(Brachmânôd = Fallow Month)
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Plans: My love my wife, Lowe’s, hopefully room addition work
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​Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Ka:
Havamal 151:
A sixth one is mine, if a man wounds me
With the root of a trunk still with juice;
Then I am unscathed, the man himself is consumed
By the evil with which he threatened me.
 
Imperviousness, a reversal of fortune, the world tree, preservation of tribe or race, ancestors/ancestry, loyalty, that which is existing, defense, the polarity of the male/female principle in the Universe, opposing energies, earthly love, as executive power of balancing justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child, force, that which is established, World Tree/the Irminsul/the All, power, generation, ability and artfulness, sensuality, higher consciousness, return.
“Your blood, your highest possession” (List, 53).
*H1R6
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Interpretation: Strength (Thurisaz) brings imperviousness (Ka).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 6 ½ hours of sleep with one wake up
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 254
Glucose: 119
BP: 134/76
Pulse: 80
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Good morning greeting with my love my wife; she’s not well.
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Call in from Sister; she sounds horrible.  I need to visit her soon.
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Flooring guys here
Clean-up guy here
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Moved dressers in the bedroom
Brought in TV stand from outside and set up a new and improved entertainment corner
*MUCH nicer!
Found new uses for the bookshelves
*Thurisaz/Ka…LOL
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World Cup Round of 16 https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/#knockoutphase
*now it’s win or go home
France 4:3 Argentina
Uruguay 2:1 Portugal
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Lowe’s https://www.lowes.com/
*ceiling fan
*vanity light
*closet light
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Friday
Minnesota 0:1 Dallas 
Today
Seattle 2:3 Portland on KSAS-FOX over the air ch24
Atlanta 4:0 Orlando on ESPN
Montreal 2:0 Sporting Kansas City this was on FOXKCMO/Sling-TV?  Jeez
Columbus 2:1 Salt Lake
New England 3:2 DC
Chicago 3:2 NYCFC
LAFC 4:1 Philly
San Jose 3:3 LA
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“Oz the Great and Powerful” https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1623205/ on the Freeform Channel/Sling-TV
*I forgot how much I really enjoy this movie.
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Fireworks have already started.  Toby is already agitated.
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Toby and I out for a bedtime potty walk.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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23:45 nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Saga, glorious goddess of history, we greatly honor you as part and parcel of our ever-expanding past.  As we share in Minnatranc, whisper to our hearts of the stories about our gods, our ancestors, our heroes and their glories.  Be the resource for our memories should we ever forget from whence we come.  Gently remind us that we all have a rich history from which to pull.  For it is as we remember and respect the past can we deal with our present, knowing that we will someday have to deal with our spiritual debt.  We honor you, Saga, as a repository for the basis of all that we are, all that we are coming to be, and all that our offspring will inherit from us.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SAGA, as we honor the Saga that resides in us all.
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Brachmânôd = Fallow Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, no World Cup matches scheduled, dresser delivered, work 8hrs
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(Brachmânôd = Fallow Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, World Cup, work 8hrs
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​Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

1. Holy Roman Empire 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, 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: Os: 
Havamal 149:
The fourth one I know, when a foe has tied up
My arms and hands;
The fetters fall from my leg, when I chant that song,
And off my hands the ropes come.
 
Freedom from bondage, the power of speech/song, mouth, arising, ashes, that which is offered, Wodanic energies, leadership, mouth, speech, the effort to convince, deed following the word, the Divine Breath, kingship, discussion, idea of that which is given/evolving, the spiritual power that is gained through speech, it is the breath of the world, its voice, strength that a person needs to rise-up in power, freedom from the bondage of the material world.
“Your spiritual force makes you free” (List, 51).
*H1R4
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Interpretation: Stability (Uruz) brings freedom (Os).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 6hrs solid sleep but a slooooooooooooow wake-up.
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Call into Elite Renovations about getting it all wrapped up by Thursday of next week so my wife can move in.
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Good morning greeting with my love my wife.
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Breakfast sandwich on a whole wheat English muffin with a pineapple/banana fruit smoothie.
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Separated recyclables and gathered-up aluminum cans (car, kitchen, porch area).
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Call in from insurance agent.  The necessary insurance coverage will increase my house payment only $20-30month or so.
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Extended chat with my love my wife about lighting for her office.
*Uruz/Os
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Salmon patties from frozen with a garden salad for lunch
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Godsdamnit!  I totally forgot about getting Toby out for a walk.
Early afternoon, well behaved, 20min walk.
*hot, sunny, south breeze
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World Cup https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/
Group H
Japan 0:1 Poland on FS1/Sling-TV; Japan advances on fair play points.
>As Japan and Poland are completely tied in their group, fair play (i.e. amount of yellow cards/red cards/direct red cards…) decides.
*thanks honey
Senegal 0:1 Columbia; Columbia advances
Group G
Panama 1:2 Tunisia on FS1/Sling-TV
England 0:1 Belgium on KSAS/FOX over the air ch24
>England and Belgium advance
Thus, ends Group Phase of the World Cup.  The Knockout Phase begins June 30th.
>here are the 16 teams that went forward out of Group Stage: https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/?#knockoutphase
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Not a horrible night at work; that was, until a hot burr flew right by my safety glasses, right by my prescription glasses, and landed a fraction of an inch outside of my eye.  It BURNED like the Christian hell!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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02:00; shower, nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Die [(German for feminine “the”) (pronounced “Dee”)] Wurtâ:
Die Wurtâ, all three, are present at birth
To weave our Fate from merriment to dearth.
Urda, Werdanda and Sculd, the dark queens renowned;
Glorious ladies ‘neath the Tree, work your mysteries in us now.

That which “was” we can clearly see.
That which “is becoming” forms now in our deeds.
That which “is owed”, may be, but we cannot see.
We celebrate die Wurtâ, the Ladies Three, for all eternity.
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

​Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Gebo: The mystical union of gift and giver, repay gift for gift, generosity, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, obligations, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are willing to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.
*A1R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Gibor: 
Havamal 163:
An eighteenth I learned, yet I would never
Let a woman or maid know it,
For everyone knows what’s best for himself-
This leads me to the conclusion of the songs-
The one it shall be then, that lies in my arms
As betrothed wife and as sister.
 
The scald, awakening, passion, mystery, comprehension of the diving from below upward; from humanity outward, secrecy, gift/giver, gift of life, that which is best for the individual, fulfillment, sacred marriage, being ONE with the sister soul, protection against evil forces, being/seeing the Divine, the cosmic consciousness and the divine principle, two forces having a singular origin, the spiritual ego, death-life cycle, protection against evil forces, union of the gods and the World, the uninterrupted chain in the cycle of eternal returns, the Creator and the Created, the deepest mysteries of the Universe, the end.
“Man, be one with God” (List, 67).
*H3R6
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Interpretation: Gift (Gebo) brings an awakening (Gibor).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep; up @ 07:30 + recliner time
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Whole grain cereal with a banana and a whole wheat English muffin with strawberry jelly/
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Good morning greeting with my love my wife.  She KNOWS it’s GAME ON!  She even reminded me, “…7minutes until your match starts…”.
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Elite Renovation over for an update and to collect $5k.
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Two breakfast burritos from frozen
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World Cup Matches https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/
Group F
Korea Republic 2:0 Germany on FS1/Sling-TV/Team Germany tri-screen/living room tele
>both Korea and Germany (for the 1st time in their history) are OUT of group stage.
>Once again, I get both ↕
Mexico 0:3 Sweden on KSAS-FOX over the air ch 24/kitchen tele 
> WOW!
>Sweden wins Group F, Mexico still goes through too.
>I REALLY detest the arrogant bias of this Hispanic commentator
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Group E
Serbia v Brazil on FS1/Sling-TV
>Both cable AND over the air ↕
Switzerland v Costa Rica on KSAS FOX ch24
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, EXTREMLY stubborn, 30min walk.  He was about to piss me off!
*very warm, sunny, south breeze
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Call into dentist
Call into insurance agent
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My bread-n-butter parts were waiting on me:
460min to trim flange to .397 +0/-.03
+35min to deburr flange
+84min to part-mark
9.6hrs turned in shortly after 1st break

Probably 11-12 hours turned in all shift
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An SPL order showed up.  We also had one a few days ago, but no one made a big deal out of this.  This one was different.  It was HOT!  HOT!  HOT!  Okay, I got that, but previous SPLs have never amounted to much so I was going to get on it when I finished was finished with what I was working-on.  THIS ONE was a DROP WHAT YOU’RE DOING AND GET IT DONE!  The lead-man in the stretch-press area finally explained exactly what an SPL was.  He said it’s when somebody screwed up a part in assembly, and they were waiting that SPL part.  Ok, got it!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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02:00, shower, bed, nighty-night.
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God/dess Meditation: Heimo, HEAR ME!  Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods.  You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart, the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Brachmânôd = Fallow Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, World Cup, work 8hrs.
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​Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
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: 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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Interpretation: Die Alle-Mutter (Berkana) brings calm in the face of distress (Is).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with two wake-ups
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Programmed more free stuff onto my Roku
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Good morning chat with my love my wife
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Late morning breakfast
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Thunderstorms rolled in just after 11:30, before I could get Toby out.
Essie has her way of dealing with it; her safe closet
Toby has his way of dealing with it; not leaving my side
Socks is safe in his house
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, well behaved, 30min walk.
*mildly warm/muggy, cloudy/slight sun, south breeze
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Okay, I’m not really hungry NOW, but I know if I don’t eat SOMETHING I’ll pay for it later.
*leftover Chinese deli from Dillons 
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World Cup Matches https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/
Australia 0:2 Peru
Denmark 0:0 France; France wins group C; France and Denmark advance to the knockout round of 16
*FS1/Sling-TV
Nigeria 1:2 Argentina on over the air KSAS FOX-ch 24
*YAY!  I get both! ↨
Iceland 1:2 Croatia on FS1/Sling-TV
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Not a horrible night at work.  I kept hearing severe weather warnings come across the radio.  As soon as I could I cleaned my area of the shop and came home (about 11pm).  LOTS of water in the back yard and Toby was soaked.  I think the worst had already passed by the time I got home.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Gotta be in bed a bit early.  Germany plays tomorrow morning @ 09:00.
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Shower, 24:30 nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Ostara, trustworthy goddess; wife to Brego; the adherent god of scalds, keeper of the golden apples of youth and eternal life, keep us young inside. When we are starving for laughter, hungry for the lightness that comes with having few years on our shoulders, slip us one of those gleaming fruits that we may see the world through youthful eyes. Let springtime be in our steps, love in our hearts and a song on our lips. Change us to the core! Fill us with optimism and dreams for the future. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, OSTARA, as we honor the Ostara that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Brachmânôd = Fallow Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, domestic stuff
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​Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas)
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Gebo: The mystical union of gift and giver, repay gift for gift, generosity, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, obligations, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are willing to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.
*A1R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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: Generosity (Gebo) brings generous help (Fa).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 8hrs of sleep with only one post sunrise wake-up.
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Good morning chat with my love my wife
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My health by the numbers
Weight: 255
Glucose: 147
BP: 138/79
Pulse: 80
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A very necessary first thing in the morning shower
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Amazon.com shopping…too easy…too much time spent
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Two loads of laundry
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Whole grain/fiber cereal and a whole wheat English muffin with honey
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, well behaved, 30min walk.
*overcast, mild, south breeze
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World Cup https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/ on FS1/Sling-TV
England 6:1 Panama
Japan 2:2 Senegal
Poland 0:3 Columbia
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I spent considerable time downloading and organizing photos from out wedding.  Photoshoot was by Chris Turner. Here is the link:
https://photosbychris32.pixieset.com/vagarandsorchawedding/
The password is Hail (case sensitive)
Okay, and I gawked for a very long time, too.
*Gebo/Fa
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Oh yeah, I almost forgot about MLS: https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Sporting KC 3:2 Houston https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2018/06/23/sporting-kcs-youth-lead-comeback-over-dynamo-matchday-central?autoplay=true
Atlanta 1:1 Portland on KSAS/FOX ch 24
NYCFC 2:1 Toronto
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Pointless trip to Dollar General
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
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Dillons Chinese deli for dinner
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To brother’s house with a bag of trash; took Toby with me
Dillons petrol
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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23:45 nighty night
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God/dess Meditation: Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wodan, newly risen! Hail to you who is the counterpart to Mano, male aspect of the Moon.  You have shown on all our ancestors, you shine on us, and you will yet shine on our decedents yet unborn. Share with us some of your light, your energy, your power, so that we might better fight our battles and attain our goals. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL SUNNA, as we honor the Sunna that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Brachmânôd = Fallow Month)
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WOW!  One hela of a thunderstorm rolled in early A.M.: impressive!
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Plans: my love my wife, World Cup, work 8hrs
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​Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: 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, 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: Maternal instincts (Berkana) bring second thoughts (Yr)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: barely 6hrs of sleep with a thunderstorm disturbance.
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Good morning chat with my love my wife; she’s already on her 2nd cup of coffee.
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Breakfast sandwich on a whole wheat English muffin
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Yesterday, I picked up a couple of day-old kabobs @ Dillons; one chicken, one beef.  Today, I created a marinating sauce on just what I had on hand and what I thought would taste good.  The marinating begins!
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Toby and I out for a noon-hour, somewhat stubborn, 30min walk.  A couple of stern voice commands a little chat cured Toby’s stubbornness.
*mild, partly cloudy, SSW breeze
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OMGs, those kabobs were EXCELLENT!
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World Cup https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/ the final round of group stage:
Uruguay 3:0 Russia…Uruguay wins group A.  Both Uruguay and Russia advance
Saudi Arabia 2:1 Egypt
Spain 2:2 Morocco…Spain wins group B based on more goals scored.  Spain and Morocco advance.
IR Iran 1:1 Portugal
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Not a horrible night @ work.  The scuttlebutt is our Super was moping around because he’s not getting the cooperation he was in another area.  Well, that what he gets when he treats people like shit.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, 02:00 nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Nirdu, brother-husband, to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô and the Frouwa, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Brachmânôd = Fallow Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, World Cup, niece’s wedding
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​Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: Ka:
Havamal 151:
A sixth one is mine, if a man wounds me
With the root of a trunk still with juice;
Then I am unscathed, the man himself is consumed
By the evil with which he threatened me.
 
Imperviousness, a reversal of fortune, the world tree, preservation of tribe or race, ancestors/ancestry, loyalty, that which is existing, defense, the polarity of the male/female principle in the Universe, opposing energies, earthly love, as executive power of balancing justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child, force, that which is established, World Tree/the Irminsul/the All, power, generation, ability and artfulness, sensuality, higher consciousness, return.
“Your blood, your highest possession” (List, 53).
*H1R6
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Interpretation: Fluidity (Laguz) brings a reversal of fortune (Ka).
*admitted bias.
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7 ½ hours of solid sleep
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Good morning chat with my love my wife
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Essie with some exploration on the new back porch.
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Pineapple fruit smoothie
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Polished wedding message
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Pancakes with scrambled eggs, cheese and ham
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World Cup https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/ on FS1/Sling-TV
Belgium 5:2 Tunisia
Korea Republic 1:2 Mexico
Germany v Sweden on the tri-screen German Team Channel/FS1/Sling-TV
*32nd min goal Sweden
*@ the half Germany 0:1 Sweden
*48th min TOR/GOAL DEUTSCHLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*90+5 TOR/GOAL DEUTSCHLAND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match, Sweden 1:2 Deutschland!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hatman Jack’s to press hat
White Dove for candles and incense
Back to Hatman Jack’s to retrieve hat
FedEx for copies
Boot Barn; western shirt and bolo tie for wedding.
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3 open-face Mom’s Memory Sandwiches with bread-n-butter spear pickles 
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Niece’s wedding went fairly well.  I provided a good, free service.  Pics to follow.
*after the wedding I walked Cowtown http://www.oldcowtown.org/Pages/default.aspx in my wedding/western garb.  I ran into a family as I rounded a corner.  They thought I was with Cowtown.  At first, I played along, but soon enough told them I wasn’t.  Nonetheless, they wanted a pic, to which I agreed as long as they emailed me a pic.  DAMN, I really DO look convincing.
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The Young Victoria https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0962736/  I absolutely LOVE period pieces like this.
*on The Roku Channel/Sling-TV
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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01:00 nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Frouwa & Ing-Frô:
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you?  Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Ing-Frô, you’re the Great God of Fridu (all-encompassing safety and protection), Ar (peace, good seasons), the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the god of this World. When the day to day wears us down remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing-Frô, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Brachmânôd = Fallow Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, World Cup, 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: 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: The feminine (Berkana) brings suffering (Not).
*hahahahaha…I certainly hope not.
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 6 ½ hours of solid sleep
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Good morning chat with both my wife and my niece.  My sister’s condition is once again deteriorating.
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Mom’s Memory Sandwich spread in a whole wheat tortilla
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Mid-morning (well, mid-morning for a 2nd shifter), well behaved, 30min walk.  Stuff offered by someone in the outer-layers of the neighborhood.  Stuff taken simply out of courtesy.  I should’ve stuck to my guns. Though I must say, it sure made the rest of the walk very interesting; however, it won’t happen again.
*very mild, cloudy, NNW breeze
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Breakfast sandwich on a whole wheat English muffin.
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World Cup Matches https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/
Brazil 2:0 Costa Rica
Nigeria 2:0 Iceland
Serbia 1:2 Switzerland
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Not the best you-know-what, but I got it to work successfully.
*LOL…tired
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Two Mom’s Memory Sandwich Spread on tortillas was bread-n-butter spear pickles for lunch; the freshness clock is ticking.  I HATE throwing away food.
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Paid HALF my co-pays with the VA; may pay more later.
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Call into Elite Renovations
*Backfill of dirt to start soon
*Mud and tape to finish soon
*Painting to be done Tuesday.
Measured for patio; yeah, I think I’ve decided on 9x16/144sqft rather than 12x12/144sqft
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Freshened for work
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Not a horrible night at work.  If I start mentioning my asshole of a Super I’ll just get pissed.
*hm…a bit of rain
*okay, MORE than a bit of rain.  Toby was SOAKED!  Now why the hela did he not make his way onto the back porch where he could be totally dry?  Smh… 
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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02:00 nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Frija:
Frija, Great Alle-Mutter; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home, wife to Alle-Vater Wodan.  Teach us to be patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far-seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FRIJA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!  HEIL ALLE MUTTER HEIL!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

​(Brachmânôd = Fallow Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, World Cup, Work 8hrs
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Summer Solstice:
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2018/6/19/17479094/summer-solstice-2018-june-21
http://fortune.com/2018/06/21/when-is-the-first-day-of-summer-2018/
http://time.com/5318193/stonehenge-sun-summer-solstice-celebration/
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/summer-solstice-world-traditions/index.html
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​Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

1. Holy Roman Empire 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: Fehu (U):  Cattle, wealth, Ing-Frô; the god of abundance, Audhumla; the primal bovine, the ability to create and maintain wealth and the accompanying power, creative forces, Odhumbal, the primeval bovine, fire, beginnings, productivity, positive energy, life force, self-respect, personal power, one’s condition in life, generosity that needs to come with the social responsibility of wealth.
Conversely:
The negative blessing of prosperity, stagnant finances, lack of creative energies, productivity failure, and the inability to and/or create wealth, greed, disconnected from the life source, fear of failure, an ending, an unfortunate condition, fiery powers extinguished, atrophy/decline, failed ambition, lack of self-esteem, an ineffective beginning and an irresponsible misuse of power.
*A1R1
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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.
 
The exalted, the strength of Will, external power/strength 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: A new beginning (Fehu) brings strength of will (Rit).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: almost 8hrs of sleep with two wake-ups (Toby out/in)
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Good morning greeting with my love my wife…more pain for her.
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World Cup https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/
Denmark 1: 1 Australia
France 1:0 Peru
Argentina 0:3 Croatia Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!!!
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Two breakfast burritos with 2-eggs, leftover beer chicken and cheese, on whole wheat tortillas
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 Toby and I out for a late morning/noon hour, well behaved, 30min walk.
*mildly warm, sunny/cotton-ball clouds, NNW breeze
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Worked on my wedding message for my niece’s upcoming wedding.  Once again…I ROCKED!
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A rare McDs visit.  I got one of their specialty sandwiches.   It wasn’t all that good.
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It was an all-around good night @ work.
QT on the way home for petrol and a snack
69degF in the car thermometer…woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, 01:30 nighty-night
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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!