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April/Ôstarmânôd 30, 2018 Manostag, Walpurgisnacht

4/30/2018

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(Ôstarmânôd = Ostara Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8hrs
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Walpurgisnacht
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLgM1QJ3S_I
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Walpurgis-Night
https://www.thoughtco.com/walpurgis-night-the-other-halloween-2595375
https://blog.oup.com/2017/04/witches-walpurgis-night/
http://germangirlinamerica.com/what-is-walpurgisnacht/
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
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
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: Pertho: Dice cup, issues concerning: the lucky roll of the dice, questions of luck, the consideration of Wurt/Urlag (the ordeal of Humankind), the Wurtâ; Urda (that which was), Werdanda (that which is becoming) and Sculd (that which is owed), the realization of hidden potential, interwoven yet independent Wurt, good fellowship and happiness, secrets revealed, the collective consciousness, the Well of Knowledge for true growth.
Conversely:
The presence of negative Wurt, an unlucky roll of the dice, bad luck, secrets remaining secret, delusions, fantasies, megalomania, outside the collective/individual consciousness, out of touch with reality, negative forces set in motion, that which is unknowable, the need to deal with uncertainty, unpleasant contractions of birth pains, secrets remaining secret, take no chances.
*A2R6
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Not: 
Havamal 152.
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk

Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, suffering, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
*H2R2
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Interpretation: Luck (Pertho) leads to distress (Not).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 8hrs of solid sleep…WOW!
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Brief good morning chat with my love my fiancée
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WELL JsFnChst!  It looks like no ground breaking on the room addition.  I called Elite Construction.  It seems the guy who he had lined-out to do it, his wife had a heart attack and there is no back-up.  I expressed my extreme disappointment.
PERTHO/NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Breakfast bagel with cream-cheese…not as good as I thought it was going to be.
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VA for foot inspection aka pedicure
Bank
Hollywood Alterations (oh hela, I forgot about their cash-only policy)
*Pertho/Not
Bank
Hollywood alterations; asshole tried to charge me $14 when he told me $13.
*Pertho/Not
It seems like everything is getting on my last nerve today.
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TWICE I’ve tried to contact Textron about their C.O.D. delivery last February.  I’ve also contacted their Union plant chair.  Yeah, I know it’s only $5.28.  I’ve operated under it being the principle of the matter, now I’m ready to say fuck it.
*Pertho/Not
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Toby and I out for a 30min walk.  Early in the walk he totally ignored a common voice command that put Toby on the retractable.  I was already pissy enough.  Toby’s misbehavior, hela-stout south winds, and I just called a two-block roundy enough.
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All meat burritos and black bean refried beans; both with cheese and salsa.
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Well scheisse…this hela stout south wind destroyed my porch gate.
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Finally, enough work to keep my busy on the table shaper all shift; not a lot of time turned-in, but busy.  I had a hot bur fly off the table shaper and sear right onto my lower lip.  JsFnChst that hurt like hela!  It left a quaint little burn spot.
*I took a bag of trash with me to leave @ brother’s but left it at a neighbor’s instead since there was already a pile of trash sitting out.
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Now what the fuck?  Did I forget to shut the front door after dealing with the porch gate?  Believe me, I went quietly into my house, and checked out every corner.  All is well.
*Pertho/Not
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A VERY disturbing phone message in from my contractor.
*Pertho/Not
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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If a Rune reading ever rang true, Pertho/Not all day.
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01:30 nighty night
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God/dess Meditation: Mano, god of the moon:
Greetings to you, Mano, glorious male aspect of the moon; silver messenger on high.  You’re the measurer and teller of time.  You’re the counterpart to Sunna, the feminine aspect of the sun.  As you fly silently on your way reflect into our souls the glory of the High Ones that we might aspire to the realms of the gods. Bathe our world in soft brightness, and whisper to our souls of joyous realms beyond our knowing. Mano, let us see the goodness within us and without us, all the nights and days of our lives.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, MANO, as we honor the Mano that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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April/Ôstarmânôd 29, 2018 Sunnastag

4/29/2018

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(Ôstarmânôd = Ostara Month)
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Plans: ???????????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas)
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Eihwaz: Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, inner strength, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it! “, temporary cosmic consciousness, stability over external circumstances, resilience, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.  “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” (Friedrich Nietzsche).
*A2R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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.
 
Triumph, surrounded with luck and happiness, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, into the fray, blessing from above, successful fight, achieved goal, school, and salvation by light, inspiration, soul, and power of the sun, inspiration, soul, life force, wholeness, reliable success, healing, good luck, spiritual completion, and the path of the soul, Rune of the spiritual ray of inspiration, wisdom, and illumination.
“The creative spirit must conquer” (List, 57).
*H2R5
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Interpretation: Inner strength (Eihwaz) leads to victory (Sig).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 8hrs of troubled sleep; LEFT ankle pain, in the recliner, automatic sleep, back up, slept-in until just after 7am (11pm sleepy time).
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée.
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Three egg medium-cooked-yoke topped with cheese, potato coins, 6-slices of deli-ham, ½ whole-wheat bagel with honey
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Mainz 3:0 Leipzig on FS2/Sling-TV
Bremen v Borussia Dortmund on FS2/Sling-TV
*19th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*45th min tor/goal Bremen
*@ the half 1-1
*end of match 1-1
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WHOA!  Borussia Dortmund will play LAFC next month https://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/borussia-dortmund-christian-pulisic-lafc-usa-manchester-city-liverpool-friendly-479437.jsp
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, early afternoon, 30min walk around the campus of Newman U.
*warm, sunny, hela-stout south wind.
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Kwik Shop; aw…Kroger has sold them off; hence, my purchases no longer go toward gas points.
Dollar General
Dillons
Dillons petrol
Liquor store
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Moved recycling to the north fence anticipating ground-breaking for the room addition tomorrow.  Methinks it’s fine for the aluminum cans, but not for regular recycling.  It has already blown all over the place twice.  Hela, I had to go into the neighbor’s back yard to retrieve a couple of tub tops that blew over the fence.  I may not be able to do regular recycling for the time being.
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Mowed yard back to just past Agathagart…tired
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Now why in the fuck did the neighbor across the street feel compelled to tell me her fucking life-story, just because she inquired about My Love My Fiancée?
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A load of laundry
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Colorado 1:2 Orlando
NYCFC 3:1 Dallas
LAFC 1:0 Seattle on FS1/Sling-TV
*LAFC home opener in their brand-new stadium: https://www.bancofcaliforniastadium.com/
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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God/dess Meditation: Paltar, 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!
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April/Ôstarmânôd 28, 2018 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit

4/28/2018

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(Ôstarmânôd = Ostara Month)
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Plans: ?????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Gebo: The mystical union of gift and giver, repay gift for gift, generosity, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, obligations, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are willing to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.
*A1R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Laf: 
Havamal 158.
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
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Interpretation: generosity (Gebo) leads to determination (Laf).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: trying to get to sleep last night was tough due to an unexpected sinus attack.  Thank the gods I keep 12hr Afrin https://www.afrin.com/products/nasal-sprays/original-nasal-spray/ on hand.
8 ½ hours of sleep.
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée.
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 254
Glucose: 129
BP: 140/78
Pulse: 77
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Call into Sling-TV.  I TRIED to update my debit card online, but it didn’t work.  Jeez, when all else fails, contact a human.  It’s amazing how well that works.
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Sent an email to myself at work so I have a resume on hand.
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Jeez!  It’s almost noon and I have yet to motivate around here.
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Cereal with ½ toasted bagel with strawberry jelly
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Batteries for the mower are being charged for their first use of the mowing season
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Friday
Hoffenheim 3:1 Hannover
Today
Berlin 2:2 Augsburg
Freiburg 3-1 Köln on FS2/Sling-TV; Köln is relegated to 2 Bundesliga for next season
https://www.bundesliga.com/en/stats/table/
*likewise, Dusseldorf is promoted to Bundesliga
https://www.bundesliga.com/de/2bundesliga/tabelle/2017-2018/
Schalke 1:1 M’Gladbach
München 4:1 Frankfurt on FS1/Sling-TV
Wolfsburg 1:3 Hamburger
Leverkusen 0:1 Stuttgart
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German food truck for later; warming in the oven
Fb: https://www.facebook.com/LetmEatBrats/
WWW: http://www.letmeatbrats.net/
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Toby and I out for a fairly well behaved, early/mid-afternoon, 30min walk.
*warm, sunny, no breeze
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Bierrocks, potato salad, lemon pie from the German Food truck:  OMGs YUM!
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Lazy afternoon; perhaps mowing tomorrow.
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Ace Hardware
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 MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Friday
Vancouver 2-0 Salt Lake
Today
Atlanta 4:1 Montréal
Toronto 2:2 Chicago
Philly 3:2 DC
Columbus 2:1 San Jose
New England v Sporting Kansas City
*44th min goal new angleland
*@ the half new angleland 1-0 SKC
*end of match, new New England 1-0 SKC
*damn
Minnesota 2:1 Houston
LA 2:3 NYRB
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2 loads of laundry
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Early to bed; 22:30 or 23:00, not sure
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God/dess Meditation: Saga, glorious goddess of history, we greatly honor you as part and parcel of our ever-expanding past.  As we share in Minnatranc, whisper to our hearts of the stories about our gods, our ancestors, our heroes and their glories.  Be the resource for our memories should we ever forget from whence we come.  Gently remind us that we all have a rich history from which to pull.  For it is as we remember and respect the past can we deal with our present, knowing that we will someday have to deal with our spiritual debt.  We honor you, Saga, as a repository for the basis of all that we are, all that we are coming to be, and all that our offspring will inherit from us.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SAGA, as we honor the Saga that resides in us all.
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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April/Ôstarmânôd 27, 2018 Frijastag

4/27/2018

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(Ôstarmânôd = Ostara Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com)
Frijastag/Frija’s Day/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elizabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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
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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: Thorn: 
Havamal 147.
A third I take, when danger threatens,

To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus, I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.
 
Donar, deflecting an opponent, making ineffective, protection from danger, enemies bound through magic, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, power to become, Return, new emergence from what's apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, a constant renewal of life in rebirth, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.
“Preserve your ego” (List, 51).
*H1R3
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Interpretation: Fluidity (Laguz) leads to protection (Thorn).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs of sleep with two wake-ups; Toby out/in
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée
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HOLY SHIT!  I spent WAY too much time researching online for the flags of Germany and Russia during the 1700s to which my early ancestors would be familiar, in order to create a more accurate series of conjoined pics for G-grandparents Reimer: SUCCESS!  Now it’s late morning…GOTTA GET MOVING!
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Breakfast on a whole wheat bagel
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, noon hour, 30min walk with good conversations with those around the neighborhood:  Colton (good kid), Bob’s relatives on funeral service info.
*mildly warm, sunny, no breeze
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Shower
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Leftover beans-n-franks on hashbrowns with asparagus from frozen
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Brother over to repay the loan for his tire
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NOTHING!  Nothing in the shop for the table shaper.  I spent considerable time on the computer looking for another job within Spirit.  The problem came when I didn’t have an accessible resume.  That problem will be eliminated tomorrow at home. 
A couple of things finally arrived.  Slow night…boring night…HAHAHAHA…that’s almost a Yule song.
*Laguz/Thorn
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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God/dess Meditation: Heil to you, Forsizo, son of Paltar and Nanda!  You’re the god of justice and reconciliation.  You sit in judgment of the right and wrong of all arguments.  We call out to you in our time of legal need.  We know that justice is a double-edged ax.  On the one side, if our argument is just, grant us the proper conclusion.  On the other side, if our argument is fraudulent, mete-out justice accordingly.  Whether in the court of legal proceedings or the court of public opinion, grant us the justice according to the rightness of our deeds.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FORSIZO, as we honor the Forsizo that resides in us all!
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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April/Ôstarmânôd 26, 2018 Donarstag, Toby’s 9th birthday

4/26/2018

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(Ôstarmânôd = Ostara Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, work 8hrs
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I took guardianship of Toby four years ago today.  Toby’s original guardian came down with Alzheimer’s and could no longer care for him.  An older couple, friends of the guardian, were trying to re-home him to a good home.  Believe me, I was vetted by this couple.  When asked his age, the Vet’s best guess was 5yrs old.  So, I make April 26, 2009 Toby’s birthday.
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Ancestor Meditation: Donarstag/Donar’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*I have no idea what brought this on, but I was LAUGHING!  I just LOVE the idea that great-grandfather and great-grandmother Reimer.  WERE here in the plains.  The evidence that my grandfather, Henry Reimer, was born in Medford, Oklahoma puts them there.  I fully believe they said FUCK ALL THIS and skedaddled to California; either for opportunity or to get away from the church.  I uproariously laugh believing the latter.  I affectionately call them “The Rebels”.  ROTFLMFnAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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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: Jera: Harvest, 12th Rune of the Futhark, the number 12, cycles, a turning point, cause and effect, the Rune of return, two halves of a cyclic whole, harmony-in-movement-in-balance, improvement, expansion, growth, progress, patience, fruition of plans, the mystic union between Earth and the Cosmos, the result of a previous action, appropriate reward for the right (or wrong) action.
*A2R4
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Yr:
Havamal 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.
 
Lust/desire, seduction, second thoughts, 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).
*H3R4
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Interpretation: A turning point (Jera) leads to lust/desire!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with one wake-up; not horrible.
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Brief good morning chat with my love my fiancée.
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Three eggs (one yoke ran) sunny-side-up, 4 slices of deli-ham, hashbrowns, ½ of a whole wheat bagel.
*I blame all this on the ½ bagel, and the yoke that ran.
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Out to buy a tire for my brother.  He’ll pay me back Friday.
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon walk.  I wasn’t paying close enough attention.  Before I knew it, he had injured a squirrel.  As long as he makes a quick kill of it...  As badly as I felt for the squirrel, I can’t be too mad at Toby.  It was done on equal terms.  The squirrel anticipated on being faster than Toby, and Toby anticipated being faster than the squirrel.  This time, Toby won.  I took Toby home with his prize and went on with my 30min walk.
*mildly warm, partly cloudy/high clouds, no breeze
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Call into Elite Construction; ground breaking is Monday.
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Pizza Hut for lunch
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For having very few orders in the shop I sure am turning in some good time.  4hrs from just after midnight yesterday, plus 10.7hrs today; pretty damned good!  Today, just after midnight, I turned in 3.8hrs for tomorrow.
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Well hela, a bit more electrical work was done for the room addition.
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God/dess Meditation: Die [(German for feminine “the”) (pronounced “Dee”)] 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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Alaf Sal Fena!
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April/Ôstarmânôd 25, 2018 Wodanstag

4/25/2018

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(Ôstarmânôd = Ostara Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, hopefully break ground, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Isa: Ice: dormancy: a calming, self-preservation, self-centeredness resulting in a lack of change, reflective influence, stilling effect: self-control: the concentrated self: ego, das Ich (the unified, whole, principle or force), the composite plurality of Ich, be still and gain control of the Self (in all its forms): grounding, a lowering of vibration levels, patience, frigidity, and the loss of momentum.
*A2R3
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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: 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.
 
Blessing, shielding, inspiration, encouragement, 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).
H3R1
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Interpretation: Calm (Isa) leads to blessing (Bar).
*sometimes ya gotta stop to smell the roses.
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1st check on all fur-kids; Essie is so funny.  She makes “I wanna go outside” sounds when I open the front door.  She’ll stand at the storm door until I let her out onto the porch.  She wasn’t outside for 5min…okay…that’s enough.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hours of solid sleep
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Good morning chat with my love my BRILLIANT fiancée.
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Last of the potato/turkey kielbasa mixture, two eggs added = 3 breakfast burritos in whole wheat tortillas.
Shower
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Socks huggle time, then outside
Essie chase the pulled rope play-time
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Watched French President Macron’s address to the US congress via the Meet The Press link on Fb, Chromecast to my tele. 
https://www.facebook.com/NBCNews/videos/2536229959730352/UzpfSTEwMzcwODc0Nzg3MDoxMDE1NjcwNDQxODM1Mjg3MQ/
May we keep him?
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, early afternoon, 30min walk
*overcast/misty/lite rain, very cool, north breeze
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Oven baked beans-n-franks on a bed of mashed cauliflower with sour cream-n-chives for lunch.
*OMGs YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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FIFA Champions League https://www.theguardian.com/football/live/2018/apr/25/bayern-munich-v-real-madrid-champions-league-semi-final-first-leg-live
*one of the rare times I’ll root for Bayern
Bayern München v Real Madrid
*28th min GOAL BAYERN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*44th min goal real
*@ the half 1-1
*57th min goal real
*end of match Bayern 1-2 Madrid
DAMN!
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CONCACAF Champions League
Chivas v Toronto
https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2018-04-25-cd-guadalajara-vs-toronto-fc/recap
DAMN!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Hardly any work in the shop, but man did we turn in some minutes for what we had!  I turned-in 10hours+ thanks to my bread-n-butter parts.  I also turned-in 4hours into tomorrow.  My shop colleague also turned in an ungodly amount of time to the tune of 1,600 min (no joke), plus 3 hours turned-in for tomorrow.
*Isa/Bar
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A bit of chat on Fb about wedding fees.
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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!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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April/Ôstarmânôd 24, 2018 Dienstag

4/24/2018

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(Ôstarmânôd = Ostara Month)
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Plans: possible breaking ground on the room addition, my love my fiancée, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
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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: 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
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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
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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, revelation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
H2R6
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Interpretation: Fluidity (Laguz) leads to rebirth (Tyr).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 6hrs of restless, unbeneficial sleep.
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée.
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Electrician here to set the temporary power pole in the backyard.
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Two scrambled eggs and cheese mixed-in with the leftover potato/turkey kielbasa mixture, ½ bagel with strawberry jelly.
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Against my better judgment I paid the extra $50 to Boost
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Plumber out to evaluate his part of it all.
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Toby and I out for a noon-hour, somewhat stubborn, 30min walk.
*mildly warm, partly cloudy, no breeze
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Oh, by the way, I forgot to mention, on the way to work yesterday, I noticed police cars in front of Bob’s house @ the corner of McCormick and Bonn.  OH NO, I thought.  I stepped out of my car to have a word with the guy in the car in the driveway.  Bob died.  Bob lived alone in his tiny one-bedroom home.  I inquired his age, and I was told he was 70-something.  I figured he was in his 80s.  Bob enjoyed Toby, and Toby found Essie on Bob’s porch.  Sad…
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Leftover potato burrito mixture with leftover refried beans for lunch
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Well shit:
Almost to work and I reach for my QT thermos…OMGs, I forgot it…. reaching for my dinner bucket…OMGs forgot that too.  I bought the hela out of the vending machines.
*almost $10
Well shit:
My 1st shift colleague did little to no clean-up around the table shaper.  His claim was that he was getting berated by the first shift Super for something that, according to him, had nothing to do with him.  He apologized but didn’t offer to stay to clean up.  It became MY FAULT because I failed to get him to stay.  I WAS LIVID!
Well shit:
Am I going to have a ticket on my windshield for parking in the wrong lot?  Sure, I have a J-lot placard and I’m parking in K-lot simply because it’s closer.  Several months ago, I was told BY A SECURTY person that they were opening K-lot to 2nd shift parking due to the dangers crossing MacArthur.  The company email said they were going to start ticketing now, presumably due to the new crossing light crossing MacArthur. 
*whew…no ticket
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks out to tend to kitty business.  What?  Socks already back on the porch this quickly?  OH!  Rain!  Socks RAN back into his house.  I also had to turn on his space heater.  I love Socks so much.  I’m glad I have it to do this for him.  I don’t mind insuring his warmth on a chilly night.
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01:30 nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Ostara, trustworthy goddess; wife to Brego; the adherent god of scalds, 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!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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April/Ôstarmânôd 23, 2018 Manostag

4/23/2018

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(Ôstarmânôd = Ostara Month)
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Plans: VA, my love my fiancée, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
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
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: Othilla: Home and heritage (spiritual or mortal); the strong family, the home within, nobility, the sacred enclosure, spiritual heritage, ancestral spiritual power/favor, true kinship; kinship with humanity, genetic, cultural and spiritual inheritance, ancestry, loyalty to family - tribe or village, group prosperity, order, interaction, or freedom, union/connection with the family of humankind.
Conversely:
Problems in relating to home - heritage - spiritual heritage, and ancestors; Family difficulties, difficulties at home, shunning, unbalanced kinship, chaotic home-front, loss of property/land, genetic disconnection, slavery, homelessness, disruption of family ties - race - culture and the environment, racialism, alienated/disconnected with the family of humankind.
A3R8
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Man: 
Havamal 159.
A fourteenth know I Volkrast, the dwarf,

Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, All-Father, to gain wisdom.
 
Strength, magical empowerment, acquisition of Divine wisdom, propagation of the human race, encompasses both the exoteric and the esoteric concepts of humanity, great gain, male mysteries/leadership, manly actions, pulling down the spiritual into material form, human/humanity, increase, masculinity, health, plenty, magic, spirit, truth, God-Man, male principle in Cosmos, birth, health, increase, maleness and man, Divine man, male principle in Cosmos, magic power, thaumaturgy, true self, the resurrected god, the upper part of the world tree, Irminsul, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers; the sacred Rune of humankind encouraging us to be human.
“Be a man” (List, 61).
H3R3
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Interpretation: Home and heritage (Othilla) leads to strength (Man).
*EXCELLENT!
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1st check on all fur-kids; Essie has no more drool, and no more eye boogers…relief.
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Outcome: 8 hrs of sleep with only one wake-up.
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Good morning greeting with my love my fiancée
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Breakfast sandwich on a whole wheat bagel, and a banana
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Shower
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VA was extremely easy and quick.
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Dillons for a few things more than a few things from the day previous
*again, I tried a fancy coffee from Starbucks inside Dillons.  It was a sample handed out by an associate of some kind of white-chocolate something with whipped cream.  Initially it was okay, then the after taste set-in; ewwwwwww. Never let it be said I haven’t tried.
Hollywood Alteration for sewing on of patches.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, perfektly behaved, 30min walk.
*mild, sunny/high clouds, slight north breeze.
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Call into Air Capital Veterinary; Doctor is busy but will return call.
*call returned.  Doc is informed of Essie’s plight over the weekend and her quick recovery.
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Cubed potato and turkey kielbasa burritos and refried beans with cheese.
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Once again, I’m compelled to look for a way to learn Plattdeutsch.  OMGs…look what I found:
https://www.omniglot.com/language/phrases/lowsaxon.php
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This was a night I got fed up with a couple of things:

*I got fed up with a Supervisor who relentlessly micro-manages us.  I’m going to be active trying to find a way to get out of that shop.
*I got fed up with my cell phone service with Boost mobile.  I just paid $50 5 days ago, a day late, but paid, so I went to an auto payment to make sure that doesn’t happen again.  NOW they have disrupted my service until I pay ANOTHER $50 ahead of my due date NEXT MONTH.  It’s just one thing after another with them.  I may be surrendering my Smart-phone.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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01:30 nighty night
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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!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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April/Ôstarmânôd 22, 2018 Sunnastag, Earth Day

4/22/2018

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(Ôstarmânôd = Ostara Month)
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Plans: my love my fiancée, GPRF 
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Earth Day:
https://www.earthday.org/ 
http://abcnews.go.com/International/earth-day-2018/story?id=54555421 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXsgr9_26OQ 
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas)
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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
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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: Thorn: 
Havamal 147.
A third I take, when danger threatens,

To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus, I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.
 
Donar, deflecting an opponent, making ineffective, protection from danger, enemies bound through magic, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, power to become, Return, new emergence from what's apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, a constant renewal of life in rebirth, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.
“Preserve your ego” (List, 51).
*H1R3
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Interpretation: Fluidity (Laguz) leads to deflection (Thorn).
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1st check on all fur-kids; it so much fun watching Socks make up his mind.  At first, all he wanted to do was huggle.  With his signal, huggle time was over and I’m ready to go outside.  As I opened his sliding glass door, he though about it, then went back inside. I hesitated to make sure he was certain, then he again approached the door.  This time for sure…out the gate and onto the driveway.
*now Essie has eye-boogers.  Yup, she’s headed to the Vet first thing Monday.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, only one wake-up.
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My health by the numbers
Weight: 254
Glucose: 128
BP: 136/79
Pulse: 79
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God morning chat with my love my fiancée.
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Two homemade breakfast burritos with eggs, ham and cheese, potato coins.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Augsburg 2:0 Mainz on FS2/Sling-TV
Köln 2:2 Schalke on FS2/Sling-TV; a draw will not save Köln from relegation
https://www.bundesliga.com/en/stats/table/
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*cool, cloudy, slight north breeze
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GPRF shortly after noon.
*OMGs much better than yesterday.  I stayed until 5:30pm or so.
* spent a bit of money @ two vendor booths’
**food
**soap
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To Dillons for a few things.
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WOW!  I completely blew-off yesterday’s MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Saturday
Montreal 3:5 LAFC  
Houston 5:1 Toronto (c’mon Reds!)
NYRB 1:2 Chicago
Columbus 2:2 New England
Orlando 3:2 San Jose
Dallas 2:0 Philly
Salt Lake 3:0 Colorado
LA 0:2 Atlanta
Sunday
Seattle 3:1 Minnesota
Portland 3:0 NYCFC on FS1/Sling-TV
*well, at least I didn’t miss a Sporting Kansas City match.  They must have the week off.
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Online FB chat with an old acquaintance and a new friend.
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WOW!  More online counseling!
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Trash over to brother’s
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Last check on all fur-kids; okay, Essie’s drooling and eye-boogers are gone…confused.
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God/dess Meditation: Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wodan, newly risen! Hail to you who is the counterpart to Mano, male aspect of the Moon.  You have shown on all our ancestors, you shine on us, and you 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!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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April/Ôstarmânôd 21, 2018 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit

4/21/2018

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(Ôstarmânôd = Ostara Month)
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Plans: recyclables, GPRF http://www.greatplainsrenfest.com/
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Eihwaz: Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, inner strength, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it! “, temporary cosmic consciousness, stability over external circumstances, resilience, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.  “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” (Friedrich Nietzsche).
*A2R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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.
 
Triumph, surrounded with luck and happiness, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, into the fray, blessing from above, successful fight, achieved goal, school, and salvation by light, inspiration, soul, and power of the sun, inspiration, soul, life force, wholeness, reliable success, healing, good luck, spiritual completion, and the path of the soul, Rune of the spiritual ray of inspiration, wisdom, and illumination.
“The creative spirit must conquer” (List, 57).
*H2R5
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Interpretation: Inner strength (Eihwaz) leads to triumph (Sig).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: WOW!  NINE HOURS of sleep with only two wake-ups (Toby out/in).
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RAIN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée
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Facebook time
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Three-egg omelet with ham and cheese…VERY cheesy, potato coins, whole wheat bagel with strawberry jelly.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Leipzig 2:5 Hoffenheim
Frankfurt 0:3 Berlin
Stuttgart 2:0 Bremen
Hamburger 1:0 Freiburg on FS2/Sling-TV
Borussia Dortmund v Leverkusen on FS1/Sling-TV
(it was amazing listening to pre-game as they were singing the praises of Christian Pulisic, a BVB player, 19yrs old, FROM THE US!)
https://www.bundesliga.com/en/player/current-season/DFL-OBJ-0026Q3/christian-pulisic/stats
*13th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, BVB 1-0 Leverkusen
*55th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*63rd min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*79th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match BVB 4-0 Leverkusen
*BVB WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Miller’s Recycling http://www.recyclewichita.org/
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Time at the GPRF http://www.greatplainsrenfest.com/ was limited and miserable; cold and rain.  I MAY have stayed an hour, but no later.  I’m hoping for a better tomorrow.
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West St. Burgers (S. Seneca branch)
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WONDERFUL online chat with my love my fiancée about extended weekends, couples time, and financial planning; the kind of things most couples fight about, we are discussing them.
*Eihwaz/Sig
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I’ve never noticed Essie’s drooling.  Online research got me worried with everything from a reaction to happiness to mouth cancer.  I’m going to keep an eye on her, and if I feel it’s necessary, I’ll take her to the Vet first thing Monday.
*yeah, there’s something going on with Essie.  She’s drooling excessively for no particular reason.
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Facebook chat with a troubled niece.
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WOW!  It’s still raining.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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23:00 nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Frouwa & Ing-Frô:
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you?  Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Ing-Frô, you’re the Great God of Fridu (all-encompassing safety and protection), Ar (peace, good seasons), the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the god of this World. When the day to day wears us down remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing-Frô, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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