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March/Federmânôd 31, 2016 Donarstag

3/31/2016

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( Federmânôd = Spring month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 10 hrs
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Donarstag (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, 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 heritage you've provided. 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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AM Elder Rune: Othilla (U): Home and heritage (spiritual or mortal), issues concerning; family, the home within, nobility, the sacred enclosure, spiritual heritage, ancestral spiritual power, true kinship; kinship with humanity, genetic, cultural and spiritual inheritance, ancestry, loyalty to family - tribe or village, group prosperity, order, interaction, or freedom, union/connection with the family of humankind.
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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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AM Armanen Rune: Bar:
Havamal 157.
A thirteenth I mention, when I sprinkle the son,

The young one, with holy water,
If once he faces the foe, then he cannot fall,
No sword can wound him so he collapses in the dust.


Inspiration, security, impending accidents that effect fate, life, birth: birth of the future life that is preordained for us, becoming, being projected, help in birth, son, bread, song, fountain, mountains, meaning of life on this planet/in this world, the power of becoming, reconstruction, Rune of continuous transformation, death and rebirth metamorphosis, return to the Mothers; the fountain as female symbol, the eternal spring of humans.
“Thy life strands in the hand of God, trust it in you” (List, 60).
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Interpretation: Ancestry (Othilla) leads to security (Bar).
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Outcome: I fully DO feel the presence of my ancestors (Othilla). There is GREAT spiritual security with them (Bar). I have been completely amazed.
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At least alarm #1 sounded according to plan. Alarm #2 had to be rest.
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Testy AM work; workload < ¾. Now why in the hel is she working small parts, and the ones with the most time allotted, instead of working her own large parts?
@ work for lunch; The Heathen Psyche” by Erik Goodwyn
A bit better PM work, workload < ¼, no overtime offered. I have no pity for the lead not getting her 20 hrs overtime when I can't even get five.
*as this is the last day of the 1st qtr, a word with the general supervisor confirms we DID make bonus. Now it's just a matter of time, probably mid-to-late May, to payout.
*no overtime offered.
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Emotional neighbor needing to talk about his estranged GF and kids. Sometimes all that's needed is a listening ear. That's really all I could offer.
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Dinner; Boston Market from frozen http://bostonmarketathome.com/products/entrees/beef-steak-pasta/ with freshly steamed asparagus topped with (real) melted butter for good measure.
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Dillons for popcorn
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Purchased Oz, The Great and Powerful http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623205/ from Google Play.
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A bit of smoke enjoyment! Kicked my ass!
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Nighty-night
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PM God/dess Meditation: Die Wurtâ:
Die Wurtâ, all three, are present at birth
To weave our Fate from merriment to dearth.
Urda, Werdanda and Sculd, the dark queens renowned;
Glorious ladies ‘neath the Tree, work your mysteries in us now.

That which “was” we can clearly see.
That which “is becoming” forms now in our deeds.
That which “is owed”, may be, but we cannot see.
We celebrate die Wurtâ, the Ladies Three, for all eternity.

*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson


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Comments: last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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March/Federmânôd 30, 2016 Wotanstag 

3/30/2016

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( Federmânôd = Spring month)
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Yesterday there was a power outage while I was at work. I THOUGHT I had everything set. I didn't have my radio alarm set properly and I slept-in until 05:00. Meditations and Runes done, but not recorded until after work. No computer turned on AM.
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 10 hrs
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Wotanstag (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1952) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
David F. Schmidt (1895-1952)
Birth 28 Feb, 1885 in Lehigh, 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 heritage you've provided. 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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AM Elder Rune: Teiwaz (U): The God Ziu, one handed god of war and honor, valor, uncompromising in judgments, personal management, a higher rationality, dedication to an ideal, balanced, victory in conflict, the spiritual warrior, self-sacrifice, motivated by a sense of justice, law and order, bravery, honesty, even-handedness, warfare as a part of evolution, mental and emotional order.
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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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AM Armanen Rune: Sig:
Havamal 155.
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.


Salvation, will, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, 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).
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Interpretation: valor (Teiwaz) leads to success (Sig).
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Outcome: News says storms later in the afternoon.
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Good AM work; workload @ ¾. A colleague's phone said storms all day.
*overcast skies.
Perplexing lunch. Overcast skies, nothing seemingly threatening, but went home to let Toby inside.
Shitty PM work. I AM SICK of favorites being played. I'm SICK of one person abusing authority. I'm TIRED of voicing my opinions only to get cursory action. I WANT to be done with caring, but I can't. If I see a wrong, and say nothing, it becomes a right. At what point do I become a whiner? This is no way to run this thing. I FUCKING HATE THIS DILEMMA!
*Teiwaz/Sig right here!
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Sunny skies, warmer, wasted time coming home for lunch.
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2 long-sleeved T's ordered from Amazon showed up today.
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Essie in back, front and back yard again.
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Two leftover bean burritos for dinner
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Played hel trying to contact the Hooded Hare http://thehoodedhare.com/index.htm for a special tunic.
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Tree guy showed up again. He's so curious about my “viking” stuff.
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Feel kind of pressured this evening.
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Threw in a garden salad for good measure.
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Shower, bed, nighty-night.
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PM God/dess Meditation: Heimo, 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!
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Comments: last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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March/Federmânôd 29, 2016 Dienstag 

3/29/2016

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( Federmânôd = Spring month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 10 hrs
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey, 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, KS, USA
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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 heritage you've provided. 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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AM Elder Rune: Fehu (Inv): The negative blessing of prosperity, stagnant finances, lack of creative energies, productivity failure, and the inability to and/or create wealth, greed, 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.
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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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AM Armanen Rune: Ur:
Havamal 146.
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.


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, self-aware, causality; the origin of time, cause and effect in the eternal power of becoming.
“Know yourself, then you will know all” (List 50).
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Interpretation: An ending (Fehu) leads to healing (Ur).
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Outcome: 49F/9C...Toby will be outside.
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Good AM work; workload > ¾
@ home for lunch; cooperation
Good PM work; workload < ½ > ¼
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Running on fumes...Dillons petrol
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Call into Audell's Tree Service; info on how to handle things
Call into sister-in-law who made an EXCELLENT suggestion
Call into Westar for their aid
Call into bank for clarification of the bill-pay service.
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Sorry Toby, no walk again today. Perhaps some family outside time later.
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Call into niece...love her!
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Homemade bean burritos...YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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USMNT World Cup Qualifying http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2016-03-29-us-mens-national-team-vs-guatemala/feed
(home team/ away team)
USA v Guatemala
*12th min GOAL USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*35th min GOAL USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, USA 2-0 Guatemala
*46th min GOAL USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*89th min GOAL USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*End of match, USA 4-0 Guatemala
*USA WINS! USA WINS! USA WINS! USA WINS!
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MASL Playoffs http://www.maslsoccer.com/
(team @ team)
Missouri Comets v Baltimore Blast
*1st qtr 0-0
*2nd qtr 2-0
*3rd qtr 3-1
*4th qtr 3-3
*1st OT 3-3
*2nd OT 3-4
*Baltimore wins...
*So the finals are set; Soles de Sonora v Baltimore Blast
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Essie in the back yard until way past sunset. Let's not make a habit of this, okay?
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Nighty-night
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PM God/dess Meditation: Ostara, trustworthy goddess; keeper of the golden apples of youth and eternal life, keep us young inside. When we are starving for laughter, hungry for the lightness that comes with having few years on our shoulders, slip us one of those gleaming fruits that we may see the world through youthful eyes. Let springtime be in our steps, love in our hearts and a song on our lips. Change us to the core! Fill us with optimism and dreams for the future. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, OSTARA, as we honor the Ostara that resides in us all!
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Comments: last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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March/Federmânôd 28, 2016 Manostag 

3/28/2016

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( Federmânôd = Spring month)
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Seven hours of undisturbed sleep...priceless!
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 10 hrs
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Manostag (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler, Kansas, USA
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA
*Married 23 June 1946
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA
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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 heritage you’ve provided. 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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AM Elder Rune: Ansuz (Inv): Outside the favor of Alle-Vater Wotan vital/divine breath and the ancestral/Wotanic wisdom, separation from one’s true Spirit, spiritual imbalance, spiritual shunning, neurotic compulsive liar, exercise caution with communication and dealings including intelligence; a lack of inspiration, tough-love Fathering, the absent All-Father, the shadow/dark/mysterious side of Alle-Vater Wotan.
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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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AM Armanen Rune: Bar:
Havamal 157.
A thirteenth I mention, when I sprinkle the son,

The young one, with holy water,
If once he faces the foe, then he cannot fall,
No sword can wound him so he collapses in the dust.


Inspiration, security, impending accidents that effect fate, life, birth: birth of the future life that is preordained for us, becoming, being projected, help in birth, son, bread, song, fountain, mountains, meaning of life on this planet/in this world, the power of becoming, reconstruction, Rune of continuous transformation, death and rebirth metamorphosis, return to the Mothers; the fountain as female symbol, the eternal spring of humans.
“Thy life strands in the hand of God, trust it in you” (List, 60).
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Interpretation: Tough-love Fathering (Ansuz) leads to inspiration (Bar)
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Outcome: Okay, well, we'll see what happens.
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32F/0C, frost on the Vue, Toby will be inside.
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Not a horrible AM work; workload slightly > ½; worked a sizable order off the floor.
Good @ home for lunch, cooperation.
Better PM work; workload slightly > ¼
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Tree trimmer showed up; $675 estimate
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Pizza and pasta for dinner.
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Gotham
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TRIED to have a family outside time. Toby wanted to go in the back yard and Socks wanted in his house. Essie and I stayed in the front until sunset.
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Shower, bed, nighty-night.
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PM God/dess Meditation: Nirdu, brother-husband to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô and the Frouwa, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!
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Comments: last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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March/Federmânôd 27, 2016 Sunnastag, the Christian Easter 

3/27/2016

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( Federmânôd = Spring month)
How the Christians stole Easter:
http://www.care2.com/causes/how-the-christians-stole-easter.html
http://www.ecauldron.net/christianitystoleeaster.php
http://www.angelfire.com/scifi/deadangelsrot/easter.html
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2010/apr/03/easter-pagan-symbolism
http://www.nobeliefs.com/easter.htm
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1st check on all fur-kids
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OMGs! SNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Plans: domestic stuff
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Sunnastag (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, 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, 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 heritage you've provided. 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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AM Elder Rune: Laguz (U): A body of water, the necessity of water as a life source, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, 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.
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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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AM Armanen Rune: Fa:
Havamal 145.
The first one promises to help generously

In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth
From death to new creation.


Luck, property, to grow, to wander, to destroy, to shred, guidance, help, Father, potential change reflected in a beginning; preface of that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father principle, Father-God 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).
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Interpretation: personal growth (Laguz) leads to Alle-Vater!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Outcome: EASILY an inch of snow, maybe two.
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Okay, something happened to Stubby's ear. It's not horrible, but there is a bit of a wound. The way Stubby and Long-tail are reacting to each other, my suspicion is they got into a brotherly fight.
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Toby and I to Meeka Park (I LOVE watching him run and enjoy the snow) plus a full mile.
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1st breakfast, (presuming) Mennonite made fruit-covered cinnamon role purchased yesterday in Newton.
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Sooooooooooooooo...the sun comes out and there goes the snow.
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Arranged bill payments thru my bank's auto payment center. I was skeptical at first, but LIKE IT!
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
No matches scheduled; international break
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MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/
No matches scheduled
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MASL Playoffs http://www.maslsoccer.com/
No matches scheduled
*NOW WTF AM I SUPPOSED TO DO WITH MYSELF????????????????????
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By noon, the snow was well on its way to melted.
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separated recyclables
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Diamond Archery moved! I've noticed they were closed, but today, on the way to Dillons, I went by there, only to find they've moved to K-96 and Greenwich. Well hel, that shot that down.
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Dillons; a $125 grocery bill dropped to $90 with coupons and other store savings? I don't suck @ this.
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I tried one last effort using SPOKEO to find the bastard who stole “Buddy” from our shop area. Nothing is working. The program expires in 4 days...
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3 loads of laundry
Extra attention needed for fur-kids.
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Little Big Shots http://www.nbc.com/little-big-shots OMGs hilarious!
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Dinner; freshly steamed asparagus, chick-pea veggie patties https://www.morningstarfarms.com/products/burgers.html with cheese...YUM!
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Madam Secretary http://www.cbs.com/shows/madam-secretary/
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Okay, I guess it's back to the grind tomorrow.
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Cy'all
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PM God/dess Meditation: Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wotan, newly risen! Hail to you who has shown on all our ancestors, who shines on us, and who will yet shine on our decedents yet unborn. Share with us some of your light, your energy, your power, so that we might better fight our battles and attain our goals. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL SUNNA, as we honor the Sunna that resides in us all!

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Comments: last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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March/Federmânôd 26, 2016 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit 

3/26/2016

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( Federmânôd = Spring month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: Goessel
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (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 heritage you've provided. I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*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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AM Elder Rune: Laguz (Inv): A dried-up body of Water, 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, manipulation, depression, inability to formulate with the emotional world, disconnect with the Inner Self.
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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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AM Armanen Rune: Tyr:
Havamal 156.
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, 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, wisdom, 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).
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Interpretation: Dried-up emotions (Laguz) lead to a rebirth (Tyr).
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Outcome: A wee bit of rain overnight.
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Essie in back yard @ sunrise.
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1st breakfast: cold cereal with a banana
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Online time, yeah, shallow, I know, but I love it!
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Toby and I out for a 1-mile walk.
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Essie in front yard, remaining under my watchful eye.
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2nd breakfast; 3 egg/cheese omelet with jalapenos, potato coins and turkey bacon.
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Road trip to Goessel for the Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum http://www.goesselmuseum.com/
*pulled over by a cop on the Goessel Road North of Newton. He let me go with a warning. Good boy.
*Nice time @ the museum. Pics taken of the David Schmidt/Maria Nachtigal display.
*came home with three jars of homemade jelly.
*Subway http://www.subway.com/subwayroot/default.aspx in Newton
*Breadbasket in Newton; grabbed some day-old-fruit-covered cinnamon rolls, peppernuts/pfeffernüße https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfeffern%C3%BCsse , and homemade peanut-butter cookies.
*yeah, it was nice enough, but I just was not as emotional about the whole Mennonite thing as I thought I would be. Sure, I honor my Mennonite ancestors, but yes, I AM HEATHEN! Laguz/Tyr right here!
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MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/
(home team/away team)
NYCFC 1-1 New England
DC 0-3 Dallas
Vancouver 1-0 Houston just does not work well with MLS LIVE)
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First bit of smoke in a very long time, and I LIKED IT! My new pipe worked well.
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Nighty-night
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PM 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!
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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!
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Comments: last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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March/Federmânôd 25, 2016 Frijastag 

3/25/2016

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( Federmânôd = Spring month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: start of a three-day weekend, VA appt
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Frijastag (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932)
David D. Schmidt
Birth abt 1852 in Russia
Death 19 JUN 1924 in Lehigh, Marion, Kansas, USA
*Married 22 February 1876
Elisabeth 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 heritage you've provided. 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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AM Elder Rune: Mannaz (U): The human, Heimo; our genetic connection to the gods, humankind, cooperation between people, the special human, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, social structure and the ability to work well within a social structure in an effort be effective within it, social interaction/order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers, attainment of common goals, Divine structure.
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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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AM Armanen Rune: Sig:
Havamal 155.
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.


Salvation, will, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, 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).
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Interpretation: Kinship (Mannaz) leads to victory (Sig).
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Outcome: 1st breakfast; a banana and cold cereal.
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Essie in the back yard.
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Call into Re-Bath http://rebath.com/ yup, they're coming out today.
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Re-watched (if that's a word) the last episode (15) of Gotham http://www.fox.com/gotham/full-episodes?cmpid=tsm_fb_FOX_GTHM_Fulleps_2016_001 to make sure I didn't miss anything.
*Riddler's character is AMAZING!
*Pee-Wee Herman as Penguin's father? PERFEKT!
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Essie is so good about telling me when she's had enough of outside.
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Toby and I out for a mid-morning, 1-mile walk.
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2nd breakfast; egg-n-ham sandwich
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To the corner convenience store for a newspaper
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VA business:
DPOA form to social worker/release of information
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Breakfast sandwich @ the VA Canteen while waiting.
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Visited with a VA rep about doubling my gabapentin Rx as per doctor's orders. Approved.
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Podiatry: feet have SOME neuropathy issues, but seemingly nothing serious. Toenail samples taken for analysis. Got my first ever pedicure. Hel, with my (borderline) diabetic diagnosis, I found out I could get a free pedicure every three months. Scheduled...hehe...
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Back to the VA Rx for prescription pick-up.
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My book, “Satanic Bedtime Stories” http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/16075322-satanic-bedtime-stories arrived. It's of small consequence.
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Home to pick up Toby, off to Burger King
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Re-Bath waiting...easy fix...no cost.
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Call into Wichita Forestry with concerns about one of their trees. Hopefully a return call.
*none
Call into Audell's Tree service inquiring, price for removing trees from my power-lines. Hopefully a return call.
*none
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Family outside time.
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Super-glued a cutting edge onto my yard edger to trim the line as it is forwarded.
*well hel, that didn't work.
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Call into Navient student loans; thanks to my rep, I think there is agreement.
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Vikings; What Might Have Been http://www.history.com/shows/vikings
*S4 E6
*EXCELLENT!!!!!!!!
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Sleepy Hollow http://www.fox.com/sleepy-hollow an actual decent episode
*Facebook https://www.facebook.com/SleepyHollow/photos/a.467368516675119.1073741828.467026763375961/1011073735637925/?type=3&theater
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Purchased a documentary on Amazon.com. “The Hidden faith of Our Founding Fathers”. I'm not sure if it's worth the $10 I paid for it. My review will follow.
*Well hel, that was quick:
“I am absolutely perplexed here. On the one hand, this is a sickening effort by a Christian organization to discredit/dishonor the Founding Fathers of the United States because of Christians who so want to believe this country was founded by Christian men with Christian hearts. On the other hand, it validates my personal belief that this Country as a Christian Nation could be nothing further from the truth. As was brought out, the Founding Fathers were rational, logical thinkers, more than Christian believers. What sickens me is this documentary's constant effort to lift up the Christian bible over the Founding Fathers; almost as if to say God's law supersedes the Founding Fathers, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The harsh reality is, this is NOT a Christian nation. It was NOT founded on Christian principles. I refuse to decry our Founding Fathers who were not Christians in the sense we think of Christianity today; rather, they were great thinkers with open minds.”
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World Cup Qualifying http://www.mlssoccer.com/
(home team/away team)
Guatemala 2-0 US (this is no way to start qualifying)
Canada 0-3 Mexico (ditto)
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Nighty-night
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PM God/dess Meditation: Frija:
Frija, Great All-Mother; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home. 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!
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Comments: last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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March/Federmânôd 24, 2016 Donarstag 

3/24/2016

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( Federmânôd = Spring month)
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WOW! After I closed journal and blog last night, I got a Fb message from an old flame! Inguz/Rit still in play? ABSOLUTELY perfekt!

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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 10 hrs.
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Donarstag (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, 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 heritage you've provided. 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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AM Elder Rune: Ehwaz (Inv): The relationship of a horse and rider out of control, disharmony, quarrelsome tendencies, mistrust, betrayal, stranded, indecisiveness, false friends/unfriendliness, treachery, change and/or movement for the worse, loss, break-up of a relationship, disruption of relationships, reluctant to trust, friendless, blockage, treachery, indecision, an enemy comes to the gate.
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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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AM Armanen Rune: Sig:
Havamal 155.
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.


Salvation, will, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, 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).
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Interpretation: Treachery (Ehwaz) leads to success (Sig).
*WTF?????????????????????????????????????????????
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Outcome: Much colder this morning. Toby MAY be inside.
*oh yeah; 36F/2C, brisk north wind, wind-chill in the teens, Socks huddled around the space heater in his house, I'm not going to expose Toby to this.
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Good AM work; workload < ½ > ¼
Home for lunch; Long-tail was very insistent about getting fed.
Good PM work; only two boxes of parts left on the roller-belt. No overtime for tomorrow.
*unfettered overtime is coming to an end at the disgust of one involved; so much so, that talk of a new job was voiced. This person has no idea what it's like out there these days. *further comment for posterity*
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Hodgepodge for dinner.
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Toby and I out early evening to Meeka Park plus 3/5 of a mile. I just LOVE watching Toby run in Meeka Park. He really does run himself ragged.
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Applied to yet another Spirit Aerosystems position, this one in Oklahoma.
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Good online chat with former flame.
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MALS Playoffs http://www.maslsoccer.com/
Baltimore Blast @ Missouri Comets
*1st qtr 1-1
*2nd qtr 1-2
*3rd qtr 1-3
*4th qtr 3-3
*OT 4-3
*Baltimore Blast win 1st leg
Las Vegas @ Sonora 2nd leg
*******10-13
*series tied
*mini game (15 min)
*******0—0
2nd mini game (15 min)
*******0-1
Sonora advances to the championship game.
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KU wins their NCAA game against Maryland 79-63 into the Elite 8
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/vahe-gregorian/article68205982.html
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Gut genug
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PM God/dess Meditation: Donar;
Donar, Son of Wotan and Erda, husband to Sibba, wielder of Malant and Great God of thunder, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, encourage us to advance. When we would be weak, hearten us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, inspire our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Excite our growth from strength to strength; teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who oppose our will. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, DONAR, as we honor the Donar that resides in us all!

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Comments: last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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March/Federmânôd 23, 2016 Wotanstag 

3/23/2016

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( Federmânôd = Spring month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 10 hrs
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Wotanstag (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1952) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
David F. Schmidt (1895-1952)
Birth 28 Feb, 1885 in Lehigh, 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 heritage you've provided. 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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AM 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, completion of one stage and progressing to the next, internal/spiritual growth, enhancing male energy.
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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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AM Armanen Rune: Rit:
Havamal 149.
That I know as the fifth, should an enemy’s

Arrow come flying into the throng;
As bright as it might clash, I stem its power
Once I firmly fix my eye on it.


The exalted, introspective awareness, that which is passing, council, right, wheel, movement, rhythm, law, correctness, judgment, victory over the lower ego, holding, right order, the judge, advice, salvation, money, original law, that which flows away, religious feeling, ritual action/primal laws, orderliness in the world, the ritual, primal law/Urlag, things that are done correctly, spiritual feeling, ritual action, journey, Divine law, All justice, Rune of the cosmic rhythm of the worlds, wheels, personal empowerment.
“I am my rod (right), this rod (right) is indestructible, therefore, I am myself indestructible, because I am my rod (right)” (List, 53).
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Interpretation: Prosperity (Inguz) leads to rightness (Rit).
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Outcome: The mornings work SO MUCH BETTER when I stick to schedule.
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Stubby and Long-tail are cutting it pretty close for breakfast this morning. They really need to get with the aforementioned schedule.
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Good AM work; workload < ½, > ¼
@ work for lunch; The Heathen Psyche” by Erick Goodwyn
Good PM work, 2 or 3 boxes of parts remain on the rollerbelt; overtime tomorrow is NOT looking good.
*tornado/active shooter instructions meeting
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Goddamn heluh windy!
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My former group on Facebook, Heathen Community Worldwide, has been ruined! I should have never walked away from it. I hold myself responsible.
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½ lb veggie sandwich (Morning Star Farms https://www.morningstarfarms.com/home.html) (hot mustard, cheese and jalapeno) with a garden salad.
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Essie and Toby in back yard. At first Essie didn't know what to make of the wind, but she got use to it.
Toby I'm not battling the wind to talk you on a walk.
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MAJOR dust in the air.
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Along with the wind, a cold front is moving in. Socks was not willing to come out from his house. Can't say I blame him.
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Jerry-rigged shower, bed, nighty-night.
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PM God/dess Meditation: Wotan;
Alle-Vater God! Wandering God! Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! Wotan!! Son to Paru and Bezzia, brother to Willo and Wîh; We call out to you, not as slaves or on bended knee, but on our feet and open-armed as befits your offspring. Watch us as we struggle, but the fight and fame must both be ours! Grant us that victory which we win by OUR might and mane! After a life battle-worn, Wotan, grant us access to our Great Ancestral Hall, where we may feast, drink the glorious mead and be merry with our heroes and our Altmâgâ. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, Wotan, as we honor the Wotan that resides in us all!

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Comments: last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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March/Federmânôd 22, 2016 Dienstag 

3/22/2016

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( Federmânôd = Spring month)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 10 hrs
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AM Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey, 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, KS, USA
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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 heritage you've provided. 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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AM Elder Rune: Teiwaz (U): The God Ziu, one handed god of war and honor, issues concerning; valor, uncompromising in judgments, personal management, a higher rationality, dedication to an ideal, balanced, victory in conflict, the spiritual warrior, self-sacrifice, motivated by a sense of justice, law and order, bravery, honesty, even-handedness, warfare as a part of evolution, mental and emotional order.
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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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AM Armanen Rune: Yr:
Havamal 160.
A sixteenth I speak if a maid is reluctant,

To wake her lust and desire;
I change the heart of the delightful woman,
Then to me her wishes turn.


The waxing and waning moon, lunar-like mutability of the feminine essence, the error-rune, conquering resistance through confusion, eventual perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Column, the carrier of genetic material, God-woman, femininity, desire, sensual love, passion, perfection, Mother, chaos from which creation emerges, female principle in the Cosmos, the night, death and instinct, anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions found in humankind, mystical union, night, moon, well grounded, roots of Irminsul from which all life springs, woman as the opposite/balance to man, the descending Divine Feminine being.
“Think about the end” (List, 63).
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Interpretation: Honesty (Teiwaz) leads to perfection (Yr).
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Outcome: Didn't sleep well...sinuses.
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Terrorist attack in Belgium: http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/22/europe/brussels-explosions/
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Toby is outside this morning.
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Good AM work, but workload on @ ½
@ work for lunch; The Heathen Psyche” by Erik Goodwyn.
Fun PM work! Twice I amused the lead person. One, telling her that Monster's logo http://www.fyqyfz.com/data/uploads/41/423756-logo-monster-energy-picture.jpg is really 666. Second, a colleague in the burr-shop looks like Anton Szandor LaVey, http://www.hitthefloor.com/features/ten-things-remind-halloween/attachment/anton-lavey/ founder of the Church of Satan San Francisco. Her chin dropped both times as I LMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!
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99c tacos @ Sporting Casey's on the way home.
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Family back yard time.
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Toby out for a very well behaved 1-mile walk @ dusk.
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Jerry-rigged shower, bed, nighty-night.
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PM God/dess Meditation: Holle, you who seem to be the perfect counterpart to Alle-Vater Wotan. Just like Alle-Vater, you come to us with many names. Just like Alle-Vater, you appear to us with many faces. You have become known to us through place-names, fairy-tales, sagas, legends, poetry, customs, traditions, mythology, and yes, even food. You are the young maiden. You are the Old Crone. You are everything in between. You reward the diligent worker. You punish the slothful. Your Spirit permeates humankind. We recognize you as a German Goddess! Alle Mutter Holle, Goddess holy and wise, We give you a most HEART-FELT HEIL, as we honor the Holle that resides in us all.
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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