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May/Uuuȋmânôd 20, 2020 Wodanstag

5/21/2020

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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: fur kids, 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 to Mary Goertz 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Laf: 
Havamal 159:
A fourteenth I sing to the assembled Folk
When naming the divine names;
The Aesir and Alves and their various kinds
No one can spell out without learning.
 
Determination, learned knowledge, singing before the All, presentation, Urlag; life fate and destiny, life as law, life following the law, experience, test, temptations by life-circumstances, water, sea, good management, test of life, school of the lives, relations, defeat and the laws of nature, life and primal law, psychic & spiritual awareness, cosmic flow, seeds of thought, the etheric part of the body, initiation that experiences life on earth as a continuous process of initiation, The Cosmic Ocean.
“First learn to steer, then dare the sea-journey” (List, 60).
H3R2
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Rune Lesson: Two identical Runes, separate systems.
Now is the time to go with the flow, and to be determined to see any outcome to its conclusion.  One can magically sing before the all!  Once life hits home, we MUST deal with its ramifications; good, bad or indifferent.  Life really doesn’t give us much choice.  It’s HOW we deal with life that makes the difference.  There is always the opportunity to say FUCK IT, throw up our hand and give up.  OR, we can face life’s adversity head-on, learn from the experience and grow because of it.  The intelligent person would choose the latter.  Wouldn’t you say?
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: Just shy of 8hrs of sleep with one wakeup and LOTS of Lily loving!
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Wifey conversation
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Call into bank to finalize niece’s info so she can be co-owner of my savings account.  SOMEONE needs access to my money other than me, and it’s imperative that I protect my wife from my finances from my massive student loans and their ability to come after her for them upon my passing.
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A banana + 2 pieces of pizza + a breakfast burrito from frozen.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, two blocks, lots of Toby-prancing, roundy.
*mostly cloudy, mild, no breeze.
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A bit extra online/email work getting my niece as co-owner of my savings account, but DONE!
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Bought several digital Star Wars movies on Google Play to complete my collection.
Here is their order:
Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (set 32 years before A New Hope)
Star Wars Episode II: Attack of the Clones (22 years before)
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (19 years before)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (about a decade before) (purchased today)
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story (ends moments before ANH) (purchased today)
Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope 
Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back (three years after A New Hope)
Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (four years after)
Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens (34 years after)
Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi (34 years after) (purchased today)
Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (35 years after) (purchased today)
*Oh, purchased Gretel and Hanselhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZblQLhKcZQ, too:
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Last of the Hamburger Helper + a sliced roma tomato + watermelon for lunch
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At work, my manager notified me my previous request for a downgrade from an M09B to an M09C will probably happen since the bump-back rights/waterfall is back.  I have never cared for the term “waterfall.”  It makes no sense to me.  IMO, “bump-back” is more adequately descriptive.
*more overhead crane operation with supervision.
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Note to Self: Toby’s 1am feeding and insulin.
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Ghost Whisperer S1E9 on Hulu; WOW! Another one I haven’t seen, and it was a good one!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night
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God/dess Meditation: Wednesday, Wodan’s Day Wodan;
Alle-Vater Gott!  Wandering god!  Rune god! Wolf god! Raven god! Wodan!! Husband to Frija, the Alle-Mutter.  Son to Paru and Bezzia, brother to Willo and Wîh; We call out to you, not as slaves or on bended knee, but on our feet and open-armed as befits your offspring. Watch us as we struggle, but the fight and fame must both be ours! Grant us that victory which we win by OUR might and mane! After a life battle-worn, Wodan, grant us access to our Great Ancestral Hall, where we may feast, drink the glorious mead and be merry with our heroes and our Altmâgâ. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, Wodan, as we honor the Wodan 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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May/Uuuȋmânôd 19, 2020 Dienstag

5/20/2020

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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, VA, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married to Maria Hildebrand 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
Gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Ks
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Hagal: 
Havamal 152:
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning

With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To actively protect/enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother/Center of the Rune Tree, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
*H2R1
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Rune Lesson: Sime, movement leading to the All Mother.  Mother is everything.  Mother is All!  Mother is the rhythmic movement of Midgard.  Mother is the center of it all.  Mother is the wise council.  In the Mother is freedom and moral responsibility.  Mother oversees my journey thru this life.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep with Lily and Toby close-by.
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Brief wifey conversation
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A banana and 2-egg burrito
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VA appointment went well.  It was just a blood pressure check.  My concern was that I was already agitated going in, and I voiced that to the nurse.  Left arm, 140+.  Right arm 120+…better.
*comment not for public consumption
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 2-block roundy.
*partly cloudy, mild, nice north breeze.
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Call into PAIN IN THE ASS WageWorks/FSA; JsFnChst!
Call into VA to ONCE AGAIN obtain 3mo of VA copays; left a message.
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Note to Self:  Toby’s 1pm feeding and insulin.
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PH for lunch + an ice cream sundae.
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Not an absolutely horrible night at work, just mostly horrible.
*ya know, I wonder about the relationship between Asian lead man and Asian Union steward.  They are just too cozy.  There are times I see them both together, then the Asian union steward is gone, and gone all shift.  Asian union steward may be off doing union business, but who knows?
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Ghost Whisperer S1E8 on Hulu; wow!  One that I’ve never seen.
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Note to Self; Toby’s 1:45am feeding and insulin.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.
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God/dess Meditation: Tuesday, Ziu’s Day, Ziu
Ziu, god of selflessness; of war & glory, one-handed god, sacrificial god, Sergeant at Arms at the Thing, enforcer of law & order, bravest of all gods; you chained the Fenris Wolf that threatened the worlds. We can’t do that, but we can do other things, some ordinary, others heroic. Remind us of your bravery and your sacrifice. Give us the courage and strength we need to fetter out own Fenris. Keep us mindful of our duties and help us keep our fears bound as tightly as you bound old Slaver Mouth. Thus doing, may we share in your glory by imitating you.  WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HAIL, ZIU, as we honor the Ziu 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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May/Uuuȋmânôd 18, 2020 Manostag

5/19/2020

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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, ENT, 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)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married to Anna M. Schmidt 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; complications from M.S.
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; heart attack.
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Berkana: The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, maturation, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
Conversely:
Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, degradation, immaturity, deterioration, contamination, needlessly clinging, tough love Mothering, in need of Mothering, missing/ignoring a significant life passage.
*A3R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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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Rune Lesson: Growth is not always pleasant.  No matter how it falls, Mother is there.  She is there to comfort the distress.  She is there to settle the strife.  Mothering can come in the form of love and kindness.  It can also come in the form of tough-love-Mothering.  Mother is an integral part of any growth, and Mother isn’t always feminine.  Many times, Mothering comes from the masculine, too. 
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8hrs of sleep, one wakeup, and Lily!
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Brief wifey conversation
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A banana + a 2-egg open faced sandwich atop whole wheat toast.
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Call into ENT to ensure appointment.
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Bank; took Toby with me so he could get a Toby snack.
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Toby and I out for a mid-morning, well behaved, 1-block roundy.
*mostly cloudy, mildly cool, slight breeze.
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ENT doctor visit went well.  He saw no swelling, infection, or polyps.  He released me from his care.
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Sculpted/low-level mowed out the solar cross in Agathagart.
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Note to Self; Toby’s 12:45pm feeding and insulin.
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Hamburger Helper https://www.bettycrocker.com/products/helper/hamburger-helper/double-cheeseburger-macaroni made with ham and onions + a freshly steamed cabbage/red cabbage/carrot mixture + a chocolate sundae.
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At work;
No manager as they are on 4-day work weeks
Lead man leaves @ first break.
Only half the shop there
As the numbers dwindle, it becomes more evident that they’re as fed-up with me as I am with them.  In their defense, I wouldn’t want to work with me either.  In my defense, I’m never doing one thing long enough TO know anything.  Oh, I can get prep because that makes sense to me.  Machines?  Overhead cranes?  Those are going to take some doing, but they don’t let me do them long enough.  Piss on ‘em!  Ya know what?  I really don’t care.
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Dillons petrol
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Note to Self; Toby’s 12:45am feeding and insulin. 
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A small load of laundry
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks is being a pain in the ass.  Too many kitties hanging around for Socks to feel comfortable going into his house.
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2am nighty night.
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Oh c'mon...just for fun...
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God/dess Meditation: Monday, Moon’s Day, 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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May/Uuuȋmânôd 17, 2020 Sunnastag

5/17/2020

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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married to Maria Nachtigal 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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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 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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Rune Lesson: Inner strength is crucial if one wants success.  Inner strength can either be mental or spiritual.  Draw on that inner strength to accomplish many things,
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: WHAT?  9 ½ hrs. of sleep?  Only one wakeup?  WOOOOOOOOW!  LOTS of Lily loving and Toby by the bedside.
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Jeez, more wifey conversation than I’ve had for a long time.
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Large hand-shredded hashbrown patty, topped with three eggs (mostly) sunny side up, whole wheat toast with strawberry jelly.
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Note to Self; Toby’s 1:15pm feeding and insulin.
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, well behaved, 2-block roundy.
*mostly sunny, mild, NNE wind.
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Grocery excursion:
McDs for a snack
Walmart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
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Call in from bruzzer.
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I don’t know how long it’s been since I fired up the charcoal grill.  I had four footlong turkey hotdogs left, and I figured, why not?  I knew I had no charcoal, so I used newspaper, twigs and large sticks.  It worked well, and the turkey hotdogs were yummy!  Four turkey hotdogs; three with bread, one naked; this, coupled with Doritos Spicy Nacho Chips https://www.doritos.com/products/doritos-spicy-nacho-flavored-tortilla-chips .
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Call into my WINDERFUL niece.
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Took the inside recyclables to outside separation.  We are SO CLOSE to being maxed out on our ability recycle.  I already started throwing out paper, I really don’t want to throw out cans or plastic.
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2hrs of Ghost Whisperer on Start TV (OTA)
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Online chat
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Cleaned house; okay, I’ve been using a Libman Freedom Spray Mop https://libman.com/products/freedom-spray-mop/ .  I’m tired of the sticky residue it leaves, so I’m going back to the old stringy wring mop.
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Okay, I held on to this Mennonite look long enough.  I’ve shaved my mustache and kept the bear.  Actually, for two weeks I’ve meant to pick up razors when grocery shopping as the razor I’ve had has turned rusty from previous non-use.  Rather than continuously
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks is choosing to stay inside tonight.
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Note to Self: Toby’s midnight feeding and insulin
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12:30am, Early to bed for an ENT appointment tomorrow.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Sunnastag) 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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May/Uuuȋmânôd 16, 2020 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG)

5/17/2020

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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: ??????????????????
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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 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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Rune Lesson: Can good luck bring distress or suffering?  Probably could, but I would have a problem associating good luck with distress.  Bad luck?  Now there is an easy association, so let’s go with that.  Bad luck in Pertho can bring every bit of suffering in Not.  Remember, luck is one of those things that is unchangeable.  It’s the fixed portion of the weaving loom.  So whatever bad luck that may occur, there is nothing that can alleviate the suffering.  It is what it is.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, one wakeup, Lily loving and Toby by the bedside.
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 256
Glucose: 116
BP: 116/72
Pulse: 76
LOOKING GOOD, HOLLYWOOD!
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga is back, but without fans in the stadium, not good, but it’s still worth monitoring:
Borussia Dortmund 4:0 Schalke
Leipzig 1:1 Freiburg
Hoffenheim 0:3 Hertha Berlin
Düsseldorf 0:0 Paderborn
Augsburg 1:2 Wolfsburg
Frankfurt 1:3 Borussia Monchengladbach
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Wifey conversation
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2-egg omelet with ham and cheese + hand shredded hashbrowns + a fruit smoothie.
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 I totally forgot about the Solar salesman coming at 10am.  We spent the next couple of hours and three visits with him.  As long as nothing is set in stone, I’ll let it proceed. 
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, early afternoon, three block roundy.
*cloudy, mildly warm/muggy, no breeze
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Leftovers for lunch
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Note to Self: Toby’s 2pm feeding and insulin.
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Mowed, edged and trimmed the front yard.
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A small load of laundry.
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Breakfast completely from frozen: 2 burritos, hashbrown, and a Belgian waffle
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2hrs of Ghost Whisperer on Start TV (OTA)
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Late evening nap
Perfekt timing
Note to Self; Toby’s 1:15am feeding and insulin
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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God/dess Meditation: (alternate Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG)) 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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May/Uuuȋmânôd 15, 2020 Frijastag

5/16/2020

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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: fur babies, wifey, 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: Berkana: The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, maturation, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
Conversely:
Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, degradation, immaturity, deterioration, contamination, needlessly clinging, tough love Mothering, in need of Mothering, missing/ignoring a significant life passage.
*A3R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Is:  
Havamal 154:
A ninth one I sing, when dangers at sea forces me

To protect my ship from the stormy waves;
The storm I calm down, no matter how billowing the sea,
And I cradle the waves to sleep.
 
Calm in the face of distress, comfort, hypnotic power of the forceful will, course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, confidence, determination, extension of the Divine center, the upright human being, the awakened Self, influence, personal power, magical power, power to banish evil, unity in the Universe, duration, action in the Cosmos, activity, will, self-domination, influence, personal power, self-discipline, unity in the Universe, duration, magical powers, axis/column/Irminsul of the world, action in the Cosmos, elimination of that which is unnecessary, calm.
“Win power over yourself and you will have power over everything in the spiritual and physical worlds that strive against you” (List, 56).
H2R3
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Rune Lesson: Once again this is all about the Mother.  You have no idea the calm my Mother always brought.  She was the focus of our family.  As a matter of fact, after Mother died, a brother walked away from the family.  Never underestimate the calming and solidifying effect of the Mother.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep with Toby by my bedside and Lily at my face.
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Call in from the VA.  Doctor wants a blood pressure check on the 19th.
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Call into K-State Veterinary School. Toby should get an appointment next week for June.
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Early online chat.
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Wifey conversation.
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A banana + an open face, 2-egg, breakfast sandwich on wheat toast with butter.
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 YES!  Call in from K-State Veterinary College!  Toby needs a dental cleaning and urine culture ahead of his initial eye exam in Manhattan June 5th.  
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Call into Air Cap Vet to make appointments
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, noon hour, 2-block roundy.
*partly cloudy, mild, east wind.
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Ranch Style Beans https://www.ranchstylebeans.com/#southwestern-style-beans + sliced turkey hotdogs atop hashbrowns.
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Note to Self: Toby’s 1:15pm feeding and insulin.
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Well hela, work was quite the mixed bag tonight:
*Spirit AeroSystems has had their first confirmed COVID case.
*my request for B to C has been rescinded. 
*not only did I have to work with Mr. Arrogant Fuck, I also had to work with Mr. Perfectionist Lead-man.  Both of them started ragging on me.  I thought to myself, okay, enough is enough.  I lashed out, LOOK, for the past TWO DAYS I haven’t been able to do anything right for anybody.  I’m told to do this by one person, do this by another, and this by yet another, and I’M SICK OF IT!  Oh my, did their tune change the rest of the shift.
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Note to Self; Toby’s 1am feeding and insulin.
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A small load of laundry.
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Ghost Whisperer S1E7 on Hulu
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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God/dess Meditation: (alternate Frijastag) 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 see you as god of the Thing.  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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May/Uuuȋmânôd 14, 2020 Donarstag

5/15/2020

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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: fur kids, 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: Uruz: The Auroch beast, the primal instinct, life force, survival, endurance, the ability of action, creation taking shape, expansion, tenacity, vital strength, instinct of survival, stability, raw physical power, taking risks, stick-to-itiveness, foundation, a stabilizing effect, moral strength, healing, good health, rejuvenation, energy levels, rage, health and energy, primal drizzle.
Conversely:
A weakened position, deprivation, out of sync, an impulse towards inaction, chaos, a severe lack of foundation, energy at low levels, illness, reduction, instability, elasticity, uncontrolled rage, without the will to survive, misdirected force, taking no risks at this time, weakness; either physical or emotional, illness, the inability to overcome obstacles.
*A1R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Hagal: 
Havamal 152:
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning
With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To actively protect/enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother/Center of the Rune Tree, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
*H2R1
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Rune Lesson: Our Mother gives us the ability to act.  She is all about creation taking shape.  In our Mother is our vital strength.  I can’t even imagine the Mother negatively, but I’m sure others could.  It was my Mother who was both Mother and Father are Father died.  She provided everything for us.  Hela, she even provided for other kids in the neighborhood.  This is why I am SO eager about the Divine Mother, as MOTHER was so prominent in my early life, and even now as I age.
*there are all sorts of MOTHERING going on lately!
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. of sleep, Lily and Toby close by.
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Brief wifey conversation
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2 egg open faced sandwich on whole wheat bread with butter
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 2-block roundy.
*mostly cloudy, mildly warm/humid, south wind.
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VA podiatry/pedicure in and out; easily done.
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Last of the leftover Hamburger Helper, German coleslaw.
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At work:
1. I had to work directly with this arrogant pain in the fucking ass.
2. Manager gave me my downgrade to a C, but it was expected and welcomed.  It will happen sometime between now and July 31st.
3.  I mentioned to my manger about the pain in the ass and how I just can’t work with him.  He said he has heard that about him from more than one person.  He said if it ever came to an ethical dilemma, to let him know.
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On the way home, there was a severe thunderstorm warning that came across the radio.  By the time I got home, a thunderstorm had fully moved-in.
*Socks was SO ready to go into his house.
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Note to Self: Toby’s 12:30am feeding and insulin.
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Small load of laundry.
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Ghost Whisperer S1E6 on Hulu
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night
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God/dess Meditation: (alternate Donarstag) 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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May/Uuuȋmânôd 13, 2020 Wodanstag

5/14/2020

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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: fur kids, 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: Wunjo: Joy, pasture, happiness attained with the fulfillment of a wish, the strong Clanic relationship, social contacts, family ties, Clanic solidarity, fellowship, happiness, optimism, realization of true will, social and domestic harmony, good cheer, new social relationships, Fridu attained within a secure setting, a bright attitude of Wodan exposed.
Conversely:
Sadness, disruption/breakdown in the Clanic relationship, questionable social contacts, loser, miserable, loneliness, shunning, weakened family/Clanic ties, social and domestic disharmony, the inability to attain a wish, strife, alienation, pessimism, failed social relationships, Fridu is challenged, the shadow/dark side of Wodan is exposed.
*A1R8
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Hagal: 
Havamal 152:
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning

With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To actively protect/enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother/Center of the Rune Tree, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
*H2R1
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Rune Lesson: When one has a good and proper Clanic relationship with one’s Mother, there is joy.  Mother has the ability to bring us happiness. When Mother spreads out her arms and welcomes us into her protection, there is hope for the family.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: Just a wee bit more than 7hrs of very restful sleep, one thunderstorm wakeup, with Lily and Toby at my side all night.
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JsFnChst!  It’s either my computer or the Internet, but EVERYTHING is running so slowly; running diagnostic.
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Brief wifey conversation
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Happy birthday to:
My best buddy
My bruzzer
Her Majesty Queen Essie, you would’ve been 8yrs old.  You were taken WAY too soon.  RIP sweet baby,
*oh, the tears…
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Started the beer bräts and cabbage
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Toby and I out for a noon hour walk.  Early in the walk, Toby sniffed out a dead bird.  I tried to carry on the walk, but Toby wasn’t worth a poop, so I brought him back home to finish it.
*cloudy, damp, south breeze.
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Note to Self; Toby’s 12:30pm feeding and insulin.
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OMGs!  The oven baked beer bräts were EXCELLENT if I do say so myself.  The steamed cabbage mixture contained: green cabbage, red cabbage and shredded carrots.
*Toby and Jasmine enjoyed the bräts, too.
*shared one with wifey.  One is enough for her.
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Work was work.  Still nothing about my hand router position.
A few weeks ago, I prepped this order of parts and they popped on the stretch press.  The lead man prepped the next one, and it popped on him, too.  Tonight, he showed me how they are changing the prep technique.  The part made it thru the stretch press.  I prepped the next one and it made it, too.  The manager was pleased.
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Now why the fuck has the front porch light gone out?  Certainly, both lights didn’t expire at the same time.  Nope, both lights are good.  JsFnChst!  Now what?
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Toby’s 1am feeding and insulin.
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Ghost Whisperer S1E5 on Hulu
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2:30am nighty night
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*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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May/Uuuȋmânôd 12, 2020 Dienstag

5/13/2020

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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
Gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Ks
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: 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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Rune Lesson: Our luck, that which is inherited and unchangeable, lets us know everything about ourselves that we need to know.  That being said, as we are self-aware, we know the luck we have.  Luck is the weaving loom.  Our self-awareness solidifies that loom.  It behooves us to know our roots.  As we know our roots, we know our luck, we can discern many things about us, our family, and that which we might leave others.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. of sleep, woken by a message from the VA.  Eh, I’ll call ‘em back after I’ve loved on:
*Lily, who was already in my face
*Toby, who was at my bedside
*Socks, who was so welcoming in his house, but ready to book.
I am such a lucky fur-dad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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A banana and a 2-egg open faced breakfast sandwich atop whole wheat toast with butter.
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Return call to the VA.  My pedicurist is so funny.  She said she had a couple of questions before I come for my appointment Thursday.  I TRIED to preempt her questions:
*I don’t have a cough.
*I don’t have a fever.

*yes, I have a mask to wear into the VA
Then she asked if I have any poopie.  OMGs, I cracked up.  WHAT?  Yeah, she said, poopie, ya know, diarrhea.  LOL, no, I don’t have diarrhea.
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Oh hela, I spent WAY too much time online and on Facebook. 
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, well behaved, 2-block roundy.
*cloudy, cool, slight north breeze.
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Clam strips from frozen https://seapak.com/products/clam-strips/ potato coins, German coleslaw (PERFEKTED!) + ice cream
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OMGs, Logan’s Run https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074812/ is on the Movies TV Network https://moviestvnetwork.com/! 
Soylent Green https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070723/ is next?  WOW!
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At work, there has been only one guy who has been über patient with me.  I’m guessing someone has said something to him because his patience evidently has come to an end.  He was a totally different person tonight.  JsFnChst, I couldn’t do anything right for him.  This shift couldn’t have ended soon enough.
*mo word on the hand router position.
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Note to Self: Toby’s 12:45am feeding and insulin.
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Ghost Whisperer S1E4 on Hulu.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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God/dess Meditation: (alternate Dienstag) Ostara, trustworthy goddess; wife to Brego (who is 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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May/Uuuȋmânôd 11, 2020 Manostag

5/12/2020

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(Uuuȋmânôd = Blissful Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, 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)], 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: Hagalaz: The cosmic seed of potential, a sacred enclosure/shell, shaping, evolution, sacred 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: Hagal: 
Havamal 152:
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning

With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To actively protect/enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother/Center of the Rune Tree, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
*H2R1
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Rune Lesson: In essence, two Runes of the same stripe.  Both are indicative of change.  Both hold the capacity to destroy.  Both carry the eventual likelihood of regeneration.  However it may fall, whether it’s destruction., change, or regeneration, we are driven to the Mother.  It is through our Mother that we are protected. 
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 1/2hrs of sleep, one wakeup, and where the hela is my Lily?
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Immediately separated recyclables.  Everything is almost full.
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Brief wifey conversation.
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Rain
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Open faced breakfast sandwich with two scrambled eggs atop whole wheat toast with butter.
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Rain
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Hamburger Helper https://www.bettycrocker.com/products/helper/hamburger-helper/cheesy-italian-shells made for lunch to be reheated later.
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IT’S NATIOANL EAT WHAT YOU WANT DAY!  Well hela, I pretty much do that every day.
https://nationaltoday.com/national-eat-what-you-want-day/
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Called K-State Veterinary College.  She said they ARE going to start making calls for appointments this week.  THIS IS THE MOST EXCITED I’VE BEEN TO SPEND THOUDANDS OF DOLLARS!
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Rain
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Socks was adamant, GET ME INTO MY FUCKING HOUSE!  Yeah, he was a bit damp.
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Sorry Toby, no walk today.
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Hamburger Helper has never failed + whole wheat bread buttered + ice cream.
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Wifey to post office.
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Rain, I know the bushes, shrubs and straw bale garden are all enjoying this!
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Work wasn’t exciting at all.
It has rained all fucking day!  I parked out on the street so Socks didn’t get the choice to come out from his house.  He’s staying in!
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A small load of laundry.
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Ghost Whisperer S1E3 on Hulu
Note to Self; Toby’s 12:45am feeding and insulin.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am nighty night.
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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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Nirda, sister-wife to Nirdu.  We give thanks to the Great Goddess Nirda, Goddess of the land, of soil, and growing things.  Goddess, too, of the scythe and of the sacrifice.  Beautiful and terrible.  Wise in Your power.  We praise you…HEIL NIRDA, Mother of the Wanâ, sister-wife to Nirdu.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDA, as we honor the Nirda that resides in us all!  HEIL NIRDA Divine Queen! HEIL!  HEIL! HEIL!
*source: combination http://www.odins-gift.com/poth/P/prayertonerthus.htm and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson.
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