(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
(picture added 3/26/2016)
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Gebo: The mystical union of gift and giver, repay gift for gift, generosity, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, obligations, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are willing to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.
*A1R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Hagal: 
Havamal 152:
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning
With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To actively protect/enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
*H2R1
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Interpretation: A fair exchange (Gebo) brings active protection (Hagal).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8 ½ hrs. of solid sleep!
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Texting argument; it’s the first time she’s mentioned getting an attorney.  It seems we’re done.  Gebo/Hagal
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, well behaved, 3-block roundy; hot, partly cloudy, slight east breeze.
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WOW!  She’s either unfriended me or blocked me on Fb.
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Mowed the yard front and back: LOTS of watermelon break.
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A couple of beef bräts on a bun.
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Dillons
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Call in from brother.  He’s having his share of family problems, too.
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Seattle 2:1 Atlanta
NYRB 2:1 NYCFC (it’s a New York City Derby!) on FS1/Sling TV
*oh, I guess they’re calling it the Hudson River Derby.
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Homemade goulash as “Mom’s Memory.”  Damned good!
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I wrestled with the goddamned trimmer right up to sunset.  It may be time for a new one.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: Sedgwick County Fair!
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)
 
Frijastag/Frija’s Day/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elizabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Mannaz: The human, Heimo; our genetic connection to the gods, humankind, social interaction, cooperation between people, the special human, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, social structure, the ability to work well within a social structure in an effort be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers, attainment of common goals, Divine structure.
Conversely:
Problems relating with Heimo and humanity, without cooperation between people, w/o social interaction, the inability to work within a social structure in an effective way, self-delusion, intellectual arrogance/ignorance, bigotry, inability to make peace with others, destructive social nature, closed mindedness, failed social interaction and disorder; anti-social behavior and lack of Divine structure.
*A3R4
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Sig: 
Havamal 156:
This I know as an eleventh, when
I accompany my dear friend into combat;
I sing it into the shield, so that he triumphs in battle
And that luck and happiness surrounds him always.
 
Triumph, surrounded with luck and happiness, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, into the fray, blessing from above, successful fight, achieved goal, school, and salvation by light, inspiration, soul, and power of the sun, inspiration, soul, life force, wholeness, reliable success, healing, good luck, spiritual completion, and the path of the soul, Rune of the spiritual ray of inspiration, wisdom, and illumination.
“The creative spirit must conquer” (List, 57).
*H2R5
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Interpretation: Social interaction (Mannaz) brings luck and happiness (Sig).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, two wakeups, and an EXTREMELY slow get-up because Lily wanted attention.
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1-egg breakfast sandwich topped with cheese and Sport Peppers (thanks Freddy’s) on whole grain toast.
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Toby and I out for an 11:15am, misbehaved that put him briefly on the retractable, 30min walk.
*sunny, warm, refreshing south breeze.
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Comment not for public consumption
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Chicken patty from frozen + leftover casserole + freshly steamed green peppers + ice cream with chocolate syrup…YUMMY!
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The Kansas wheat harvest is the heartbeat of our state: http://kswheat.com/harvest
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/kansaswheat
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Planning to go to the Sedgwick County Fair tomorrow: https://ourcountyfair.com/
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/ourcountyfair/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/ourcountyfair
*Mannaz/Sig
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Call into Dillons @ Central and Rock to get a new Plus Card transferred since mine has become nonreadable.
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It was a frustrating night at work.  Long story short, the bag press was TOTALLY uncooperative.  The maintenance guys were called out…AGAIN!
*call back into Dillons while at work.  THIS customer service rep couldn’t find my new Plus Card thingy.  He suggested an “alternate ID.”  PERFECT!
*an article came across my newsfeed at work.  It talked about what they believed to be one of the best workouts for overall health; the kettlebell deadlift.  Now THAT is doable
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Dillons petrol…alternate ID WORKED!!!!!!!!!!!!
Bank ATM
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

1. Holy Roman Empire German/Austria until 1711-1740
2. Kingdom of Prussia 1701-1918
3. US flag 1850 31 stars
4. Oklahoma state flag
5. California state flag

Donarstag/Donar’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Eihwaz: Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, inner strength, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it! “, temporary cosmic consciousness, stability over external circumstances, resilience, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.  “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” (Friedrich Nietzsche).
*A2R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ar: 
Havamal 154:
A tenth one I sing, when dangers at sea forces me
To protect my ship from the stormy waves;
The storm I calm down, no matter how billowing the sea,
And I cradle the waves to sleep.
 
Dangers calmed, protection, challenges eased, comfort/stillness, primal fire, nobles, destruction of physical darkness reborn into spiritual light, confidence, Ing-Frô, the Sun, the path to the Light, will, leadership, all that which is beautiful and Sun-like, change to good, virtues, honor, glory, rewarding work, completion, light, Divine spirit, power contained in light that washes away darkness, wisdom, beauty, virtue, trust, honor, fame, Rune of the initiate, Symbolism of the Lord of the Light-elves that returns home from darkness, Rune of peace and good seasons.
“Respect the primal fire” (List, 56).
*H2R4
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Interpretation: Inner strength (Eihwaz) brings comfort (Ar).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs of sleep with one wakeup.
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1-egg, open faced, breakfast sandwich on whole grain toast + a banana.
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Negotiation demand made.
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Message into the VA “My Health-e-vet”.
*2 actually
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, 11am, 30min walk.
*warm, high thin clouds, slight north breeze.
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LOTS of online time.
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Applied for Medicare…online
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JsFnChst!  I can’t believe I had to throw out some spoiled potatoes.
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Chicken patties from frozen topped with cheese and salsa, freshly steamed green peppers, fried diced potatoes.
*OMGs YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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It was a simple, but major epiphany going into work that lifted a TON off my shoulders:  DON’T GIVE A SHIT!  BE HAPPY!
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Very early in the shift, the bag press went down in a MAJOR way.  My first order of parts, working on #6 of a 10-part order, and in a split second I noticed the tray was going too far back.  In ¼ of that split second, I JUMPED BACK SO QUICKLY!  The tray hit at the very end and bounced forward.  It appeared to be stuck, so I called maintenance.  It was MUCH more than stuck.  They pulled the inner tray out via a crane.  WOW!  I had never seen anything like this.  The cable that operated the tray in and out was split!  The bag press was shut down the rest of the shift and no doubt into tomorrow.  There was nothing in the router shop to do, so I just kicked back for the rest of the night.
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Wow!  72degF going home from work.
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Comment not for public consumption.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
Gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Ks
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Inguz: Ing-Fro, the god of Ar; prosperity, abundance, sexuality and fridu, gestation, the womb and the tomb, fertility, fruitfulness, peace and plenty, internal growth, personal development, solitude, well-being, nature wisdom, process/manifestation of creativity; wholesome, healthy sexuality, sacrifice for the positive, potential, completion of one stage and progressing to the next, internal/spiritual growth, enhancing male energy.
*A3R6
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Yr:
Havamal 161:
A sixteenth I speak if a maid is reluctant,
To wake her lust and desire;
I change the heart of the delightful woman,
Then to me her wishes turn.
 
Lust/desire, seduction, reluctance, influence, second thoughts, a change of heart, the waxing and waning moon, lunar-like mutability of the feminine essence, the error-rune, conquering resistance through confusion, eventual perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Column, well grounded, the carrier of genetic material, God-woman, femininity, desire, sensual love, passion, perfection, Mother, chaos from which creation emerges, female principle in the Cosmos, the night, death and instinct, anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions found in humankind, mystical union, night, moon, well grounded, roots of Irminsul from which all life springs, woman as the opposite/balance to man, the descending Divine Feminine being.
“Think about the end” (List, 63).
*H3R4
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Interpretation: Personal development (Inguz) brings reluctance (Yr).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 5 ½ hrs of on and off sleep.
*pulsating toe pain @ 3:30am
*back to sleep @ 4:30am
*Toby out/Toby in
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Open faced breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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Essie TRIED some front yard time, and then a trash truck…
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Toby and I out for a 10:15am, well behaved, 30min walk.
*very warm, sparsely cloudy, refreshing north breeze.
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Yeah, it’s seeming more and more like we’re at impasse.  I fully believe we’re on the brink of imploding all because of, IMO, a serious inability to compromise on both sides.  She blames me.  I blame her.  There doesn’t seem too much of a middle ground, and neither of us is budging.
*…and another texting argument.
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Call into Elite Renovations.
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Leftovers for lunch.
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Hela busy all night at work.  I’m not sure what happened on 1st shift, but when I got there, there was SO MUCH laid out for me.  1st shift may have gotten his 8hrs of time allotments in early and just kicked back…I dunno, but OMGs my time was so full I couldn’t take time for simple hand-forming where the good time allotments were.  Nonetheless, all went well, very busy, but well.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
(picture added 3/26/2016)
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Othilla: Home and heritage (spiritual or mortal); the strong family, the home within, nobility, the sacred enclosure, spiritual heritage, ancestral spiritual power/favor, true kinship; kinship with humanity, genetic, cultural and spiritual inheritance, ancestry, loyalty to family - tribe or village, group prosperity, order, interaction, or freedom, union/connection with the family of humankind.
Conversely:
Problems in relating to home - heritage - spiritual heritage, and ancestors; Family difficulties, difficulties at home, shunning, unbalanced kinship, chaotic home-front, loss of property/land, genetic disconnection, slavery, homelessness, disruption of family ties - race - culture and the environment, racialism, alienated/disconnected with the family of humankind.
A3R8
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ur:
Havamal 147:
Another I name, that all need to have
Who officiate as curing healers;
Know yourself, and you will know the world,
And learn to discern between evil and its causes.
 
Self-knowledge/awareness, all-knowing, discernment, witches/shamans/doctors/healing, causality, the primordial, eternity, primal fire, primal light, primal, primal bull, recognize the cause of an event, healing. that which is grasped or permanent, medical help, the healing powers of medical drugs, nurturing at the original basis, original cause, origin, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, contact with the transcendent, contact with the dead, life after mortal death, Mother-God, Creative Mother Principle, a physician’s rune and represents resurrection, eternity, and continuity, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, root of eternity, causality; the origin of time, cause and effect in the eternal power of becoming.
“Know yourself, then you will know all” (List 50).
*H1R2
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Interpretation: Heritage (Othilla) brings awareness (Ur).
*OH, HELA YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with two wakeups; Toby out/in
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Reclaimed my recliner
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2 scrambled eggs toped with cheese and salsa + hand-shredded hashbrowns + 2 slices of deli ham.
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I’m remembering New Years’ Rune readings.  Both my reading and my estranged wife’s reading warned of a challenging year ahead.  Unfortunately, she’s succumbed to hers.
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FIFA Women’s World Cup Final https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/
USA v Netherlands on FOX over the air/ch24
*@ the half 0:0
*61st min GOAL USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*69th min GOAL USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match, USA 2:0 Netherlands
*USA WOMEN WIH THEIR 4TH WORLD CUP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, well behaved, four block roundy
*very warm, partly cloudy, slight breeze.
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Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Atlanta 3:3 NYRB on FOX over the air/ch24
*Mercedes Benz Stadium in Atlanta is AMAZING!  https://www.atlutd.com/club/facilities
Philly 2:2 Orlando
NYCFC 0:1 Portland
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Mini French bread pizza and a banana.
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I suppose if I hadn’t of started yanking weeds out from around the front bushes and irises, I may have had a bit more energy.  Instead, after realizing that chore was a bit more than I wanted, I ended up mowing over the whole thing.  Finished mowing the front yard, but when the battery died in the back yard, that was good enough; not finished, but good enough.
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CONCACAF Gold Cup Final https://www.goldcup.org/en/
Mexico 1:0 USA
*smh
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A load of laundry
A bit of vacuuming
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; complications from M.S.
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; heart attack.
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Naudiz: The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ Rune, forced friction, a stress indicator, opportunity for change, urgency, a generating force for the greater good, friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, perseverance to endure, eventual peace within the Self, accept the unchangeable, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.
*A2R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Gibor: 
Havamal 163:
An eighteenth I learned, yet I would never
Let a woman or maid know it,
For everyone knows what’s best for himself-
This leads me to the conclusion of the songs-
The one it shall be then, that lies in my arms
As betrothed wife and as sister.
 
The scald, awakening, passion, mystery, the end, comprehension of the diving from below upward; from humanity outward, secrecy, gift/giver, gift of life, that which is best for the individual, fulfillment, sacred marriage, being ONE with the sister soul, protection against evil forces, being/seeing the Divine, the cosmic consciousness and the divine principle, two forces having a singular origin, the spiritual ego, death-life cycle, protection against evil forces, union of the gods and the World, the uninterrupted chain in the cycle of eternal returns, the Creator and the Created, the deepest mysteries of the Universe, the end.
“Man, be one with God” (List, 67).
*H3R6
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Interpretation: Stress (Naudiz) brings an awakening (Gibor).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8hrs of solid sleep!
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Lily woke me up playing with SOMETHING at the head of the bed.  First, my hand finds a sticky note saying “Happy Birthday.” Second, I find that Lily was playing with a sack.  In it was the latest Rammstein CD.  OMGs, wifey left a birthday gift for me.  Messaging her, she said she left it Friday for me to find it Saturday (my birthday), and I am just now discovering it.  Jeez…
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1-egg open faced breakfast sandwich with cheese on whole grain bread + a banana.
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Toby and I out for a 10:45am, well behaved, 30min walk.
*mostly cloudy, fairly warm, refreshing south wind.
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Cheeseburger mac from a box, fresh sliced green peppers added + stir-fry-coleslaw…YUM!
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Thunder
Tried twice to get Socks in his house
Rain
NOW Socks was ready to go into his house, but I had to carry him.
Toby is not leaving my side
Essie is in her safe closet
Lily is oblivious.
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Toby out for a potty walk.
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A pretty good return to work; not too busy, not too boring, not a lot turned-in in time allotments, everything was just right.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.
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The standoff continues.
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Further comment not for public consumption…at least at this point.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Manostag) Nirdu, brother-husband, to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô and the Frouwa, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson

​Nirda, sister-wife to Nirdu.  We give thanks to the Great Goddess Nirda, Goddess of the land, of soil, and growing things.  Goddess, too, of the scythe and of the sacrifice.  Beautiful and terrible.  Wise in Your power.  We praise you…HEIL NIRDA, Mother of the Wanâ, sister-wife to Nirdu.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDA, as we honor the Nirda that resides in us all!  HEIL NIRDA Divine Queen! HEIL!  HEIL! HEIL!
*source: combination http://www.odins-gift.com/poth/P/prayertonerthus.htm and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson.
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: MY 65th BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Uruz: The Auroch beast, the primal instinct, life force, survival, endurance, the ability of action, creation taking shape, expansion, tenacity, vital strength, instinct of survival, stability, raw physical power, taking risks, stick-to-itiveness, foundation, a stabilizing effect, moral strength, healing, good health, rejuvenation, energy levels, rage, health and energy, primal drizzle.
Conversely:
A weakened position, deprivation, out of sync, an impulse towards inaction, a severe lack of foundation, energy at low levels, illness, reduction, instability, elasticity, uncontrolled rage, without the will to survive, misdirected force, taking no risks at this time, weakness; either physical or emotional, illness, the inability to overcome obstacles.
*A1R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Fa: 
Havamal 146:
The first one promises to help generously
In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth
From death to new creation.
 
Generous help, luck, eternal change, forward motion, binding, life/death/life, new creation, property, to grow, to wander, to destroy, to shred, guidance, Father, potential change reflected in a beginning; preface of that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father principle, Alle-Vater principle.  primal Fire, the power of spirit and change as well as the power of creativity, the Divine Masculine Principle, success, pure, generated fire that acts creatively in love, will that spares manifestation down to the material levels, necessity of change.
“Generate your luck and you will have it” (List, 49).
*H1R1
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Interpretation: Endurance (Uruz) brings great help (Fa).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: Birthday wishes on Fb started yesterday and continue today.
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7 hrs of sleep with two wakeups; Toby out/in
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My health by the numbers:
Today                                                                    Last week
Weight: 246 (10lbs lost since portion control) …248
Glucose: 122……………………………………125
BP: 129/59……………………...………………123/73  
Pulse: 95………………………………………...79
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2-eggs sunny side up, hand shredded hashbrowns, 2 slices of ham.
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Car into shop: THIRTEEN FUCKING HUNDRED DOLLARS!?  JsFnChst!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Uber ride home.
Happy FUCKING 65th birthday to FUCKING me!
*home with vehicle…JsFnChst!
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FIFA Women’s World Cup 3rd place match https://www.fifa.com/womensworldcup/
England 1:2 Sweden
*Sweden takes 3rd place
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Hotdogs + rice + diced serrano peppers = OMGs yum!
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, well behaved, 30min walk.
*partly cloudy, very warm, slight south breeze.
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It took a heluvalotta work, but I reactivated the email account connected to my alter-ego on Fb; hence, my alter-ego is alive!
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Started researching Legal Separation agreements.  That’s going to be too much without an attorney.
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Comment not for public consumption, but it DOES include my estranged wife.
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McDs for an apple pie, ice cream, and an iced tea.
*no way for somebody to spend their 65th birthday.
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A bit of thunder and rain…again!
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WHO YA GONNA CALL?  https://www.ghostbusters.com/ on TBS; one of my favorite movies of all time!
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Cincinnati 3:2 Houston
Columbus 1:2 Seattle
Montréal 2:3 Minnesota
Sporting KC v Chicago
*14th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, SKC 1:0 Chicago
*end of match, Sporting KC 1:0 Chicago
*FINALLY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
LAFC 6:1 Vancouver (woooooooooooooooooooooow…)
San Jose 1:0 Salt Lake
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111 birthday wishes on Facebook.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: ROAD TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)


Frijastag/Frija’s Day/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elizabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Raido: Wheel, horse transportation, riding, issues concerning: ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, the journey of life, travel, seek wise counsel, spiritual quest, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, planning, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to oversee one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
Conversely:
Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, restlessness, make no travel plans, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, vehicular failure, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, a failed or disappointing journey, void of progress or proper perspective.
*A1R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ka:
Havamal 151:
A sixth one is mine, if a man wounds me
With the root of a trunk still with juice;
Then I am unscathed, the man himself is consumed
By the evil with which he threatened me.
 
Imperviousness, a reversal of fortune, the world tree, preservation of tribe or race, ancestors/ancestry, loyalty, that which is existing, defense, the polarity of the male/female principle in the Universe, opposing energies, earthly love, as executive power of balancing justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child, force, that which is established, World Tree/the Irminsul/the All, power, generation, ability and artfulness, sensuality, higher consciousness, return.
“Your blood, your highest possession” (List, 53).
*H1R6
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Interpretation: Transportation (Raido) brings preservation of tribe/race (Ka).
*EXCELLENT Rune for today’s road trip.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
*welcome home Socks…jeez!
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Outcome: EIGHT HOURS OF SOLID SLEEP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Call into Auto Smart; 9am tomorrow.
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1-egg open faced breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, 3-block roundy.  Toby let me know he was done after 3 blocks.
*hot, sparsely cloudy, slight breeze.
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Reclaimed my entire king size bed.
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Light lunch before getting on the road.
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Enlightening 6hr road trip to:
*Peabody
*Lehigh
*Hesston
*Newton
So many family landmarks no longer exist.  Pics on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/caroll.reimer/media_set?set=a.1744906725642822&type=3
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An EXTREMELY well-dressed chicken patty sandwich + a small can of pringles for dinner.
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Call into the Jarl of Hammerstorm Wichita.
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WHOA!  Dark Shadows on Decades!  https://www.decades.com/
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:15 nighty night.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: ????????????????????
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http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/?fbclid=IwAR0BH0sFOLwXOLPBBs9w91lL8HlzlxK-73KzC9lzOj-D2GTsAcE9sp_QK-A
History of July 4th:
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/july-4th?fbclid=IwAR1R1axHhF3dktwhBXUoH5q2v4sUZA4ZAJw6c_HVmySGBk6Gxer_EFvs3SI
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Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

1. Holy Roman Empire German/Austria until 1711-1740
2. Kingdom of Prussia 1701-1918
3. US flag 1850 31 stars
4. Oklahoma state flag
5. California state flag

Donarstag/Donar’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Algiz: Protection/shielding, Heimo (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, expansion of archetypal consciousness, awareness, divine realizations, an awakening, drawing on the natural Will, invocation/supplication to the gods, preparedness, sanctuary, embracing the Divine plan, a safe harbor, connection with current events, the Elk, or swan.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Heimo, failure to integrate humanity with the Divine, without divine protection, possible dangers lurking, lack of preparedness, inability to embrace fear, failure to face the ultimate good in all things, tested by the natural Will/Universal voice, without the need for protection, the inability to see/understand/connect with what’s coming, an aspect of death, helplessness.
*A2R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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