​(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
Links about Veterans Day:
https://www.military.com/veterans-day
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/veterans-day-facts
US Coast guard:
https://www.gocoastguard.com/
https://www.uscg.mil/
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Plans: FOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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: 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: Tyr:
Havamal 157:
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, revelation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
H2R6
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Interpretation: Movement (Raido) brings excitation (Tyr).
*LOL…moving along all day…excited about finding free food!
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: damn near 7hrs of solid sleep.
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Eating free, but tipping appropriately:
IHOP https://www.ihop.com/en/restaurants-wichita-ks/515-s-ridge-circle-5319
*ANYTHING on the menu!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers https://freddysusa.com/store/ridge/
*coupon for later.
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, well behaved, 30min walk.
*cloudy, cool, slight north breeze.
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MLS Playoffs 2nd leg https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Sporting Kansas City v Salt Lake
*14th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*19th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, SKC 2:0 salt lake
*60th min goal salt lake
*67th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*72nd min goal salt lake
*90+7 GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*SKC 4:2 Salt Lake
*SKC WINS AND ADVANCE TO THE CONFERENCE FINALS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The other 2 playoff games from tonight https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/schedule/2018-11-11
So, the conference championships are set:
Western Conference
Portland v KC
Eastern Conference
Atlanta v NYRB
Nov 25th and 29th
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Chili’s https://www.chilis.com/locations/us/kansas/wichita/w-wichita/ cheeseburger for later.
Applebee’s https://www.applebees.com/en/restaurants-wichita-ks/320-s-ridge-road-76055
*brought home my wife a salad.
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Dillons
Dillons petrol
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3 loads of laundry
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Finished season one of Sabrina on Netflix…woooooooooooooooow…oh, there HAS to be a season 2.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  All fur-kids are under warm shelter.
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Rain!  Will it turn to snow?
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1am, nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, 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: Hagalaz: The cosmic seed of potential, a sacred enclosure/shell, shaping, evolution, protection within, holiness, a type of Godotuom; destruction/regeneration, evolution, destructive elements, unavoidable unpleasantness, pruning, potentially destructive but change will occur on its own given time.  Embrace the necessary destruction.  Don't rail against it.  Benefit from it.
*A2R1
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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: Man: 
Havamal 160:
A fourteenth know I Volkrast, the dwarf,
Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, All-Father, to gain wisdom.
 
Strength, magical empowerment, acquisition of Divine wisdom, propagation of the human race, encompasses both the exoteric and the esoteric concepts of humanity, great gain, male mysteries/leadership, manly actions, pulling down the spiritual into material form, human/humanity, increase, masculinity, health, plenty, magic, spirit, truth, God-Man, male principle in Cosmos, birth, health, increase, maleness and man, Divine man, male principle in Cosmos, magic power, thaumaturgy, true self, the resurrected god, the upper part of the world tree, Irminsul, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers; the sacred Rune of humankind encouraging us to be human.
“Be a man” (List, 61).
H3R3
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Interpretation: Evolution (Hagalaz) brings strength (Man).
​*it's onehelava manly day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs of restless, up and down sleep.  Could it be that my wife was sleeping in her office?
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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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2 homemade breakfast burritos.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 30min walk.  OMGs, 2-block in, I realized I needed a heavy coat with gloves. 
*cool/cold, mostly cloudy, HELA stout north wind!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Facebook.
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Prepared the car for tomorrow’s Veterans Day Parade.
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Again, I checked on Socks’ house and how well his thermostatic controlled space heaters are working.  It’s noticeably warm, and he seems to be happier than a clam.
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My wife’s chicken and rice for lunch.
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 Only four hours at work.  Nothing to do.  Company email said Veterans Day Parade is canceled due to weather; cold temps with gusty winds, confirmed by our local Coast Guard fearless leader.
*leaving work @ 7:30 I went over to my old shop.  OMGs, it was I was a king coming home from battle.  Hardly any sooner did I come thru the shops and I had aluminum cans handed to me…LOL.  It was good to see all those guys again.
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Wife asked me to pick up tacos on the way home.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Hannover 2:1 Wolfsburg
Watched a bit replayed on FS1/Sling-TV
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Last check on all fur-kids.  64degF in Socks’ house.
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11:30 nighty-night.  Wife is sleeping in her office tonight.
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God/dess Meditation: Frija:
Frija, Great Alle-Mutter; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home, wife to Alle-Vater Wodan.  Teach us to be patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far-seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FRIJA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!  HEIL ALLE MUTTER HEIL!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, patio poured
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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: Thurisaz: Giant, Donar, the Strong One, defender of the Folk and Ensigart, strength, indelible raw masculine power/strength, reactive and directed force, courage, a breakthrough, self-empowerment, defense from within, defend against outside forces, breaking down barriers, self-defense, assertiveness, facing opposition, bravery, the ultimate mortal fighting force, fertility, fight or flight; choosing to fight.
Conversely:
Thorn, Outside the favor of Donar, the strong One, indelible weakness, powerless, beware of enemies from the outside, defenselessness, failure, disruptive opposition, lack of fertility, shadow of the unconscious, disease, explosive/mindless violence, an enemy's victory, introversion, trouble, betrayal, physical abuse, cowardice, destruction, a loss of masculinity, fight or flight: choosing flight.
*A1R3
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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: Man: 
Havamal 160:
A fourteenth know I Volkrast, the dwarf,
Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, All-Father, to gain wisdom.
 
Strength, magical empowerment, acquisition of Divine wisdom, propagation of the human race, encompasses both the exoteric and the esoteric concepts of humanity, great gain, male mysteries/leadership, manly actions, pulling down the spiritual into material form, human/humanity, increase, masculinity, health, plenty, magic, spirit, truth, God-Man, male principle in Cosmos, birth, health, increase, maleness and man, Divine man, male principle in Cosmos, magic power, thaumaturgy, true self, the resurrected god, the upper part of the world tree, Irminsul, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers; the sacred Rune of humankind encouraging us to be human.
“Be a man” (List, 61).
H3R3
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Interpretation: Strength (Thurisaz) brings strength (Man).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 8 ½ hrs. of sleep with four wake-ups.
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Nephew-n-law here early
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Bank
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Patio poured
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1st estimate on auto washer repair; $150-$200
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McDs; brought home a sandwich for my wife.
*WOW!  There were a couple of ladies there from MY McDs days YEARS ago.  LOL…their English is no better now than it was then.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Nürnberg 0:2 Stuttgart
Hoffenheim 2:1 Augsburg
Düsseldorf 4:1 Berlin
Bremen 1:3 M’Gladbach on FS2/Sling-TV
Freiburg 1:3 Mainz
Der Klassiker
Borussia Dortmund v München on FS2/Sling-TV
*26th min tor/goal munchen
*@ the half; BVB 0:1 München
*49th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*52nd min tor/goal munchen
*67th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*73rd min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match; BVB 3:2 München
*BORUSSIA WINS DER KLASSIKER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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History of der Klassiker: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Der_Klassiker
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To Auto Smart for an estimate for the window washer.  $180 firm, which puts it in the ballpark of the previous so I’ll probably take it back to him next week.
*purchase of a flashlight he had on display got me a free hat.  A man just cannot have enough hats.
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Family Dollar
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Toby and I out for a four block roundy; ran out of time, ran out of daylight.
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Researched Runes for the patio and tried to inscribe but it just didn’t come out well.
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Concrete guy came back to lay the burlap and asked about the “scratchings”.  He offered to fix it, or make the patio back to the original and I agreed.
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Serous hodge-podge-ing for dinner.
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Binge-watched Sabrina on Netflix up to Ep 8.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:30am nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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God/dess Meditation: Frouwa & Ing-Frô:
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you?  Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Ing-Frô, you’re the Great God of Fridu (all-encompassing safety and protection), Ar (peace, good seasons), the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the god of this World. When the day to day wears us down remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing-Frô, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs.
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​Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

1. Holy Roman Empire Prussia 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: 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: 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: generosity (Gebo) brings triumph (Sig).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with one or two wake-ups; MUCH better than anxiety about an alrm.
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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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RAIN!
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Breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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Socks was so funny.  He was on the front porch, taking shelter from the increasing rain.  I went to the back gate and called him, encouraging him to come quickly.  OMGs did he!  He came-a-running!
*his new newly completely thermotic controlled Cat House is doing well.
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Run to cig shop for her clove cigs.  This I don’t mind doing.  Previous wives smoked the regular cigs, which got on my last nerve if I had to make that run, or even buy them.   My wife and I have found a good compromise to her smoking need.
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A bit of rain mixed with snow.
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McDs for lunch.
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Seattle v Portland (aggregate 1:2)
..…3(2):2(4)
Portland advances on PKs.
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My “care package” from the Lightship Sailors Association arrived…nice!
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It was another good night at work:
*bag press with little to no supervision
*small hydro press with no supervision
*router shop; easy cheesy.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  All fur-kids are inside warm shelter for this chilly night.
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Here is what I LOVE about my soccer/football world:
MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/ outdoor domestic soccer/football is winding down/
MASL https://www.maslsoccer.com/ indoor soccer/football is gearing up.
My soccer/football world is complete!  Who really needs anything else?
Just like I support Sporting Kansas City https://www.sportingkc.com/ I support the Kansas City Comets https://www.kccomets.com/.  It’s too bad the Wichita B52s were poorly managed and failed.
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My wife is spending the night with her cats in her office.
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2am, nighty night.
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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, 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: Kenaz: The torch, Divine wisdom, sexuality, light, shaping, fabrication or fashioning of primordial material, the hearth fire, brightly burning, knowledge, illumination, intellect, divine inspiration under control of human craft, creation, clarification, knowledge/inspiration from within, intuition, Self-awareness, creativity and transformation, clarity of thought, the application of the Divine.
Conversely:
Ulcer, a dimly burning torch, darkness, choosing to remain in the dark, a lack of Divine wisdom, lack of creativity, a self-imposed cocoon, the inability to shape the basics of life, pig ignorance, arrogance, inability to transform, uniformed, disease, decay, ambiguous thought processes, obscure thought processes, dark influences, cruel sexuality, uncontrollable human craft processes.
*A1R6
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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: Divine wisdom (Kenaz) brings triumph (Sig).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: way too many up.  Way too many down.  WAY too many cramps.  Rough.
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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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My wife is taking off today as this is the anniversary of her father’s passing.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, perfektly behaved, 30min walk.
*mostly cloudy, very cool, sizeable north wind.
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I have completely enjoyed watching on the tele the aftermath of yesterday’s election.  Trump went off the rails against a CNN journalist during his press conference.  Nancy Pelosi was a calm presence in a separate press conference.  Too much fun.
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Whatever concoction that was my wife created (I say concoction because she said it wasn’t a casserole) was absolutely yummy for lunch…and now it’s mostly gone.  I’m taking the last bit of it to work with me.
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Well scheisse…my wife was laid off from her job.
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Not much work in the shop at all.  Taking my time, shop was empty of orders before dinner break. 
Conversation with a shop colleague revealed he was a volunteer actor @ our Cowtown Museum:
http://cowtown.50megs.com/photo.html
Some orders showed up after 11pm, but naaaaaaaaaaaah…
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, 2am nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: VA pedicure, work 8hrs.
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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: 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: Not: 
Havamal 153:
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, suffering, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
*H2R2
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Interpretation: Inner strength (Eihwaz) conquers distress (Not).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with two wakeups.
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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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Breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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Pedicure/diabetic foot inspection went well enough.  I talked to my tech about what happened last time when her replacement said my toe was dying.  She shook her head.  I also talked to her about my doctor stating to call him about new inserts and shoes.  She said the order was placed and I should be hearing from the lab soon.
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Toby and I out for a stubborn, late morning, 30min walk.  He failed to respond adequately to a common voice command which put him on the retractable for a few blocks, but he was much more compliant after that.
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Replaced one of Socks’ space heaters with one that is thermostatically controlled.  Now both of his heaters are that way and I will worry less.
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Ran 5 pillows thru the dryer.
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Homemade beer chicken with a garden salad, with moderate approval from wife.
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 When I got to work, the first thing I hear from the 1st lead man was, “Don’t be afraid to hop on the bag press”.  Okay, that seemed kind of weird, but after shift began, I understood.  Two orders of the same part were on the shelf that needed tabs trimmed before going over to the bag press.  At the bag press, there were two more orders of the same part, but different dash numbers.  Luckily, I was indeed familiar with them, how to set them up and run them.  I felt pretty damned good about myself.
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I monitored the election results from work.  We didn’t have a blue wave, but amazingly enough, Kansas IS a wee bit bluer.  Most importantly, we have a Democrat governor.  She led all the way thru the results.
Federal State: https://www.kwch.com/elections/?configID=1339
City/County: https://www.kwch.com/elections/?configID=1340
Our Nation is a wee bit Bluer, too: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/us/politics/midterm-elections-results.html
*Eihwaz/Not
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Not sure when I went to bed.  Fell asleep in the recliner.
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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, return to 2nd shift.
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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) (1956-12018)].
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: Sowulo: The Sun, Sunna, a lightning bolt, victory, success, feminine life force, lighting the way to new ideas, vitality, confidence, action, wholeness, optimism, the clear light of day, can be a destructive lightening flash (clearing), the will to victory, life purpose, cosmic energies effecting life, appearance of a guiding principle, guidance in journeying, spiritual guidance, leadership.
*A2R8
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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: action (Sowulo) brings active protection (Hagal).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with two wake-ups.
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My wife is so funny.  She LOVES talking about her zombie shows.
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Breakfast sandwich plus a banana.
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Call into the VA about an EKG.  I’m on the way!
*Sowulo/Hagal
*VA appointment went well and my heart is functioning well.  I have NO IDEA why it registered @ 100+ at my cataract pre-op exam.
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Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*mild, mostly cloudy, NNW breeze.
*walking him is SO much better earlier in the day.
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Leftover Great Wall for lunch.
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Bank; took Toby with me.
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I thought it was a pretty good return to 2nd shift.  I stayed on the flat pattern duplicator most all night.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1:30 nighty-nighty.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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God/dess Meditation: Mano, god of the moon:
Greetings to you, Mano, glorious male aspect of the moon; silver messenger on high.  You’re the measurer and teller of time.  You’re the counterpart to Sunna, the feminine aspect of the sun.  As you fly silently on your way reflect into our souls the glory of the High Ones that we might aspire to the realms of the gods. Bathe our world in soft brightness, and whisper to our souls of joyous realms beyond our knowing. Mano, let us see the goodness within us and without us, all the nights and days of our lives.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, MANO, as we honor the Mano that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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(Nebulmânôd = Mist 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.
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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: 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:
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 6hrs of solid sleep is better that 7hrs with three wake-ups.
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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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Cooked 1 ½ lbs. of bacon; mostly for my wife, but I DID enjoy 4 pieces; plus diced potatoes and three scrambled eggs with cheese and salsa…YUM!
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Toby and I out for a 30min, well behaved, fun stroll around Newman U.
*cool, cloudy, fairly stout north breeze.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
M’Gladbach 3:0 Düsseldorf on FS1/Sling-TV
Mainz 2:1 Bremen on FS2/Sling-TV
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Additional work on the 11th Annual 12 Days of Yule page https://www.facebook.com/11th-Annual-12-Days-of-Yule-1979980102024638/?modal=admin_todo_tour and started searching for pics to use with each post.  Methinks it’s pretty much ready now.
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Medication run for my wife was exceptionally a pain in the ass, simply because of her CUA/ATM.  I ended up going to my bank and having her pay me back.
*Took Toby with me.
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Great Wall; wife’s treat.
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MLS semifinals first leg https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Columbus 1:0 NYRB on ESPN/Sling-TV
Portland 2:1 Seattle
NYCFC 0:1 Atlanta
Salt Lake v Sporting KC on FSKC/Sling-TV
*@ the half 0:0
*51st min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*60th min goal salt lake
*end of match 1:1
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Four loads of laundry
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The Chilling Episodes of Sabrina on Netflix
*Pt 1 Eps 2 and 3
*wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow…
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For the first time in about a month I survived my oral hygiene routine.  Gag reflex has been phenomenal.
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114 likes and 115 follows on my 12 Days of Yule page.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:30am nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Last night’s MLS playoff match turned out to be a nail-bitter:
DC United 2(2):2(3) Columbus Crew SC
The crew advances on PKs.
LAFC 2:3 Salt Lake
Salt Lake advances
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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: Berkana: The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, maturation, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
Conversely:
Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, degradation, immaturity, deterioration, contamination, needlessly clinging, tough love Mothering, in need of Mothering, missing/ignoring a significant life passage.
*A3R2
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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: Man: 
Havamal 160:
A fourteenth know I Volkrast, the dwarf,
Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, All-Father, to gain wisdom.
 
Strength, magical empowerment, acquisition of Divine wisdom, propagation of the human race, encompasses both the exoteric and the esoteric concepts of humanity, great gain, male mysteries/leadership, manly actions, pulling down the spiritual into material form, human/humanity, increase, masculinity, health, plenty, magic, spirit, truth, God-Man, male principle in Cosmos, birth, health, increase, maleness and man, Divine man, male principle in Cosmos, magic power, thaumaturgy, true self, the resurrected god, the upper part of the world tree, Irminsul, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers; the sacred Rune of humankind encouraging us to be human.
“Be a man” (List, 61).
H3R3
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Interpretation: Growth (Berkana) brings strength (Man).
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1st check on all fur-kids.  LOL…Essie camped-out all night on my wife’s Miami Dolphins blanket.  It seems I worried needlessly when I didn’t see her all night.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with 2 or 3 wake-ups.
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Breakfast from frozen + a banana.
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Work went well enough.  I was back on the flat pattern duplicator and learned the extrusion duplicator.  As I am ready for 2nd shift, my concern is if the two guys already on 2nd are assholes.
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Toby and I out for a late afternoon, pretty well behaved, 30min walk.
*mildly cool, sunny/high clouds, north breeze.
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WOW!  My wife made a roast, potatoes and carrots dinner!  YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Television…
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My poor wife is on day 5 of her migraine.  Speechless…
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Last check on all fur-kids. 
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Stuttgart 0:3 Frankfurt
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Bored, tired…
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I TRIED to stay up until midnight or so in an effort to start to acclimate back to a 2nd shift schedule, but it just wasn’t there.  Saturday and Sunday for sure!
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9:30pm, nighty night.  I’m not sure if I get to sleep with my wife.  She’s been in her office all night.  I have no idea what it’s like to have a migraine.  If she’s resting, I don’t want to bother her.  If she’s able to fall asleep, I definitely don’t want to bother her.  If she’s able, I know she’ll eventually make her way into the bedroom.  If she can’t she can’t.
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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: ????????????????????
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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: Wunjo: Joy, pasture, happiness attained with the fulfillment of a wish, the strong Clanic relationship, social contacts, family ties, Clanic solidarity, fellowship, happiness, optimism, realization of true will, social and domestic harmony, good cheer, new social relationships, Fridu attained within a secure setting, a bright attitude of Wodan exposed.
Conversely:
Sadness, disruption/breakdown in the Clanic relationship, questionable social contacts, loser, miserable, loneliness, shunning, weakened family/Clanic ties, social and domestic disharmony, the inability to attain a wish, strife, alienation, pessimism, failed social relationships, Fridu is challenged, the shadow/dark side of Wodan is exposed.
*A1R8
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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: Eh: 
Havamal 162:
A seventeenth I know, through a wise law
To join two lives in love;
And everyone is willing, no virginal woman
Will leave me lightly after this.
 
Dedication, faithfulness, fidelity, warns against frivolous, transient love affairs, the legal bond between man and woman, lasting love, two bound together by the primal law of life, unification, sanctity of marriage, the cross of wedlock, fulfillment, maintaining strict morals within the bonds of legal marriage, love, duality, bound by primal law, love, trust and marriage. Soul-mates, wedding, partnership, permanent bond, binding decision, hope, duration, horse, permanence and marriage as a law, unity of ego and you, sister souls, soul-love, God-Man-Woman, ideal love, twin souls, two made one, success, increase.
“Marriage is the raw-root of the Aryans” (List, 63).
*H3R5
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Interpretation: The clannic relationship (Wunjo) brings lasting love (Eh).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: AT FRIST I thought I slept 8 ½ hours, but alas, 7 ½ with three wake-ups.
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 254
Glucose: 121
BP: 143/79
Pulse: 84
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Morning conversation with my wife.
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Pancakes, hashbrowns and scrambled eggs with cheese.
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I watched bits and pieces of the Columbus/DC match to see how it finished and the penalty shoot-out, reran on FS1/Sling-TV.  It was a wild finish.
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Took toby out for a mid-morning, fairly well behaved, 30min walk.
*cool, cloudy, slight breeze.
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Bank
*took Toby with me.
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Worked on filling holes in the patio area prior to pouring. 
Gathered up recyclables and took them in http://www.recyclewichita.org/ .
Bionic Burger
Dillons
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Augsburg 2:2 Nürnberg
Wolfsburg v Borussia Dortmund
*27th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half 0:1
*end of match Wolfsburg 0:1 BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Schalke 3:1 Hannover
Leverkusen 1:4 Hoffenheim
München 1:1 Freiburg
Berlin 0:3 Leipzig
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Spent the remainder of the afternoon working on the 12 Days of Yule to include lore, which is something I’ve wanted to do for a very long time.  Now it’s time to work on the Facebook event.
*I fully enjoyed working on this.
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Previewing the Conference Semifinals that starts tomorrow:
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/11/02/previewing-conference-semifinals-audi-mls-cup-playoffs-central?autoplay=true
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Okay, set up the Facebook page for my 11th Annual 12 Days of Yule: https://www.facebook.com/events/252077305465021/252091958796889/?notif_t=admin_plan_mall_activity&notif_id=1541295235206378
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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All clocks not on self-reset are set back one hour.
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My wife and I discussed this, “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” on Netflix https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7569592/ .  I heard it was pretty dark.  She agreed.  It helped me stay awake closer to a 2nd shift night.  It may be dark, I mean extremely dark, but I enjoyed the fuck out of it.
Pt1 E1
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11:45 CST nighty-night…I get to sleep with my wife.
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