(Wonnemânôd = Blissful Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)


Frijastag/Frija’s Day/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elizabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Ur:
Havamal 147:
Another I name, that all need to have
Who officiate as curing healers;
Know yourself, and you will know the world,
And learn to discern between evil and its causes.
 
Self-knowledge/awareness, all-knowing, discernment, witches/shamans/doctors/healing, causality, the primordial, eternity, primal fire, primal light, primal, primal bull, recognize the cause of an event, healing. that which is grasped or permanent, medical help, the healing powers of medical drugs, nurturing at the original basis, original cause, origin, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, contact with the transcendent, contact with the dead, life after mortal death, Mother-God, Creative Mother Principle, a physician’s rune and represents resurrection, eternity, and continuity, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, root of eternity, causality; the origin of time, cause and effect in the eternal power of becoming.
“Know yourself, then you will know all” (List 50).
*H1R2
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Interpretation: Fluidity (Laguz) brings discernment (Ur).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: I THINK 7hrs of sleep, but for sure, two wakeups.
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Woke up to the sound of utility work north.
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Wifey conversation.
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On line goofing off.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 30min walk.
*high clouds/warm/no breeze
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Missed a Wednesday MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Atlanta 3:0 Minnesota
Montréal 2:1 Salt Lake
DC 3:3 Chicago
Philly 1:1 Colorado
Sporting KC v LA
@ the half 0:0
55th min goal la
86th min goal la
End of match KC 0:2 LA
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A bit too much fish, traded off with a bit less potato, and a garden salad for lunch.
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After three days of a very lite workload…BAM!  It was HELA busy tonight.  I stayed busy all night right up until past 11:30.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww…my wifey already had my anniversary gift laying out.  It was a framed sketch of hers with us at our wedding…damn nice!  Thank you honey.
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2am nighty night.  My gaming wife is sleeping in her office tonight.
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(Wonnemânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

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

Donarstag/Donar’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Sig: 
Havamal 156:
This I know as an eleventh, when
I accompany my dear friend into combat;
I sing it into the shield, so that he triumphs in battle
And that luck and happiness surrounds him always.
 
Triumph, surrounded with luck and happiness, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, into the fray, blessing from above, successful fight, achieved goal, school, and salvation by light, inspiration, soul, and power of the sun, inspiration, soul, life force, wholeness, reliable success, healing, good luck, spiritual completion, and the path of the soul, Rune of the spiritual ray of inspiration, wisdom, and illumination.
“The creative spirit must conquer” (List, 57).
*H2R5
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Interpretation: Proper reward for a previous action (Jera) brings triumph (Sig).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with only one wakeup + a kitty at my feet…nice!
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Wifey conversation.
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The sound of chainsaws caught my attention.  When I came out from the shower, I noticed they were stump grinding on the property to the North, so went over to talk to them.  The head hauncho came over to look at my tree situation.  The current offer for my trees is topping two trees for $800 and extra for stump grinding.  This guy offered $1,000 to top all four trees with free stump grinding.  I’m seriously considering the latter.
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Open faced, 1-egg breakfast sandwich with cubed ham, on whole grain bread + a banana.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 30min walk.
*partly cloudy, mild, west breeze.
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Credit Union for wifey as she has a migraine forming.
Family Dollar for hangers.
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Mini French bread pizza + a garden salad with cubed ham + a slice of watermelon for lunch.
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I’ve started inquiring what it takes to become a Union Steward.
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Work was only a wee bit busier than last night, which gives me a lot of time to clear out one YouTube file while adding to another.  Yup, down time is plenteous. 
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Not sure when I fell asleep in the recliner, perhaps 1:30am or so.
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(Wonnemânôd = Blissful Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Raido: Wheel, horse transportation, riding, issues concerning: ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, the journey of life, travel, seek wise counsel, spiritual quest, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, planning, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to oversee one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
Conversely:
Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, restlessness, make no travel plans, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, vehicular failure, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, a failed or disappointing journey, void of progress or proper perspective.
*A1R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Fa: 
Havamal 146:
The first one promises to help generously
In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth
From death to new creation.
 
Generous help, luck, eternal change, forward motion, binding, life/death/life, new creation, property, to grow, to wander, to destroy, to shred, guidance, Father, potential change reflected in a beginning; preface of that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father principle, Alle-Vater principle.  primal Fire, the power of spirit and change as well as the power of creativity, the Divine Masculine Principle, success, pure, generated fire that acts creatively in love, will that spares manifestation down to the material levels, necessity of change.
“Generate your luck and you will have it” (List, 49).
*H1R1
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Interpretation: Movement (Raido) brings generous help (Fa).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with three wakeups.  THREE WAKEUPS?  WTF???????????
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1-egg breakfast sandwich with ham cubes on whole grain bread.
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Messaging with wifey.  Hopefully we have come to consensus (Raido/Fa).
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Mueller makes his public statement, IMO, setting the stage for Congress. https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/robert-mueller-speak-today-russia-investigation-trump-2016-election-live-stream-updates-2019-05-29/?fbclid=IwAR25zck7mv83NZNlEjShyiTF9Piw5fsVhYjneCIhIzw1RA7D-Cf8en2wJs8
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*mostly cloudy, mildly cool, refreshing north breeze.
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Bank
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Seared pollock with a garden salad and a slice of watermelon.  Extra pollock made for fur babies.
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Boring night at work.   I don’t mind getting paid $24+ per hr. to be bored.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  Sleeping with wifey tonight.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Wodanstag) 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!

(Wonnemânôd = Blissful Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
Gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Ks
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Thurisaz: Giant, Donar, the Strong One, defender of the Folk and Ensigart, strength, indelible raw masculine power/strength, reactive and directed force, courage, a breakthrough, self-empowerment, defense from within, defend against outside forces, breaking down barriers, self-defense, assertiveness, facing opposition, bravery, the ultimate mortal fighting force, fertility, fight or flight; choosing to fight.
Conversely:
Thorn, Outside the favor of Donar, the strong One, indelible weakness, powerless, beware of enemies from the outside, defenselessness, failure, disruptive opposition, lack of fertility, shadow of the unconscious, disease, explosive/mindless violence, an enemy's victory, introversion, trouble, betrayal, physical abuse, cowardice, destruction, a loss of masculinity, fight or flight: choosing flight.
*A1R3
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Rit: 
Havamal 150:
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.
 
Incoming challenges, the exalted, the strength of Will, external power/strength squelched, fixation, attack squelched, 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).
*H1R5
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Interpretation: Masculine strength (Thurisaz) brings incoming challenges (Rit).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8hrs of solid sleep.
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Well FUCK!  I thought I had the mortgage company by the balls.  Turned out they have ME by the balls.  The mortgage payment went up $100 over the escrow, taxes and insurance.  I knew the insurance would go up.  My insurance agent told me that during the room addition construction.  I guess, really, it made sense for taxes and escrow to increase as well.
*NOT A FUCKING GREAT WAY TO START THE DAY!
JsFnChst!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Thurisaz (reactive and directed force)/Rit (incoming challenges)
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I AM ABSOLUTELY LIVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Call into Johnathan Loga and Elite Renovations telling him, in a message since he was on vacation. he needed to get over here to tend to these problems.  I’m tired of being a nice guy.
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*cloudy/muggy, mild/south breeze.
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Bangers and mash with a garden salad for lunch.
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Not a horrible return to work after the Memorial Weekend..
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  Wifey is sleeping in her office tonight.
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(Wonnemânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: ????????????????????????????????????????
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History of Memorial Day:
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/memorial-day-history
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day
https://www.axios.com/memorial-day-the-tangled-backstory-0c75e9f8-9234-4cca-ac39-3f62316fc70c.html
https://www.townandcountrymag.com/leisure/arts-and-culture/a6359/history-of-memorial-day/
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; complications from M.S.
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; heart attack.
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Yr:
Havamal 161:
A sixteenth I speak if a maid is reluctant,
To wake her lust and desire;
I change the heart of the delightful woman,
Then to me her wishes turn.
 
Lust/desire, seduction, reluctance, influence, second thoughts, a change of heart, the waxing and waning moon, lunar-like mutability of the feminine essence, the error-rune, conquering resistance through confusion, eventual perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Column, well grounded, the carrier of genetic material, God-woman, femininity, desire, sensual love, passion, perfection, Mother, chaos from which creation emerges, female principle in the Cosmos, the night, death and instinct, anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions found in humankind, mystical union, night, moon, well grounded, roots of Irminsul from which all life springs, woman as the opposite/balance to man, the descending Divine Feminine being.
“Think about the end” (List, 63).
*H3R4
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Interpretation: Calm (Isa) brings 2nd thoughts (Yr).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8hrs of solid sleep!
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2-egg breakfast sandwich on whole grain bread with butter + a banana; 2-egg because Lily made me feel bad for not offering her any egg.  Sacrificed the piece of cheese for the extra egg.
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Wifey conversation.
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Separated recyclables
Straightened house
*vacuum problems, wifey may have fixed it.
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Toby and I out for a 2pm, somewhat stubborn, 30min walk.  Energy at low levels.  A neighbor in the extended neighborhood, couldn’t contain his pit bull.  When I saw the pit bull charge Toby, I was charging after it with walking stick ready to beat the shit out of it; however, it didn’t attack Toby.  Toby was sluggish to respond to voice commands, as the neighbor was calling HIS dog.  Evidently, his pit bull only responds to violence.  Luckily Toby wasn’t threatened enough to respond with violence so all was well.
*mostly cloudy, mild, south breeze.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga relegation play off
Union Berlin (2Bundesliga) v Stuttgart (Bundesliga).
*@ the half 0:0
*end of match 0:0
Union Berlin is promoted to Bundesliga and Stuttgart is relegated to 2Bundesliga because the aggregate was 2:2 with advantage to Union Berlin because of 2 away goals.  As Stuttgart failed to score at all, Union Berlin advances. https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/news/union-berlin-vfb-stuttgart-live-play-off-second-leg-line-ups-stats-mario-gomez-4796
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Leftover pulled pork from frozen, diced potato, and a garden salad, all appropriately portioned and fitted onto a 9” plate.
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The original plan was to mow and trim only the front yard, but looking in the back yard, I decided to tackle what I could.  It’s still ugly, but I was able to mow around all the standing water and mud, to make the back-yard hallway presentable.
*kicked my ass.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night.  Sleeping with wifey tonight.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Manostag) Nirdu, brother-husband, to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô and the Frouwa, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Wonnemânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: ??????????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.\
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Eihwaz: Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, inner strength, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it! “, temporary cosmic consciousness, stability over external circumstances, resilience, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.  “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” (Friedrich Nietzsche).
*A2R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Eh: 
Havamal 162:
A seventeenth I know, through a wise law
To join two lives in love;
And everyone is willing, no virginal woman
Will leave me lightly after this.
 
Dedication, faithfulness, fidelity, warns against frivolous, transient love affairs, the legal bond between man and woman, lasting love, two bound together by the primal law of life, unification, sanctity of marriage, the cross of wedlock, fulfillment, maintaining strict morals within the bonds of legal marriage, love, duality, bound by primal law, love, trust and marriage. Soul-mates, wedding, partnership, permanent bond, binding decision, hope, duration, horse, permanence and marriage as a law, unity of ego and you, sister souls, soul-love, God-Man-Woman, ideal love, twin souls, two made one, success, increase.
“Marriage is the raw-root of the Aryans” (List, 63).
*H3R5
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Interpretation: Inner strength (Eihwaz) brings dedication (Eh).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8hrs of sleep with two wakeups.
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Wifey conversation.
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Two breakfast burritos from frozen because I just didn’t feel like cooking.
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, 3-block roundy.
*mostly overcast, thunder, lite rain.
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Essie with supervised outside time.
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Women’s Soccer International Friendly
USA 3:0 Mexico https://www.ussoccer.com/competitions/uswnt-friendlies-2019/matches/united-states-vs-mexico
WOW!  It looked like they sold out NYRB/Red Bull arena; 25,000?  That’s it?  It looked larger than that.
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Designated Survivor S2 E 21
Taco Bell; finished up wifey’s gift card.
Designated Survivor S2 E22; thus, ends season 2; WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now waiting on Season three to land on Netflix
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Cal into brother, we may meet up at Wichita graves, yet.
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Sporting Kansas City v Seattle on FS2/Sling TV
*29th min JGOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*45+1 GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, SKC 2:0 Seattle
*63rd min goal seattle
*68th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*71st min goal seattle
*end of match; Sporting Kansas City 3:2 Seattle
*Sporting Kansas City wins!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2019/05/26/sporting-kc-hail-russell-after-clutch-performance-hes-special-player
Toronto 1:2 San Jose
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Met brother @ graves
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
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2 loads of laundry
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Okay, NOW I’m really tired…
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1:30am nighty night.  Wifey is in her office tonight.  Storms are once again rolling into the City.  All fur kids are under safe shelter.
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​May/Wonnemânôd 25, 2019 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit, the beginning of a 3-day weekend.
(Wonnemânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: ?????????????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Raido: Wheel, horse transportation, riding, issues concerning: ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, the journey of life, travel, seek wise counsel, spiritual quest, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, planning, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to oversee one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
Conversely:
Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, restlessness, make no travel plans, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, vehicular failure, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, a failed or disappointing journey, void of progress or proper perspective.
*A1R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Yr:
Havamal 161:
A sixteenth I speak if a maid is reluctant,
To wake her lust and desire;
I change the heart of the delightful woman,
Then to me her wishes turn.
 
Lust/desire, seduction, reluctance, influence, second thoughts, a change of heart, the waxing and waning moon, lunar-like mutability of the feminine essence, the error-rune, conquering resistance through confusion, eventual perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Column, well grounded, the carrier of genetic material, God-woman, femininity, desire, sensual love, passion, perfection, Mother, chaos from which creation emerges, female principle in the Cosmos, the night, death and instinct, anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions found in humankind, mystical union, night, moon, well grounded, roots of Irminsul from which all life springs, woman as the opposite/balance to man, the descending Divine Feminine being.
“Think about the end” (List, 63).
*H3R4
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Interpretation: Movement (Raido) brings eventual perfection (Yr).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with two wakeups:
1. 3am, Sinus ache; chronic sinusitis, left side is usually blocked.  When the right side is blocked and the left side is marginally open, it’s fucking uncomfortable.  Time in the recliner with sinus meds.
2. Lily demanding attention post sunrise.
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Wifey conversation while I wait for morning meds to take full effect.
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My health by the numbers:
Today                               Last week
Weight: 252                     254
Glucose: 125                   126                  
BP: 129/76                      149/83
Pulse: 80                          83
IT’S WORKING!  There’s movement (Raido)!  There’s eventual perfection (Yr).
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2-eggs sunny side up, fist size potato diced, 2 slices of ham, 1 slice of wheat bread with butter, fruit smoothie made for me and wifey.
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, fairly well behaved, 30min walk.
*cloudy, muggy, south breeze.
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Wifey to Family Dollar.
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WTF?  The recycling place really isn’t closed today, is it?  JsFnChst it is!
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To Lowe’s to get a couple of tubs for overflow at the home recycling area as paper and plastics are full!
Freddy’s Frozen Custard and Steakburgers.
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Tree guy here to finalize the tree project.  DAMN, just as the back yard was settling down to being mow-able, he puts ruts in the mud.  Hela, he almost got stuck.  He said he’s be back to make it right.
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I got a notice from the mortgage company that I haven’t paid for May yet, and they assessed a penalty onto my account.  Checking my bank statement:
As payments are due on the 1st of every month;
*May’s payment was made April 26th
*June’s payment was already made on May 24th
Damn, now I have to wait until Tuesday to set them straight via my bank.
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Thunderstorms are rolling back into Wichita.
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Chicago 1:1 LAFC (WHAT?  Live on twitter?)
Vancouver 2:1 Dallas
New England 1:1 DC
Philly 1:3 Portland
Cincinnati 0:2 NYRB
Minnesota 1:0 Houston
Colorado 3:2 Columbus
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Leftovers for dinner; last ground turkey patty, sliced tomato, and raw carrots.
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I have no idea what this is, but it seems to be Archie Bunker, the play, hosted by Jimmy Kimmel.
*okay, got it: https://deadline.com/2019/05/all-in-family-jeffersons-repeat-norman-lear-jimmy-kimmel-1202621596/
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Designated Survivor S2 Es 19 and 20 on Netflix
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night.  Wifey continues kitten duty in her office.
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(Wonnemânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: wifey, VA, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)


Frijastag/Frija’s Day/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elizabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Hagal: 
Havamal 152:
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning
With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To actively protect/enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
*H2R1
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Interpretation: Appropriate reward for the appropriate action (Jera) brings active protection (Hagal).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8hrs of sleep with only one wakeup, and OMGs it’s 10am!  11am palliative appt. @ the VA!
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A 1-egg breakfast sandwich on wheat toast with cheese + a banana.
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Wifey reminded me the appt, at the VA was for 11:30, not 11…JsFnChst!
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Toby and Essie with some supervised front yard time.
*rain.
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VA appt. went well.  I was checking in at the kiosk when I look up to see my palliative tech staring at me about a half hour ahead of my appointed time.
“You waiting on ME?”  I asked.
“Well yeah” She said.
Off we went to get me my diabetic foot inspection and pedicure.  I still find it damned funny that I get this pedicure every 3 months @ the VA.
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6 spanakopita triangles + mashed cauliflower + raw carrots dipped in ranch dressing = YUMMY!
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Quick trip to Air Capital Veterinary for Toby’s Apoquel https://www.zoetisus.com/products/dogs/apoquel/index.aspx
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Orlando 0:1 LA
Salt Lake 2:1 Atlanta
LAFC 4:2 Montréal
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Helalotta rain going into work.
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Not a horrible night at work.  I stayed fairly busy for 5hrs.  5hrs?  oh yeah, left @ 9pm.
*Jera/Hagal
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Designated Survivor S2 Es 17 & 18 on Netflix.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night.  Wifey is cat sitting again in her office tonight.
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(Wonnemânôd = Blissful Month)
Plans: wifey, work 8hrs.
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​Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

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

Donarstag/Donar’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Not: 
Havamal 153:
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, suffering, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
*H2R2
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Interpretation: Fluidity (Laguz) brings a settled calm (Not).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with two wakeups.
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Wifey conversation.
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Goofed off on the internet until Toby’s walk time.
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Barely got started when this woman who has also been helping with the momma cat and kittens.  I went to get my wife so she could talk to her.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 30min walk.
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Well, it seems momma cat isn’t wanted anymore by her guardian.  2 of the 4 kittens are pretty much claimed.  I’m not sure how we’re going to deal with momma.
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Message into Beauties and Beasts.
Message into WAAL.
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BK for lunch so I could get my free Whopper, wifey’s Junior Whopper, and Toby’s nuggets.
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Bundesliga relegation playoffs https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/matchday/2018-2019/relegation/vfb-stuttgart-vs-1-fc-union-berlin/liveticker leg 1
Stuttgart v FC Union Berlin
*42nd min tor/goal Stuttgart
*43rd min tor/goal Union Berlin
*@ the half 1:1
*51st min tor/goal Stuttgart
*68th min tor/goal Union Berlin
*end of match Stuttgart 2:2 Union Berlin; advantage Union Berlin with 2 away goals
2nd leg Monday May 27th
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I WAS SO GLAD my 1st shift colleague came back.  Evidently 1st shift Super was glad, too.
Things went well.  I turned in 9+ hours for an 8hr shift.
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Dillons petrol.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  Wifey is sleeping with all the kitties tonight.
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God/dess Meditation: Donar:
Donar, Son of Wodan and Erda, husband to Sibba with the Golden Hair, 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!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Wonnemânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Hagalaz: The cosmic seed of potential, a sacred enclosure/shell, shaping, evolution, protection within, holiness, a type of Godotuom; destruction/regeneration, evolution, destructive elements, unavoidable unpleasantness, pruning, potentially destructive but change will occur on its own given time.  Embrace the necessary destruction.  Don't rail against it.  Benefit from it.
*A2R1
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Not: 
Havamal 153:
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, suffering, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
*H2R2
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Interpretation: Change (Hagalaz) brings suffering (Not).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7rs of sleep with two wakeups.
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Wifey conversation
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1-egg breakfast sandwich on wheat toast, Canadian bacon and cheese + a banana.
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Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, late morning, 30min walk.
*sunny, mild, slight breeze.
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On the walk, someone told me of a cat with kittens that have been put out and abandoned in the apartments on McCormick.  Further, I was told they were all hunkered down inside a bush.  Sure enough, I saw momma kitty.
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Wifey to Family Dollar.
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Wifey was more than glad to help corral the kitties.  I grabbed my large kennel and off we went.  Wifey was able to nab the four kittens.  Momma has been more of a challenge.  With the kittens in the kennel, the situation was improved but not over by any means.
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Never before have I taken a 1lb chub of ground turkey and sliced it into 6 pieces in an effort to control portions.
*small turkey patty, fist sized bake potato, peas and carrots from frozen.  Surprisingly enough, my appetite is quite satisfied.
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Wifey back on kitty duty in an effort to nab momma.
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Wifey unsuccessful at corralling momma kitty.  Now the concern turns towards the kittens in the kennel and an upcoming storm.  She may be temporarily bringing them home.
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In spite of everything, not a horrible night at work.  Fingers crossed that my 1st shift colleague comes back from vacation tomorrow.
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Wifey was able to bring kittens home and set them up in the kennel in her office.  It seems she may end up fostering them.
*Hagalaz/Not all over this situation!
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Well hela, the tree guy was here while I was at work to work more on removing the tree in the back yard.  Damn if there weren’t some pieces I could’ve used or let other people use.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.  Wifey is sleeping with a whole bunch of kitties in her office tonight.
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