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b'Tonight, for our final selection in our \\u201cWoodcraft\\u201d series, we will read selections of the author\\u2019s poetry, published as \\u201cForest Runes\\u201d by George Washington Sears and published in 1887. Sears was a writer and adventurer who penned essays on hunting, fishing, and camping for popular journals and magazines.\\n\\nRunic alphabets are native to the ancient Germanic peoples, before they adopted the Latin alphabet. The earliest runic inscriptions found on artifacts give the name of either the craftsman or the proprietor, or sometimes, remain a linguistic mystery. Due to this, it is possible that the early runes were not used so much as a simple writing system, but rather as magical signs to be used for charms. Although some say the runes were used for divination, there is no direct evidence to suggest they were ever used in this way. The name rune itself, taken to mean "secret, something hidden", seems to indicate that knowledge of the runes was originally considered esoteric, or restricted to an elite.\\n\\nThe Bluetooth logo is the combination of two runes that are the initials of Harald \\u201cBluetooth\\u201d Gormsson\'s who was a king of Denmark from the Viking Age.\\n\\n\\u2014 read by \'N\' \\u2014\\nSign up for Snoozecast+ to get expanded, ad-free access by going to\\xa0snoozecast.com/plus!\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'