Thoughts & Ideas

  In 1982 Hasbro had brought back a successful toy of theirs, but now they are in a 3.75 scale (1:18) to compete against the Kenner Star Wars figures (yes this was before Hasbro bought Kenner). The first series known as series Alpha or Series One depending on who you are, had fifteen figures plus one mail in figure which made the collection a total sixteen figures and six vehicles that resembles real life Military vehicles. Each figure came with weapons and accessories that made the figures unique. My actual first two figures were from the 1983 series, they had been Torpedo – The Navy SEAL, and Airborne – The Helicopter Assault Trooper. I was so thrilled to find new figures on the shelf that I memorized the whole file-card of both figures. The really cool thing was when I went back to Bradley’s with my mum and had found that they still had some of the 1982 figures on the racks. So I was able to get Snake Eyes -C Commando, Scarlett – Intelligence Officer, Rock N Roll – Machine G...

  Being of Anglo-Celtic Heritage is a big different then most other heritages, because it’s not of certain fixed cultures but of a certain area ranging from Ireland to Spain Celtic heritage is vast and spread out, the Anglo-Celtic heritage is being mostly from Anglo- England, which itself comes from the Anglo Tribes and Celtic Tribes that lived on the Island intermingled with the Jutes and eventually the Saxons, which created the dominated the Anglo-Saxons. The Celtic (pronounced -Keltic) is a culture that is wide and far from Ireland, Scotland, Isle of Man, Brittany, Wales, Cornwall and Galicia (which makes up the Celtic Nations) but the Celtic culture also covered more of France and Spain   through Estonia, Germany and even the tip of Italy. The Celtic tribes were so spread out and taken so much land that if they would have united under a high king, they would have rivaled the Roman Empire in power and strength. The Celtic heritage is strong in many European cultures i...

  For me the beginning of spring means the opening of the Highland Games / Celtic Festival among many other conventions. In some states the games open right at spring, where I live in Washington the first weekend of June is the start of the Highland Games. I have been attending and participating in the games for over thirty years. Now a days I am usually helping at a friend’s weapons booth. I enjoy selling swords and medieval style weapons, or I hang at the Clan booth and talk with people that want to now about the Clan Cameron.   The Clan Cameron is the clan of my Scottish Heritage. I enjoy hanging out at the clan booth which in tales telling people who we are that ask of it, talk about clan history or helping them find out if they are a member of the clan and eating shortbread biscuits.     It is fun watching people become interested in wanting to know their heritage and then wanting to buy a kilt. We usually one form or another of the Clan Tartan, which the Cl...