interviews and Beowulf

I have a few interviews, and the next installment of Simon Roper's and my readings of Beowulf, coming up for you in the last half of July. All times are U.S. Mountain time; to get your local time, go to timeanddate.com and use Denver for my time.

· Sunday, July 23rd, 10:00 a.m. U.S. Mountain time
Interview with Patreon supporter Blake Winter about Norse swords
Zoom link here 2023-07-15 20:14:10 +0000 UTC View Post

Salt Lake Meet-up

Alright, if you're in the Salt Lake City area I am going to be at Salt Lake Coffee Break (430 E 400 S) tomorrow (Wednesday July 12th) at noon and stay for a couple hours in case any local Patreon supporters are able to come by and say hello. After that I'm going to have to head to the museum, and of course I'm hoping that whether or not you can come to that meet-up you'll be able to come to the talk at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday where I'll hopefully have a chance to talk to you before or after. 2023-07-11 23:42:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Salt Lake Next Week

On Wednesday, July 12th, I'll be giving a talk at Salt Lake City's Natural History Museum of Utah. Tickets are available at the link above. 

I know there's a considerable concentration of Patreon supporters around northern Utah, so I'd like to arrange a Patreon meetup, but I haven't been able to get a lot of clarity about my scheduling obligations to the museum outside of the talk itself. So let me turn the question to ...

Odin Hours (Stella's Office Hours) for June

Stella will hold "Odin Hours"--a great opportunity to hang out and chat about myth and folklore, and/or get great resources for reading about same--this Friday, June 30th at 11:00 a.m. U.S. Mountain time (check timeanddate.com for your local time).

The Zoom link is here (https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89434661923) and the...

Patreon Interview with Dr. Kelsey Fuller-Shafer!

I'm glad to say I managed to schedule the interview with Dr. Kelsey Fuller-Shafer for Sunday, July 2nd, at 10:00 a.m. U.S. Mountain time (use timeanddate.com to find your local time and use "Denver" for my time). The Zoom link is here(https://zoom.us/j/99515196424?pwd=...

Tolkien Questions; Conlang Questions; June-ish Office Hours

A few different updates:

1. One future Zoom interview I'm getting planned is with Dr. Kelsey Fuller-Shafer, a former Teaching Assistant of mine at the University of Colorado who has a new book on Norse Mythology forthcoming from Simon and Schuster. She works quite a bit on the connections between Norse mythology and Tolkien's work and expressed interest in answering your que...

I am now on Cameo.

As was probably inevitable for any C-list "celebrity" of my caliber. Find me at cameo.com/Norsebysw 

Vedic Interview Sunday / "Different" Signed Books

Don't forget that we'll have an interview with Michael Fiden, a Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Texas, talking about the Vedas--their language, monsters, and demons--on Sunday, at 10:00 a.m. Mountain time. This should be a pretty fascinating talk about a really old branch of the Indo-European tree. The Zoom link is 2023-06-02 18:20:56 +0000 UTC View Post

Colorado Meetups This Weekend and Next Week

I only started doing Patreon meetups while I was on my trip to Scandinavia with Ian McCollum; strange to say, it had never occurred to me before. And I've never done one on "home turf" in Colorado, though of course I've also done more talks here than elsewhere, and there are other local opport...

Cisalpine Celtic Interview Video

Here is the raw unedited video of your interview with Prof. David Stifter on ancient Celtic languages Sunday. I thought it was one of our greatest interviews--particularly because it was so rich in information on a subject that's so hard to find good information about. 

The edited interview (mostly I need to add the text of words that he cites) should be public on Youtube next week.

All the best, 

Jackson Crawford

P.S. Your Patreon messages don't reac...