(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
 
Plans: fur babies, wifey, domestic stuff
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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/An: Thor’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 to Eva Hiebert 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: 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; Aett 1, root 5, Yggdrasil’s root of creation\
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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: Tyr:
Havamal 157:
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, revelation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
H2R6
3rd Halbdutzend (3rd half-dozen), Irminsul’s root of re-creation:
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Rune Lesson:  With wise counsel we can count on that which has been in the dark will come into the light
*from creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. of solid sleep
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Nothing says “good morning” like realizing I haven’t cleaned window a/c units fans all summer: DONE!
*finances, too.
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Brief online chat
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Journal work and corrections
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Brief wifey conversation
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Toby’s 9am eye drops @ 9:45am
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A banana and a WONDERFUL open-faced breakfast sandwich; whole wheat toast, cheese, a small hand-shredded patty of hashbrowns, four half slices of turkey bacon, two eggs scrambled.
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Toby’s noon feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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Shopped online for a water circulator for Toby.  The one I was looking at on Amazon is sold out.  I looked up water circulating pumps online, but may end up shopping locally for a pump.
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Online chat
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Call in from bruzzer.  Wifey thinks I’M tech stupid, and rightfully so.  Try dealing with bruzzer about HIS computer over the phone.  ABSOLUTLEY FUCKING FRUSTRATING!  Trip over to bruzzer’s instead.
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Toby’s 4pm eye drops
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Last of the Hamburger Helper Four Cheese Lasagna and a garden-fresh sliced tomato
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Wifey to Dollar Store
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Toby and I out for a late afternoon, well behaved, three-block walk.
*mostly cloudy, mildly warm, very nice NNW wind,
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A bit more online chat
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Rain!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Well hela!  My aforementioned visit to bruzzer’s is already paying off dividends.  He has already heard back from the unemployment people telling him he’s on the call back list.  Of course, they can’t say WHEN, but he’s happy with the response.
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A very satisfying vegetarian dinner:
*last of the cantaloupe
*a handful and last of the sugar snap peas
*two slices of watermelon
*Edwards cookies and cream pie https://www.target.com/p/edwards-frozen-cookies-and-creme-pie-26oz/-/A-14909419
**thanks wifey
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MLS is Back quarterfinals https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/
Philadelphia v Sporting Kansas City
*24th min goal philly
*26th min goal philly
*45+1 GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half Philly 3:1 Sporting
*end of match; 3:1
*SKC goes down in flames!
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Extended online chat
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Toby’s midnight feeding and insulin
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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NOW what do I do?  I have never before been in this position.  Imagine that.  I’m 66yrs old and am experiencing something totally new.
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Rain continues
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1:30am nighty night, with good Lily loving.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, telephone therapy, Lily to veterinarian, domestic stuff.
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s (An: Odin) 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: Fehu:  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, financial security, good financial management, 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, financial insecurity, improper financial management, 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; Aett 1 Root 1, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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; Halbdutzend 2, root 1, Irminsul’s root of destruction
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Rune Lesson:  Beginnings can either be tough or beneficial.  In this case, however, they seem to be both.  A new beginning can either protect or destroy.  While it may be destructive at first, there this hope for a new and better regeneration to follow.  With the new beginning comes beneficial change.  Whatever happens, the Great All-Mother is present and active.
*from creation to destruction
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of really good sleep with one wakeup.
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Brief wifey conversation
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Toby’s 9am eye drops
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A banana + an open-faced breakfast sandwich
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Telephone therapy went extremely well.  She talked at length about “radical acceptance.”
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/pieces-mind/201207/radical-acceptance
https://psychcentral.com/blog/what-it-really-means-to-practice-radical-acceptance/
https://hopeway.org/blog/radical-acceptance
https://mytherapynyc.com/radical-acceptance/
REALLY an interesting concept!
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Online chat
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Toby’s noon insulin, feeding and Apoquel.  For the first time he walked away from his meat tray.
*okay, he’s eating it now.
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Leftover Hamburger Halper for lunch
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, well behaved, 2-block walk.
*mostly cloudy, warm/humid, west breeze
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Harvested three tomatoes from the straw bale garden.
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Lily was NOT a happy kitty when I put her in her crate to go to the veterinarian.  Doctor checked out Lily extensively, saw no fleas, and felt the scabs.  He didn’t hesitate to give her a cortisone shot for her itching, and Toby got his NexGard to be administered in a few days.
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Two triple decker fried turkey bologna whole wheat with cheese and bbq sauce with chips, sliced garden-fresh tomato, and a handful of raw sugar snap peas.
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Call into a lead in the Whitewater area who might have info on my father.  I don’t think she’s going to be much help, but maybe her husband will.  I sent her an email in hopes she/they might have something to share.
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Toby’s 4pm eye drops.
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Cut up some YUMMY cantaloupe!  Shared with wifey
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No MLS is Back tonight as they prepare for the quarterfinals that start tomorrow.
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Call into my WONDERFUL niece
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Call in from Whitewater.  I don’t think this is going to produce what I need for it to produce.
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Thunderstorm; before it hit, I was glad Socks went into his house.
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It seems Lily is feeling better.
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AWESOMENESS extended online chat!
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Toby’s 11:45pm feeding, insulin and eye drops
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Transferred FUCKING escrow shortage money from savings to checking.  This whole escrow thing is a major pain in the ass!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Wodanstag, An: Odin) Heimo (An: Heimdall), 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!

(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, domestic stuff
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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.
 
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; Aett 1, root 5, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s (An: Mani) 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: Elder Rune: Algiz: Protection/shielding, Heimo (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, expansion of archetypal consciousness, acute awareness, divine realizations, an awakening, drawing on the natural Will, invocation/supplication to the gods, preparedness, sanctuary, embracing the Divine plan, a safe harbor, connection with current events, the Elk, or swan.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Heimo, failure to integrate humanity with the Divine, without divine protection, possible dangers lurking, lack of preparedness, spiritual blindness, inability to embrace fear, failure to face the ultimate good in all things, tested by the natural Will/Universal voice, without the need for protection, the inability to see/understand/connect with what’s coming, an aspect of death, helplessness.
*A2R7; Aett 2, root 7, Yggdrasil’s root of destruction
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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; Halbdutzend 3, root 2, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Rune Lesson:  The amazing attributes of Heimo is that of supernatural sight and hearing.  He stands ready to alert the gods of approaching evil.  We can use this example as we boldly sing before The All in our daily lives.
*from destruction to re-creation.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 4hrs of sleep.  Walkabout in the 5am rainstorm checking on the windows of the Vue, the weed-whacker and battery charger left outside, and if the mower was put away; which it was but the shed door was left open.  Now I’m soaked.  Dried off and slept another 2 ½ hrs.
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Brief wifey conversation.
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A banana with my morning meds
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Toby’s 9am eye drops
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Open faced breakfast sandwich with whole wheat bread topped with cheese topped with 2 slices of turkey bacon topped with 2 scrambled eggs.
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Toby and I out for our first full five-block walk in a VERY long time; late morning, well behaved.  I had to push him a bit, but he made it.
*mostly cloudy, surprisingly mild/rain cooled, south breeze
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Toby’s noon feeding and insulin.
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Online chat; my online chat buddy is REALLY amazing!
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Last of the Taquitos to tide me over until later. 
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Toby’s visit @ Blair Doon Veterinary was really great!  His eye pressure, during this weaning-off process, is:
Left eye: 14 Right eye: 17  Normal range is 10-20.
Calls into K-State Veterinary and Air Capital Veterinary.
His next appointment at the Veterinary Health Center @ K-State is Aug 10th. 
Between Air Capital Veterinary https://www.mapquest.com/us/kansas/air-capital-veterinary-clinic-372799761, Blair Doon Veterinary Hospital http://blairdoonvethospitalinc.vetsourcecms.com/, and the Veterinary Center at K-State https://www.vet.k-state.edu/vhc/, Toby is getting the best care possible.
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Computer maintenance; Microsoft Office repair https://www.online-tech-tips.com/ms-office-tips/fix-microsoft-word-has-stopped-working/.  Let’s hope it worked.
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Toby’s 4pm eye drops @ 6:30pm
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Took recyclables from inside collection to outside separation
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MLS is Back Tournament https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/
San Jose v Salt Lake
@ the half: 1:1
Final: 5:2
*my online chat partner stayed with me thru the first game but zonked out on the 2nd game
Seattle v LAFC
@ the half: Seattle 0:2 LAFC
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Toby’s 11:30pm feeding, insulin and eye drops
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Final: Seattle 1:4 LAFC
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:30am nighty night with all sorts of Lily loving.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Manostag, An: Mani’s Day) Nirdu (An: Njord), brother-husband, to Nirda (an: Nerthus), 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 (An: Nerthus), sister-wife to Nirdu (An. Njord).  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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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, 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.
(photo added 3/26/2016)
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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; Aett 1, root 3, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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; Halbdutzend 2, root 1, Irminsul’s root of destruction
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Rune Lesson:  It looks like protection all around!
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of somewhat restless sleep.
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Brief wifey conversation
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Toby’s 9am eye drops
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 254
Glucose: 120
BP: 128/70
Pulse: 78
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Fruit smoothies all around!
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It’s amazing how excited Toby gets when he knows I’m getting ready to take him out for a walk.  Today though, once outside in the heat, he honestly had nothing in the tank for more than a 1-block roundy.
*partly cloudy, hot, stout south wind.
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McDs
Walmart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
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Mow/sculpted and watered Agathagart, trimmed the front yard, removed debris.
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Two loads of laundry
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Hodgepodge for dinner
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MLS is Back Tournament https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/
Toronto v NYCFC
@ the half; Toronto 0:1 NYCFC
Final: Toronto 1:3 NYCFC
NYCFC go thru to the round of 8
DAYM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
Sporting Kansas City v Vancouver
*at the half 0:0
~Toby’s 11:30 feeding, insulin and eye drops
*end of regular time 0:0
*on to penalty shootout
* SKC 0(3): 0(1)
*Sporting Kansas City advance!
*That stand-in third choice goalie for Vancouver was FUCKING amazing!
*I knew, however, one they went into penalty shootout, KC had the edge.  The inexperienced Vancouver goalkeeper vs a well-seasoned KC goalkeeper.  It showed.
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WONDERFUL online chat as we watched the KC game together but in separate spaces.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur babies, wifey, bruzzer for bbq, MLS Is Back Tournament
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively)
Saturday/Saturn’s Day, Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG) Day of Fertility/Saturday (UPG) (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 to Agatha Dirksen 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Raido: Wheel, horse transportation, riding, issues concerning: ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, the journey of life, travel, seek wise counsel, spiritual quest, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, planning, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to oversee one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
Conversely:
Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, restlessness, make no travel plans, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, vehicular failure, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, a failed or disappointing journey, void of progress or proper perspective.
*A1R5; Aett 1, root 5, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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; Halbdutzend 1, root 4, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson:  Any kind of movement takes us somewhere.  It becomes our choice to move TOWARD freedom or away from it.  It’s easy to run away from it.  It can be a battle if we choose to move toward it.  I overwhelmingly choose the former. 
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, one wakeup.
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A banana and two pluots
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1st thing I went to Walmart to get Toby’s Rx that I couldn’t get last night.
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Toby’s 9am eye drops at 9:30
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3-scrambled eggs with cheese, three patties of turkey sausage and diced potatoes
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Once again, I didn’t get Toby out soon enough for a walk.  I just let him stroll around the neighborhood.
*hot, partly cloudy, fairly stout, not-so-beneficial south wind
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Mowed the front yard.  It only takes about half an hour so it’s not that bad.
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Toby’s noon-isch feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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 Dillons for watermelon to take to bruzzer’s
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Toby’s 4pm eye drops
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To bruzzer’s; this bbq was perhaps the saddest ever.  It was a farewell for his great guardian grandchild, or whatever she is to him.  He invited a ton of people, only a handful showed.  This child was exceptionally rude, because as it was for her, but she stayed inside.  Oh well…
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MLS Is Back Tournament https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/
Orlando v Montréal
@ the half: 0:0
Final: Orlando 1:0 Montréal
Orlando advances to the round of 8
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Watered the straw bale garden and backyard shrubs
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Philly v New England
@ the half: 0:0
Final: Philly 1:0 New England
Philadelphia advance to the round of 8
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Created a life event on Fb celebrating “The Rekindling of a Long Lost Friendship.”
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Toby’s 11:30 feeding, insulin and eye drops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:30am nighty night and all sorts of Lily cuddles.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: (photo source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)
Frijastag/Frija’s Day/An: Frigg/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 to Elizabeth Zülke 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: Fehu:  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, financial security, good financial management, 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, financial insecurity, improper financial management, 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; Aett 1 Root 1, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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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; Halbdutzend 2, root 2, Irminsul’s root of destruction
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Rune Lesson:  Not all new beginnings are favorable.  Some beginnings come with real suffering.
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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 two wakeups.
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A banana and two pluots with my morning meds
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Woke up to some cuteness!  Jasmine was lying oh so close to Toby in the Ancestor’s area by the drapes.
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Wifey conversation
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Toby’s 9am eye drops
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2-eggs sunny side up with both turkey sausage and turkey bacon.
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Online chat
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Toby’s 11:30am feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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For Toby’s daily walk, considering the heat was already on, I didn’t want to take Toby on a walk per se.  I just took him out for a leisurely stroll around the neighborhood.  We didn’t go far, just far enough for him to quickly go home when he obviously became too hot.
*hot, partly cloudy, SSW not-so-beneficial wind.
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Computer maintenance
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Leftover hobo stew and a slice of watermelon.
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Toby’s 4pm eye drops @ 5pm
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Call into Walmart to order a refill of one of Toby’s eyedrops; hey, it worked!
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JsFnChst!  I went to go get Toby’s eye drop Rx and the fucking car wouldn’t start!  I called my brother and I called my brother and I called my brother!  FUCK!  ARGH!  Fucking Walmart Neighborhood Market that has Toby’s Rx closed at 7pm…WHAT?  Oh, NOW my brother calls back after it’s too late, but early to tend to the probably battery problem.  We went to O’Reilly’s https://www.oreillyauto.com/ I ended up spending $150 on another battery because MY battery was 4ys old and dead when we got there.  Came back and brother put it in.  Everything fired back up.
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Facebook arguments are pointless.  I just block those who disrespect me.
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Toby’s midnight feeding, insulin and two out of three eye drops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night, and some wonderful Lily loving.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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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 to Eva Hiebert 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: Ansuz: In favor of the gods, Wodan specifically, the Divine Father, Wodanic wisdom, Divine communication, the Athem - Divine/vital breath, the force of creation, taking inventory of one’s Tru Spirit and spiritual balance, a higher source of inspiration, communication skills and divine ancestry, higher consciousness, mental stability, self-discipline, the loving/bright/compassionate Alle-Vater, spiritual balance.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Alle-Vater Wodan vital/divine breath and the ancestral/Wodanic wisdom/Divine communication, separation from one’s true Spirit, spiritual imbalance, spiritual shunning, neurotic compulsive liar, exercise caution with communication and dealings including intelligence; a lack of inspiration, tough-love Fathering, the absent All-Father, the shadow/dark/mysterious side of Alle-Vater Wodan.
*A1R4; Aett 1 root 4, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Eh: 
Havamal 162:
A seventeenth I know, through a wise law
To join two lives in love;
And everyone is willing, no virginal woman
Will leave me lightly after this.
 
Dedication, faithfulness, fidelity, common law/legal marriage, warns against frivolous, transient love affairs, the legal contract between man and woman, lasting love, two bound together by the primal law of life, unification, sanctity of marriage, the cross of wedlock, fulfillment, maintaining strict morals within the bonds of legal marriage, love, duality, bound by primal law, love, trust and marriage. Soul-mates, wedding, partnership, permanent bond, binding decision, hope, duration, horse, permanence and marriage as a law, unity of ego and you, sister souls, soul-love, God-Man-Woman, ideal love, twin souls, two made one, success, increase.
“Marriage is the raw-root of the Aryans” (List, 63).
*H3R5; Halbdutzend 3, root 5, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Rune Lesson:  One cannot have dedication to an idea, or to a relationship without good information.  We make smart decisions based on the information at hand.  Our inner Wodanic wisdom warns us against frivolous, or worthless love affairs.  We process information to make good decisions about with whom we choose to be faithful.  Otherwise we fall into the trap of a demeaning marriage.  Wodan grants favor in relationships.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of sleep, one wakeup, and a wee bit of Lily loving.
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A banana and a pluot.
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Brief wifey conversation.
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Toby’s 9am eye drops
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6 mini quiches; 3 Florentine and 3 bacon/cheese from frozen
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 2-block walk.  It’s just too fucking hot for anything else.
*hot, partly cloudy/cotton-ball clouds, west breeze.
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Toby’s noon feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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Hobo stew; the build
*whole wheat spaghetti
*sliced hotdogs
*diced tomatoes with green chilis
*onion/sweet pepper mixture
*peas/carrot mixture
*last of the chopped jalapeños
*catsup added for the hela of it.
Not as horrible as you might think.
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Created my MLS Is Back brackets since group stage is winding down
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OH SHIT!  Toby’s 4pm eye drops @ 5:30pm
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MLS Is Back Tournament https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/
Chicago v Vancouver (damn, missed it)
@ the half:  0:0
Final: Chicago 0:2 Vancouver
Vancouver advance to the round of 16
 
LA Galaxy v Houston on FS1/Sling TV
@ the half: LA 0:1 Houston
Final: 1:1
I’m not exactly sure how this plays out in the group.
It looks like neither of them advanced, but because no one won, NYFCF advanced.
 
Online chat
 
LAFC v Portland on ESPN2/Sling TV
@ the half: LAFC 2:1 Portland
Final: 2:2
 
Standing at the end of group stage https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/standings
 
So, the Knockout Round of 16 is set.  Now it’s either win or go home
Philly v New England 7/25
Orlando v Montréal 7/25
Sporting KC v Vancouver 7/26
Toronto v NYCFC 7/26
San Jose v Salt Lake 7/27
Seattle v LAFC 7/27
Portland v Cincinnati 7/28
Columbus v Minnesota 7/28
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Toby’s 11:30pm feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night, with some in-your-face Lily loving.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Wichita’s 150th was yesterday:
https://www.britannica.com/place/Wichita-Kansas
https://www.visitwichita.com/about-wichita/history/
http://www.kansastowns.us/wichist.html
https://www.wichitachamber.org/welcome/history-of-wichita/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wichita,_Kansas
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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: Ehwaz: Horse, the special, controlled relationship between a rider and a horse, absolute trust, taking control of relationships and with higher-powers, instinct, intuition, progress, working in tandem with another, toward a single goal, control of a situation, adaptability, two halves that make-up the whole, following one’s instincts, teamwork, trust, loyalty, partnership, cooperation.
Conversely:
The relationship of a horse and rider out of control, disharmony, quarrelsome tendencies, mistrust, betrayal, stranded, indecisiveness, false friends/unfriendliness, treachery, change and/or movement for the worse, loss, break-up of a relationship, disruption of relationships, reluctant to trust, friendless, blockage, treachery, indecision, an enemy comes to the gate.
*A3R3; Aett 3, root three, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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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; Halbdutzend 1, root 2, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson:  The best result of any relationship is that it can heal.  In many cases, as we gain teamwork, we KNOW, we are self-aware, of the causality in many situations.  The danger is, however, that absolute trust can create a certain amount of blindness.  Trust can put side blinders on us so we can’t see anything other than what is strait ahead.  While that may SEEM beneficial, we need to be aware of the world around us, too.  As we control our situation in its totality, our world is secure and safe.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. of solid sleep, but it was an odd wakeup:
Lily was TOTALLY demanding attention.
Jasmine wanted to play…I mean REALLY play.
Toby camped out all night.
Socks is more perplexed as to whether or not he wants to be outside, but he did.
All the kitties in the pet cemetery in the backyard came to mind:
Patch
Schatz
Ollie
Yawk
Stubby
Long-tail
Rufus
EVERYBODY needed attention!
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Journal work: created the alternate pronunciations (An) for each of the gods in this journal.
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MLS Is Back Tournament https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament
Salt Lake v Sporting Kansas City on ESPN
1st min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ the half Salt Lake 0:1 Sporting
86th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Final: Salt Lake 0:2 Sporting KC
SKC WINS!  SKC WINS!  SKC WINS!  SKC WINS!  SKC WINS! 
Sporting Kansas City secures their place in the round of 16!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Toby’s 9am eye drops @ 10am
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Two scrambled eggs with cheese atop Banquet Deep Dish Sausage and Gravy https://www.banquet.com/breakfast-pies/deep-dish-sausage-gravy Surprisingly good!
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Call in from Emprise.  They REALLY want me to reapply for an Emprise credit card.  Ok, I guess.
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I offered to take wifey to Family Dollar for migraine meds.  There was NO WAY I was going to let her walk.
*well, that completes it.  EVRYBODY demanded my attention this morning.
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Toby’s noon feeding, insulin and Apoquel.
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, well behaved, 2-block walk.
*hot, partly cloudy, SSW breeze.
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Return call from Emprise.  With J_ian on the prone, I texted the number she gave me and it immediately shot back with the code she needed to finish my application. 
*well f_nChst!  I was approved for $3200!  Not that I’ll ever use it all that much, but it IS a good indicator of my good credit.
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Return call from Emmaus Mennonite Church in Whitewater.  PROGRESS in obtaining info on my father; however, yet thru another party TBD.
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Contacted the National Archives for assistance on Father’s military records
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Gaining info on my father is becoming a quest.
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WOO HOO!  I finally got that wasp out from Socks’ house! He wanted to go into his house this afternoon: excellent choice Socks.  When I went inside with him, THERE IT WAS!  It disappeared for a bit, but then showed up again on the sliding glass door.  I quickly grabbed a cup I was keeping inside there for just such an occasion.  I cornered him underneath the cup, but couldn’t get him to get into the back of the cup so I could cover the top.  Perplexed, at what to do, I had an AH-HA moment.  I opened the sliding glass door and edged the cup toward the opening.  I tipped the cup over the edge, then quickly scooted the entire cup over the edge of the door and off the wasp flew!  Mission successful!
*my wifey has told me I was the only man she knew who didn’t want to kill a wasp straight away.
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Toby’s 4pm eye drops
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½ lb. turkey burger with double cheese and raw onions on whole wheat toast + French fries in the air fryer + sliced tomatoes on the side.
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MLS Is Back Tournament https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/ on ESPN
Cincinnati v NY Red Bulls
At the half: Cinci 1:0 NYRB
Final: Cinci 2:0 NYRB
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Watered the straw bale garden and backyard shrubs
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Colorado v Minneapolis
@ the half: Colorado 1:2 Minnesota
Final: 2:2
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Standings as we get ready to close out groups stage tomorrow: https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/standings
A lot of the heavy-weights are OUT:
DC United OUT
Colorado Rapids OUT
Atlanta FC OUT!
Inter Miami OUT, but this was their first season so no one was expecting much from them, even though it IS David Beckham’s team.
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Can still play the spoilers are:
LA Galaxy
Vancouver Whitecaps
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Toby’s 11:30pm feeding, insulin and eye drops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Wodanstag) Heimo (An: Heimdall), 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!

(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, domestic stuff
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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: 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; Aett 2, root 2, Yggdrasil’s root of destruction
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Rit: 
Havamal 150:
That I know as the fifth, should an enemy’s
Arrow come flying into the throng;
As bright as it might clash, I stem its power
Once I firmly fix my eye on it.
 
Incoming challenges, the exalted, the strength of Will, external power/strength squelched, fixation, attack squelched, introspective awareness, that which is passing, council, right, wheel, movement, rhythm, law, correctness, judgment, victory over the lower ego, holding, right order, the judge, advice, salvation, money, original law, that which flows away, religious feeling, ritual action/primal laws, orderliness in the world, the ritual, primal law/Urlag, things that are done correctly, spiritual feeling, ritual action, journey, Divine law, All justice, Rune of the cosmic rhythm of the worlds, wheels, personal empowerment.
“I am my rod (right), this rod (right) is indestructible, therefore, I am myself indestructible, because I am my rod (right)” (List, 53).
*H1R5; Halbdutzend 1, root 5, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson:  As destructive as hail can be, within that hail stone is the notion of the protective shell.  That protective shell can be that which battles incoming challenges and squelch a challenge, thru the strength of the Will, whatever external power wanting my demise.
*from destruction to creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8hrs of sleep, two wakeups, and an early morning thunderstorm.  At 6:30am, realizing the thunderstorm, I peeked out the front door, then stood on the porch, enjoying the heavy rain.  Back to bed.
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Brief wifey conversation
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A banana and a pluot
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MLS Is Back Tournament https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament
Toronto v New England on ESPN/Sling TV
@ the half 0:0
*
Toby’s 9am eyedrops
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Final: 0:0
*this tie creates an opportunity for either Montréal or DC in the group.
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An open-faced breakfast sandwich; the build:
Whole wheat toast
Cheese
Four half slices of turkey bacon
A small patty of hand-shredded hashbrowns
Two eggs nuked
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Toby’s 11:30am feeding, insulin and Apoquel.
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, well behaved, 4-block walk.
*mildly warm, mostly cloudy, NNW breeze
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Called Beacon Health to fire my counselor.  I told them what she told me about COVID being fake, which totally pissed me off.  I finished the session with her, but I don’t want another one with her.  Beacon was very apologetic.  A new counselor was immediately assigned.
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Italian meatballs made in a catsup/bbq sauce mix (surprisingly good) + French fries made in the air fryer + a garden-fresh tomato + raw sugar snap peas.
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Whitewater phone calls in an effort to find out anything about my father.
*USD 206 Remington HS
*Emmaus Mennonite Church
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Call in from bruzzer
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Bank
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Call into Cox; considering gigablast https://www.cox.com/residential-shop/internet-configuration.html when I’m able to get back to work.  The increase would only be about $20 or so.
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Toby’s 4pm eye drops
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Did some spot cleaning of the carpet in the living room.
Vacuumed
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Kroger Smokey Bourbon Atlantic Salmon https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-smoky-bourbon-atlantic-salmon/0001111080132 + sliced potato coins + a sliced garden-fresh tomato.  
*FUCKING “A” YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MLS Is Back Tournament https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament on ESPN
Atlanta v Columbus
@ the half: Atlanta 0:1 Columbus
Final: Atlanta 0:1 Columbus
 
Montréal v DC
@ the half: Montréal 1:0
Final: Montréal 1:0 DC 
THEY DID IT!  THEY DID IT!  MONTREAL BECAME THE SPOILERS!
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Toby’s 11:30pm feeding, insulin and eye drops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Well now that was a bunch-o-shit!  I was watching the last ½ hour a Clint Eastwood movie on a 2nd rate OTA station.  It took a bit of searching, but I found out it was “High Plains Drifter” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek9CwmjisLE.  At 1am, the movie wasn’t even over. Clint Eastwood was killing all the bad guys.  The station, whatever it was, went into some station identification, the right into a Gary Cooper movie without finishing the Clint Eastwood movie.  WTF was it with that?  They didn’t have the decency to finish one movie before going on to the next?  JsFnChst!
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1am nighty night
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