200th Anniversary Products by Ainslie Heilich

I have designed and added a variety of 200th anniversary products available for order on the Heart in Hand Zazzle.

If ordering, make sure you check all the customization options like shirt color, custom text, other product versions.

All royalties benefit my Lodge.

The ODD Father: New Design by Ainslie Heilich

The concept of an modern take on the classic Thomas Wildey portrait is something I had been knocking around for a while. It started out as part of a larger project for the SGL that I am currently working on but I liked it so much that I wanted it to have its own stand […]

Time To Laugh A Little: 3 Odd Fellow Jokes

Odd Fellows Fight A Fire In a blink of an eye the Acme Chicken Grease Company exploded into massive flames. The alarm went out to all the fire departments for miles around. When the fire fighters appeared on the scene, the chicken grease company president rushed to the fireman in charge and said, “All our […]

Advice For Initiates

A Mystic Master once said, “To visit the sick, relieve the distressed, bury the dead, and educate the orphan is the command of our laws, and a duty which we require.“ There’s not a better statement than the one above for a new Odd Fellow to hear. The statement is both a warning and an […]

SIX SUPER AWESOME THINGS THAT WILL AFFECT THE ORDER!

It’s an exciting time to be an Odd Fellow! One more time for the people sitting way down by the VICE GRAND: “ITS A SUPER AWESOME AMAZING EXCITING TIME TO BE AN ODD FELLOW!” As it is now, we have SIX AWESOME THINGS coming together at nearly the same time that I think can really help boost […]

Odd Fellowship, Humanitarianism, PREACH IT!!

Can you do without human sympathy? Humanitarianism is the view that all human beings deserve respect and dignity. Humanitarians work towards advancing the well-being of humanity as a whole. It is the antithesis of the “us vs. them” mentality that characterizes tribalism. Humanitarianism drives people to save lives, alleviate suffering, and promote human dignity. Humanitarianism […]

Thomas Wildey’s Life and Love of Odd Fellowship

True, he was known to many now living; but even they were not admitted to the knowledge of his private walks, or to witness those home scenes which more than any other indicate the man. He was at all times reticent, or entirely silent, about himself, and his solitary life gave no glimpse into the obscurity of his domestic secrets. He was manifestly of humble extraction, and might be ranked one remove above a common laborer.