(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, domestic stuff
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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 to Maria Hildebrand 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: Elder Rune: Algiz: Protection/shielding, Heimo (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, expansion of archetypal consciousness, acute 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, spiritual blindness, 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; Aett 2, root 7, Yggdrasil’s root of destruction
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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; Halbdutzend 2, root 5, Irminsul’s root of destruction
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Rune Lesson:  If you’ve never read “The Lay of Rig” https://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/poe14.htm you need to do it.  This is not my favorite translation, but it will do.  Some see it was the development of social classes.  Carolyn Larrington present this story as visits over time.  Whatever the case, this speaks of the gods’ genetic connection to mankind.  Knowing that the gods; and hence ancestors, reside in us, that in itself should bring the notion of ultimate victory and happiness to any Heathen’s heart!  No need for a sacrifice.  No need for a savior.   Heimo’s, An: Heimdall’s, connection is all we need.
*from destruction to destruction
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. of sleep with one wakeup
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A banana with morning meds
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Online chat
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Toby’s 9am eyedrops
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Wifey conversation; she’s all proud, and rightfully so, of the painting/paintings she’s going to show at the Wichita Art Museum https://www.wichitaartmuseum.org/
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6 mini quiches for breakfast https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-florentine-cheese-bacon-mini-quiche-duo-30-count/0001111003655
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Toby’s 11:30am feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, noon hour, 4-block walk.
*surprisingly mild, partly cloudy, fairly stout NNE wind
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Bank
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Leftover Kroger Meatloaf https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-green-chile-pepper-jack-cheese-ready-to-cook-in-tray-meatloaf/0001111003488 with a handful of raw sugar snap peas and a baked potato.
*the meatloaf was in the oven warming for a couple of hours because in the initial nuking, the center never seems to done enough for my tastes.  It’s much better now.
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LOTS of online goofing off.
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Toby’s 4pm eyedrops
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Call into my mortgage company one more time.  It seems that notation was made to my account but no ticket created to correct the escrow payment shortage problem.  Supposedly a correction ticket was now made.  I told them I am going to call daily until I’m comfortable that the problem has been corrected.
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Jee, imagine that, a disagreement, and to neutral corners we go.
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Toby’s 1130pm feeding, insulin, and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night; good night cuddles with Lily.​
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: fur babies, wifey, domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/An: Mani’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 to Anna M. Schmidt 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: 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; Aett 1, root 7, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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; Halbdutzend 1, root 2, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson:  Gifting is an integral part of Heathen society:
39. I’ve never found a man who so freely gave
That he wouldn’t take a gift in return for a gift. 
However rich a man might be,
He still likes to be paid back in return (Havamal, Germanic Heathenry, Coulter translation).
Sometimes gifting takes sacrifice in funding, but it returns great dividends.  Thru gifting, are able to discern who are friends really are.
*from creation to creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with one wakeup…
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Online chat
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Brief morning conversation with wifey
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1st breakfast; a banana and 6 mini quiches from frozen https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-florentine-cheese-bacon-mini-quiche-duo-30-count/0001111003655 topped with salsa, all with morning medication.
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Toby’s 9am eyedrops @ 10:30
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2nd breakfast: hand-shredded hashbrowns mixed with onions topped with cheese topped with four half slices of turkey bacon topped with two eggs sunny side up.
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Toby’s 11:30am feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, three-block walk.
*partly cloudy/high thin clouds, mildly warm, very nice N/NE breeze.
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Made unemployment claim
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Looking back, I didn’t mention how my brother got his lump-sum back pay from unemployment to the tune of $2,700.  He thanked me greatly for my help straightening it out for him.  He said he owed me.  I jokingly told him, “A $700 finder’s fee will suffice” but no, that’s what brothers do. 
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Took inside recyclables collection to outside separation.
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Toby’s 4pm eyedrops
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I HAD to get out for a bit.  Took Toby with me out to Lake (cesspool) Afton.  I think he had a good time. https://www.sedgwickcounty.org/parks/lake-afton-park/
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OMGs!  Socks was a MESS!  He nonetheless wanted to go into his house.  I just said, Okay buddy, it’s your house.  You have to live it in.  He didn’t seem to m ind.
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Yeah, my yard is just a yard, but looks damned nice when it’s all mowed and trimmed properly.
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Got home and was immediately on the phone to my mortgage company to see if my escrow mortgage payment was properly allocated.  Glad I called because it wasn’t.  I took the lady’s name and employee number in case there was any question.
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Mann’s Nourish Bowls Spicy Thai  https://www.veggiesmadeeasy.com/canada/products/spicy-thai-veggie-noodle-nourish-bowlthai-piquant/ topped with turkey slices, not horrible at all + 2 ears of corn
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I am not going to waste my time with Ghost Whisperer on Start TV any more.  I caught the tail end of one and started the next, but I’ve seen both of them with the whole Jim’s death and amnesia when he entered into another dead man’s body.
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Online chat
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Toby’s midnight feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest 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 to Maria Nachtigal 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.
(photo 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: 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; Aett 3, root 6, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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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; Halbdutzend 1, root 2, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson:  Ing-Fro IS my healer!  In the initial, I was a Wodan’s man.  Wodan has the tendency to be an unpredictable bastard; still All Father, but an unpredictable bastard.  It was the healing arms of Ing-Fro that literally saved my Heathen life!  Ing-Fro afforded me the opportunity to know myself and the kind of Heathen I wanted to be.  With Ing-Fro, I am healed!
*from re-creation to creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 5hrs of restless sleep…racing thoughts but good thoughts.
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*comment not for public consumption*
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Well shit, 7am, 68deg outside, TOBY WALK!
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Toby and I had out first, sunrise, SEVEN-BLOCK WALK in I don’t know how long!  The sun hadn’t yet come over the trees.  He was Toby-trotting the whole way!  The 7th block was his idea.  It was the portion that goes from Bonn and Munnell Streets north to Kellogg.  I’m telling you, the cooler the temps the more energy he has.  Heat drives us both into the fucking dirt.
*BEAUTIFULLY cool, sunny, north breeze.
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WAY too many mini-quiches + a fruit smoothie
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Toby’s 9am eyedrops
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Very brief wifey conversation.
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Ya know, I am not even interested in my usual Sunday morning political shows.  I know I hate chump.  I know the Pachyderms suck and the jack-asses are simply that.  GODS I wish a third political party could get traction.  I know COVID is running rampant.   All I can do is cast my vote then sit on it and spin.
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REALLY fun online chat.
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Stopped off at Walmart Neighborhood Market to see if they had a specific kind of cat food.  They don’t.
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Dillons
*coupled with fun online chat.
*filled out my customer survey for an extra 50 fuel points.
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I was curious as hela about something I got at the store that was marked down; Mann’s Nourish Bowls https://www.veggiesmadeeasy.com/ from well over $3 to $1.99, specifically I tried their Southwest Chipotle https://www.veggiesmadeeasy.com/products/southwest-chipotle-nourish-bowl/.  Instructions said to nuke it for a few minutes, which I did, but it really didn’t need it. I probably wouldn’t pay over $3, but for $1.99?  Damned good.
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Toby’s 4pm eyedrops
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Took the weed-whacker to overgrown areas in the backyard.  Mowed the backyard in its entirety and mowed/sculpted Agathagart. 
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Kroger Meatloaf https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-green-chile-pepper-jack-cheese-ready-to-cook-in-tray-meatloaf/0001111003488 fries in the air fryer and an ear of corn.
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Weed-whacked, edged and trimmed the front yard.  Well fuck I guess I just did the whole fucking yard.
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Okay, I really hurt…
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It’s going to be an outrageously cool night for August, windows cracked open.
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Toby’s 11:30pm feeding, insulin and eye drops
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Online chat
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Sunnastag) Paltar (An: Balder), you’re the blameless god, gloriously shining god, rising god, restoration god, husband to the faithful Nanda, beloved son of Wodan and Frija.  Just as you restore Mittigart after Godotuom, restore us after we experience our own Godotuoms of life.  Let your goodness and your reconciliation smooth our paths on Earth. When our days here are over, light up death’s darkness with the promise of rebirth. Help us to avoid evil and seek the good. Inspired by your example, we will keep our reputations spotless that our lives be proclaimed a victory of the Spirit, and our leaving his life a tragedy. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively)
Saturday/Saturn’s Day, Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG) Day of Fertility/Saturday (UPG) (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 to Agatha Dirksen 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.
*no self-igniting charcoal to offer 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: Laguz: A body of water, the necessity of water as a life source, life well-lived, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, fluidity, the leek (a healing herb) the feminine, Nirdu, Erda (Mother Earth), Ing-Frô and Frouwa, emotions intact, potential for life, magical workings, conform with emotions, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, the deep minded Spirit, intuition.
Conversely:
A dried-up body of Water, the struggles of life, swimming upstream, difficulties with relating to the feminine, manipulation, lack of moral fiber, emotions out of control or suppressed, shallow minded, deception, unsympathetic, totally void of growth, failing to go with the flow, frivolity, immaturity, depression, inability to formulate with the emotional world, unstimulated, sinking/drowning, disconnect with the Inner Self.
*A3R5; Aett 3, root 4, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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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: Laf: 
Havamal 159:
A fourteenth I sing to the assembled Folk
When naming the divine names;
The Aesir and Alves and their various kinds
No one can spell out without learning.
 
Determination, learned knowledge, singing before the All, presentation, Urlag; life fate and destiny, life as law, life following the law, experience, test, temptations by life-circumstances, water, sea, good management, test of life, school of the lives, relations, defeat and the laws of nature, life and primal law, psychic & spiritual awareness, cosmic flow, seeds of thought, the etheric part of the body, initiation that experiences life on earth as a continuous process of initiation, The Cosmic Ocean.
“First learn to steer, then dare the sea-journey” (List, 60).
H3R2; Halbdutzend 3, root 2, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Same rune different systems
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Rune Lesson:  It is absolutely necessary for one to go with the flow in life.  Doing so, is what gives us determination to live a good life.  Failure to go with the flow is detrimental to life.  The ability to grow and change allows us to sing before that All in victory!
*from re-creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid, WONDERFUL sleep
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Online chat to tell my SC friend about the dream
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Very brief wifey conversation
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Bank
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Toby’s 9am eyedrops @ 9:30
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 253
Glucose: 113
BP: 125/74
Pulse: 80
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My favorite breakfast.  The build:
*hand-shredded hashbrowns
*shredded cheese
*4 slices of turkey bacon
*three eggs sunny side up
*on the side; whole wheat toast with strawberry jelly
OMGs YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Toby’s noon feeding, insulin and Apoquel.  I miscalculated his interest in braunschweiger.  I had his Apoquel tucked inside some braunschweiger.  He finished his ham but left the braunschweiger.  My hope is he will eat it once he comes back inside.
*yup…see?  He did.
*Toby also got his NexGard flea treatment, quartered and in the back of his mouth.
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It was an EXCELLENT visit from my WONDERFUL and her family!  Her youngest son was quite taken by Lily.  Jasmin, not so much.  She was, surprisingly, quick to hide.  Toby is always a joy.  We enjoyed watermelon on the patio.
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Socks got his Revolution flea treatment.
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Toby’s 4pm eyedrops
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Another financial blessing from the Universe; a $50 reduction on this month’s insurance payment.
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Prepared bills thru bank’s bill pay service
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I keep a few games on my phone…played ‘em.
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Leftover Hamburger with whole wheat butter bread for an early dinner
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COVID haircut #2
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MLS is Back quarterfinals
San Jose v Minnesota on ESPN2/Sling TV
@ the half: SJ 0:2 Minn
Final: SJ 1:4 Minn
Minnesota advance to the semifinals
 
NYCFC v Portland on FS1/Sling TV
@ the half: 1:1
Final: 3:1
Portland advance to the semis
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So, the semifinals are set: https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/bracket
Philadelphia v Portland 8/5
Orlando v Minnesota 8/6
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FINALLY!  Some EXCELLENT online chat!
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Toby’s 11:30pm feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:30am nighty night
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, check on Escrow shortage payment, domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (photo source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)
Frijastag/Frija’s Day/An: Frigg’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 to Elizabeth Zülke 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: Teiwaz: The God Ziu, one handed god of war and honor, valor, highest ideals, uncompromising in judgments, personal management, a higher rationality, dedication to an ideal, balanced, victory in conflict, the spiritual warrior, self-sacrifice, spiritual birth/rebirth, motivated by a sense of justice, law and order, bravery, honesty, even-handedness, warfare as a part of evolution, mental and emotional order.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Ziu; the god of honor, dishonor, without victory in conflict, failed ideals, injustice, imbalance, mismanagement, failure, unbalanced, dishonesty, naiveté compromised judgments, defeat, warfare without purpose, disengagement with the sacrificial Self, spiritual death, legal dilemma, disorder/chaos, cowardice, the inability to fight for what’s right, void of the will to succeed, double standards.
*A3R1; Aett 3, root 1, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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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; Halbdutzend 1, root 1, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson:  Honor is our most important asset.  It gives us the ability to live life well in every situation.  We can change anything for the better when we live an honorable life.  We can gain a new life with the generous help of honor.  We can rise from the ashes when we live by our highest ideals.  We greatly help others, as well as ourselves, with a life well lived
*from re-creation to creation.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8 ½ hrs. of sleep, 2 wake ups and all sorts of Lily loving
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An apple and a banana with morning medication
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Toby’s 9am eyedrops @ 10:30
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Extended conversation with my mortgage company.  They see my regular mortgage payment but not my escrow shortage payment.  They said it probably just hasn’t applied yet, which doesn’t make sense to me because they were both were made simultaneously via my bank’s bill pay service.  The associate made all sorts of notes on my account.  THEN, she said I might be available for an even lower interest rate.  Over to yet another associate, who seemed to think I was at the lowest interest rate available, but he’s looking into it and will return my call.
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Call in from bruzzer.  My helping him with his unemployment claim was successful!  He’s amazed at all the backpay he’s going to get.  He’s über grateful.  I was glad to do it.  He even mentioned something about he owes me.  At first, I jokingly told him I’ll take 1/3 of all that back pay.  I told him he owes me nothing.  That’s what family does.
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Brunch open-faced breakfast sandwich, the build:
*whole wheat toast
*slice of American cheese
*hand-shredded hashbrowns mixed with onions
*four ½ slices of turkey bacon
*two scrambled eggs
FUCKING “A” GOOD!
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Toby’s noon feeding, insulin and Apoquel.  I can no longer count on Toby to finish his meat plate, which is how I give him his Apoquel, wrapped in a slice of either ham or turkey.  Now, I just give it to him placed directly in the back of his mouth.
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Toby and I out for a mid-afternoon, somewhat stubborn, three-block walk.
*mostly cloudy, surprisingly mild, refreshing NNW breeze.
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Harvested three more tomatoes from the straw bale garden.
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Got around to opening up my first taste, in a long time, of tomato juice; REALLY good.
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*comment not for public consumption*
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Hot tortilla wrap, triple turkey bologna, with cheese and bbq sauce, and chips with sliced tomatoes.
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Message in from niece.  She and her family want to come over tomorrow afternoon.  SURE!
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Rest Toby’s nest in the backyard.  Toby’s a digger.  He has created for himself a nest in the southeast corner of the yard.  He digs so seriously and throws it out, that sometimes it’s necessary to rake it back.
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WTF?  I got a $250 rebate check from a Title company?  Nothing inside as an explanation?  I’ll cash it, but into the savings it will go!
*oh, unclaimed property department…huh.
*even as a Heathen I am constantly amazed how the Universe/Ancestors/the gods provides.
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Toby’s 4pm eyedrops @ 5:50
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Well scheisse.  My employer announced another 450 layoffs.  https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/aircraft-parts-maker-spirit-announces-450-more-layoffs/ar-BB17qIsb?ocid=chromentpnews That may not sound like much but:
1. the numbers are greatly down at Spirit
2. I sit on the bubble
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MLS is Back Tournament quarterfinals https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/
Orlando v LAFC
@ the half: 0:0
Final: 1:1
Shootout Orlando 1(5):1(4) LAFC
Orlando advances to the semifinals
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WONDERFUL ONLINE CHAT ON AND OFF ALL DAY!
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A load of laundry
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Hamburger Helper Southwest Pasta https://www.bettycrocker.com/products/helper/hamburger-helper/southwest-pasta with turkey, corn from frozen, fresh onions and a bit of chopped jalapeño.
*yummy, but perhaps just a WEE bit too much jalapeño
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Cleaned house; I fucking HATE the frequency of having to clean out a cog in the vacuum.
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Toby’s 11:30pm feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night with some excellent Lily loving!
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
 
Plans: fur babies, wifey, domestic stuff
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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/An: Thor’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 to Eva Hiebert 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: 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; Aett 1, root 5, Yggdrasil’s root of creation\
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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
3rd Halbdutzend (3rd half-dozen), Irminsul’s root of re-creation:
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Rune Lesson:  With wise counsel we can count on that which has been in the dark will come into the light
*from creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. of solid sleep
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Nothing says “good morning” like realizing I haven’t cleaned window a/c units fans all summer: DONE!
*finances, too.
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Brief online chat
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Journal work and corrections
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Brief wifey conversation
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Toby’s 9am eye drops @ 9:45am
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A banana and a WONDERFUL open-faced breakfast sandwich; whole wheat toast, cheese, a small hand-shredded patty of hashbrowns, four half slices of turkey bacon, two eggs scrambled.
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Toby’s noon feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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Shopped online for a water circulator for Toby.  The one I was looking at on Amazon is sold out.  I looked up water circulating pumps online, but may end up shopping locally for a pump.
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Online chat
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Call in from bruzzer.  Wifey thinks I’M tech stupid, and rightfully so.  Try dealing with bruzzer about HIS computer over the phone.  ABSOLUTLEY FUCKING FRUSTRATING!  Trip over to bruzzer’s instead.
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Toby’s 4pm eye drops
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Last of the Hamburger Helper Four Cheese Lasagna and a garden-fresh sliced tomato
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Wifey to Dollar Store
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Toby and I out for a late afternoon, well behaved, three-block walk.
*mostly cloudy, mildly warm, very nice NNW wind,
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A bit more online chat
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Rain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well hela!  My aforementioned visit to bruzzer’s is already paying off dividends.  He has already heard back from the unemployment people telling him he’s on the call back list.  Of course, they can’t say WHEN, but he’s happy with the response.
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A very satisfying vegetarian dinner:
*last of the cantaloupe
*a handful and last of the sugar snap peas
*two slices of watermelon
*Edwards cookies and cream pie https://www.target.com/p/edwards-frozen-cookies-and-creme-pie-26oz/-/A-14909419
**thanks wifey
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MLS is Back quarterfinals https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/
Philadelphia v Sporting Kansas City
*24th min goal philly
*26th min goal philly
*45+1 GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half Philly 3:1 Sporting
*end of match; 3:1
*SKC goes down in flames!
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Extended online chat
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Toby’s midnight feeding and insulin
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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NOW what do I do?  I have never before been in this position.  Imagine that.  I’m 66yrs old and am experiencing something totally new.
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Rain continues
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1:30am nighty night, with good Lily loving.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, telephone therapy, Lily to veterinarian, domestic stuff.
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s (An: Odin) 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 to Mary Goertz 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: Fehu:  Cattle, wealth, Ing-Frô; the god of abundance, Audhumla; the primal bovine, the ability to create and maintain wealth and the accompanying power, creative forces, financial security, good financial management, Odhumbal, the primeval bovine, fire, beginnings, productivity, positive energy, life force, self-respect, personal power, one’s condition in life, generosity that needs to come with the social responsibility of wealth.
Conversely:
The negative blessing of prosperity, stagnant finances, lack of creative energies, productivity failure, and the inability to and/or create wealth, greed, financial insecurity, improper financial management, disconnected from the life source, fear of failure, an ending, an unfortunate condition, fiery powers extinguished, atrophy/decline, failed ambition, lack of self-esteem, an ineffective beginning and an irresponsible misuse of power.
*A1R1; Aett 1 Root 1, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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/Center of the Rune Tree, 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; Halbdutzend 2, root 1, Irminsul’s root of destruction
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Rune Lesson:  Beginnings can either be tough or beneficial.  In this case, however, they seem to be both.  A new beginning can either protect or destroy.  While it may be destructive at first, there this hope for a new and better regeneration to follow.  With the new beginning comes beneficial change.  Whatever happens, the Great All-Mother is present and active.
*from creation to destruction
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of really good sleep with one wakeup.
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Brief wifey conversation
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Toby’s 9am eye drops
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A banana + an open-faced breakfast sandwich
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Telephone therapy went extremely well.  She talked at length about “radical acceptance.”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pieces-mind/201207/radical-acceptance
https://psychcentral.com/blog/what-it-really-means-to-practice-radical-acceptance/
https://hopeway.org/blog/radical-acceptance
https://mytherapynyc.com/radical-acceptance/
REALLY an interesting concept!
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Online chat
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Toby’s noon insulin, feeding and Apoquel.  For the first time he walked away from his meat tray.
*okay, he’s eating it now.
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Leftover Hamburger Halper for lunch
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, well behaved, 2-block walk.
*mostly cloudy, warm/humid, west breeze
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Harvested three tomatoes from the straw bale garden.
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Lily was NOT a happy kitty when I put her in her crate to go to the veterinarian.  Doctor checked out Lily extensively, saw no fleas, and felt the scabs.  He didn’t hesitate to give her a cortisone shot for her itching, and Toby got his NexGard to be administered in a few days.
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Two triple decker fried turkey bologna whole wheat with cheese and bbq sauce with chips, sliced garden-fresh tomato, and a handful of raw sugar snap peas.
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Call into a lead in the Whitewater area who might have info on my father.  I don’t think she’s going to be much help, but maybe her husband will.  I sent her an email in hopes she/they might have something to share.
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Toby’s 4pm eye drops.
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Cut up some YUMMY cantaloupe!  Shared with wifey
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No MLS is Back tonight as they prepare for the quarterfinals that start tomorrow.
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Call into my WONDERFUL niece
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Call in from Whitewater.  I don’t think this is going to produce what I need for it to produce.
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Thunderstorm; before it hit, I was glad Socks went into his house.
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It seems Lily is feeling better.
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AWESOMENESS extended online chat!
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Toby’s 11:45pm feeding, insulin and eye drops
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Transferred FUCKING escrow shortage money from savings to checking.  This whole escrow thing is a major pain in the ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Wodanstag, An: Odin) Heimo (An: Heimdall), HEAR ME!  Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods.  You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart, the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, domestic stuff
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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 to Maria Hildebrand 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.
 
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; Aett 1, root 5, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s (An: Mani) 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 to Anna M. Schmidt 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: Elder Rune: Algiz: Protection/shielding, Heimo (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, expansion of archetypal consciousness, acute 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, spiritual blindness, 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; Aett 2, root 7, Yggdrasil’s root of destruction
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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: Laf: 
Havamal 159:
A fourteenth I sing to the assembled Folk
When naming the divine names;
The Aesir and Alves and their various kinds
No one can spell out without learning.
 
Determination, learned knowledge, singing before the All, presentation, Urlag; life fate and destiny, life as law, life following the law, experience, test, temptations by life-circumstances, water, sea, good management, test of life, school of the lives, relations, defeat and the laws of nature, life and primal law, psychic & spiritual awareness, cosmic flow, seeds of thought, the etheric part of the body, initiation that experiences life on earth as a continuous process of initiation, The Cosmic Ocean.
“First learn to steer, then dare the sea-journey” (List, 60).
H3R2; Halbdutzend 3, root 2, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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*from destruction to re-creation.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 4hrs of sleep.  Walkabout in the 5am rainstorm checking on the windows of the Vue, the weed-whacker and battery charger left outside, and if the mower was put away; which it was but the shed door was left open.  Now I’m soaked.  Dried off and slept another 2 ½ hrs.
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Brief wifey conversation.
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A banana with my morning meds
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Toby’s 9am eye drops
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Open faced breakfast sandwich with whole wheat bread topped with cheese topped with 2 slices of turkey bacon topped with 2 scrambled eggs.
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Toby and I out for our first full five-block walk in a VERY long time; late morning, well behaved.  I had to push him a bit, but he made it.
*mostly cloudy, surprisingly mild/rain cooled, south breeze
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Toby’s noon feeding and insulin.
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Online chat; my online chat buddy is REALLY amazing!
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Last of the Taquitos to tide me over until later. 
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Toby’s visit @ Blair Doon Veterinary was really great!  His eye pressure, during this weaning-off process, is:
Left eye: 14 Right eye: 17  Normal range is 10-20.
Calls into K-State Veterinary and Air Capital Veterinary.
His next appointment at the Veterinary Health Center @ K-State is Aug 10th. 
Between Air Capital Veterinary https://www.mapquest.com/us/kansas/air-capital-veterinary-clinic-372799761, Blair Doon Veterinary Hospital http://blairdoonvethospitalinc.vetsourcecms.com/, and the Veterinary Center at K-State https://www.vet.k-state.edu/vhc/, Toby is getting the best care possible.
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Computer maintenance; Microsoft Office repair https://www.online-tech-tips.com/ms-office-tips/fix-microsoft-word-has-stopped-working/.  Let’s hope it worked.
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Toby’s 4pm eye drops @ 6:30pm
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Took recyclables from inside collection to outside separation
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MLS is Back Tournament https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/
San Jose v Salt Lake
@ the half: 1:1
Final: 5:2
*my online chat partner stayed with me thru the first game but zonked out on the 2nd game
Seattle v LAFC
@ the half: Seattle 0:2 LAFC
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Toby’s 11:30pm feeding, insulin and eye drops
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Final: Seattle 1:4 LAFC
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:30am nighty night with all sorts of Lily loving.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Manostag, An: Mani’s Day) Nirdu (An: Njord), brother-husband, to Nirda (an: Nerthus), 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
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Nirda (An: Nerthus), sister-wife to Nirdu (An. Njord).  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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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 to Maria Nachtigal 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.
(photo 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: 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; Aett 1, root 3, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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/Center of the Rune Tree, 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; Halbdutzend 2, root 1, Irminsul’s root of destruction
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Rune Lesson:  It looks like protection all around!
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of somewhat restless sleep.
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Brief wifey conversation
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Toby’s 9am eye drops
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 254
Glucose: 120
BP: 128/70
Pulse: 78
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Fruit smoothies all around!
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It’s amazing how excited Toby gets when he knows I’m getting ready to take him out for a walk.  Today though, once outside in the heat, he honestly had nothing in the tank for more than a 1-block roundy.
*partly cloudy, hot, stout south wind.
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McDs
Walmart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
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Mow/sculpted and watered Agathagart, trimmed the front yard, removed debris.
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Two loads of laundry
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Hodgepodge for dinner
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MLS is Back Tournament https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/
Toronto v NYCFC
@ the half; Toronto 0:1 NYCFC
Final: Toronto 1:3 NYCFC
NYCFC go thru to the round of 8
DAYM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Sporting Kansas City v Vancouver
*at the half 0:0
~Toby’s 11:30 feeding, insulin and eye drops
*end of regular time 0:0
*on to penalty shootout
* SKC 0(3): 0(1)
*Sporting Kansas City advance!
*That stand-in third choice goalie for Vancouver was FUCKING amazing!
*I knew, however, one they went into penalty shootout, KC had the edge.  The inexperienced Vancouver goalkeeper vs a well-seasoned KC goalkeeper.  It showed.
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WONDERFUL online chat as we watched the KC game together but in separate spaces.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night
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