When we read modern books on rune lore it can be easy to imagine there is a direct line of wisdom from our ancestors using the runes, right though to these well written and often fascinating books. The truth is we have no surviving contemporary source that gives us the names, sounds, and meanings of all 24 runes of the Elder Futhark. Scholars, and sometimes authors, that want to solve the riddle of the runes, have created a 'best fit' working model for the Elder Futhark based on information...

Entity extractions I was chatting to a friend recently about an entity extraction I did for her several years ago, and it made me realise how much my technique has changed.

Tarot spread for tough times You know how sometimes life just keeps throwing small curveballs, and on their own each one would be fine. But altogether they just feel too much? Well that has been my life recently. I find there is usually a message, a point of learning, a shove from the universe to make changes at a time like this. When life is flowing we are walking the right path. When life is endless challenges that feel overwhelming there is always something we can do to move to an easier...