It’s fall and with that bring memories of time spent in the forest of southeast Oklahoma at the Heavener Runestone Park heavener runestone park – Search (bing.com). For several years I set up as a vendor at the Viking Fest in Heavener and sold my books, Glome’s Valley and Return to Glome’s Valley. I loved showing them to people because they were written in the same setting where we stood and talked. Vikings in Oklahoma before Columbus discovered this continent. What a concept! And maybe true.
The first time I went to Heavener I was there because of the legend and then a book or two were born.
When Ethan and his dad to go Heavener, Oklahoma to read an ancient runestone, he is sure he’s going to be bored all summer. But Ethan quickly makes new friends, at least one of them a ghost. What began as a trip to Dullville suddenly becomes a fantastic adventure. There are other creatures living in the valleys near the runestone – energetic fairies, beautiful wood nymphs, and smelly old trolls. Ethan stumbles into the midst of an ancient war, and the only person who can save him is his archaeologist dad and the phone app that summons Thor.
Glome’s Valley is a YA Oklahoma fairytale which took on a life of its own and eventually needed a sequel because there was so much story to tell. So, Return to Glome’s Valley was born.
Fourteen years ago, Ethan met Glome and the fairies while his father studied the Heavener Runestone. Now back, news traveled fast in the forest. Ethan learned that the Vinland Maps, drawn by Vikings traveling to North America before Columbus, lay hidden in a cave. Warned by Trondelag, the dragon, not to go up against Loki and the draugrs for a piece of paper to make him famous, Ethan decided to go anyway. And then there was Mac – his doppelganger. Would he be able to protect her?
These two books are still available and might become a favorite of your children’s. Pick up a copy and see if the legend still rings true. It could be a fun time for you and the kids. Glome’s Valley https://books2read.com/u/4ERZA0 and Return to Glome’s Valley https://books2read.com/u/bpzR0g are available and it’s time for a good read!
What are you reading/writing this week?
Peggy Chambers "Views from the Hammock" site 
Curiously, Viking came from the word vik (bend in the coast or inlet) and was Anglicize by adding a “ing.” It is a pejorative term for Norse pirates who hid in bays to prey on settlements in the British isles in the 900’s and 1000’s. Some Norseman from Iceland and Greenland made it to North America around 1000 but their colonies disappeared, These settlers would be appalled to be called Vikings.
The inscriptions in Oklahoma are not older than two hundred years. Those latter Scandinavian settlers didn’t know how to write runes correctly and mixed characters and spellings from different periods.
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beautiful neelum valley located in azadk ashmir. You will love to visit this in summer.
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