Got nothing on my mind.  I just want to say that I admire

your work and am slowly building up a collection.  I now

have "For Dummies", "is what they say" and Solomon's

builders.



Elden

Charlevoix Lodge #282 is having an EA degree on Monday, Jan. 18, at 7 p.m.

What people don't understand about Freemasonry

If you've googled "freemasonry" on the internet you've probably seen some weird stuff -- there are still people who think we're devil-worshipers and worse.

This year I met a postal clerk who asked me if it was true that Masons could kill men who slept with their wife !!

Keep this line from the EA obligation in your mind when you meet people like that:  "there is nothing contained in this obligation that conflicts with the duty you owe to God, your country, neighbor, family or yourself."

The Bellaire Rainbow Assembly will hold a public installation of officers on Saturday, Jan. 30, at 2 p.m. at the Bellaire Masonic Lodge.  The public is welcome and encouraged to attend.

I note that there is another blog with a virtually identical name aimed principally at the Masons in the U.P.  The last post to that site seems to have been in 2010.  I hope I haven't stepped on any toes.

I want to talk briefly about some sites on the internet that I have found interesting.

Bill Vaillancourt has created a blog for Bellaire Lodge #398.

There is a site called "Who Are the Freemasons" with a lot of interesting and useful information and several educational lectures.

"Milleniumfreemason.com" is also good reading although it is predominantly written for Minnesota Masons.

"Thewindingstairs.com" presents a lot of books and artwork for sale.  However, by sure to click on the "blog" button and see links to a lot of podcasts about the lessons of Freemasonry.

I hope this site will, over time, prove useful to Freemasons through out northern Michigan.  I plan to call attention to it from the Lodges that lie within the Districts that compose the Valley of Traverse City although it is not a Scottish Rite site specifically.

All of the appendant bodies of Freemasonry are welcome and free to post events, ideas, problems, solutions that seemed to work, opinions, what have you.

It may be that it will also attract the attention of people who have negative opinions about Freemasonry but, fair warning, I probably will ignore posts from people who have never been a member of Freemasonry or its appendant bodies.