(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur babies, wifey, domestic stuff
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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 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: Mannaz: The human, Heimo; our genetic connection to the gods, humankind, social interaction, cooperation between people, the special human, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, social structure, the ability to work well within a social structure in an effort be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers, attainment of common goals, Divine structure.
Conversely:
Problems relating with Heimo and humanity, without cooperation between people, w/o social interaction, the inability to work within a social structure in an effective way, self-delusion, intellectual arrogance/ignorance, bigotry, inability to make peace with others, destructive social nature, closed mindedness, failed social interaction and disorder; anti-social behavior and lack of Divine structure.
*A3R4; Aett 3, root 4, 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: Yr:
Havamal 161:
A sixteenth I speak if a maid is reluctant,
To wake her lust and desire;
I change the heart of the delightful woman,
Then to me her wishes turn.
 
Lust/desire, seduction, reluctance, influence, second thoughts, a change of heart, the waxing and waning moon, lunar-like mutability of the feminine essence, the error-rune, conquering resistance through confusion, eventual perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Column, well grounded, the carrier of genetic material, God-woman, femininity, desire, sensual love, passion, perfection, Mother, chaos from which creation emerges, female principle in the Cosmos, the night, death and instinct, anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions found in humankind, mystical union, night, moon, well grounded, roots of Irminsul from which all life springs, woman as the opposite/balance to man, the descending Divine Feminine being.
“Think about the end” (List, 63).
*H3R4; Halbdutzend 3, root 4, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Rune Lesson: Human nature is sexual.  The god Heimo, in the Lay of Rig, became the genetic connection thru sexual relations with the clans of all classes and generations.  It seems that every time humans have sexual relations; they honor and relive the Lay of Rig as well as our relationships with our gods.
*from re-creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8 ½ hrs. of sleep.  Toby has taken to a loud YELP when there’s a thunderstorm, but I always interpret that as a desperate need to go outside.  When I took him to the back door, THAT was when I noticed the storm.  Shortly after that (5:30am) was when it really began raging!  Toby was ÜBER upset.  As he’s not able, I guess, to get onto the bed, I lifted him onto it.  He showed his gratitude buy smuggling right into my feet.  I slept for another 3hrs.
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Call into the trash company.  My annual bill increased by about $50.  Turns out that one company owns the transfer station and they increased their rates, so my trash company had to increase theirs, too.  SHIT!
*paid the goddamned annual bill, because $13.75 a month is just fucking pesky. 
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Toby’s 9am eye drops
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Wifey conversation.  Wifey said she was concerned about George.  After the last storm, he was soaked.  A little bit later, Socks showed up on the front porch, perfectly dry.  See?  This is why I don’t worry about Socks.  He is SO street-wise.  He knows how to handle himself in all situations.
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A banana + 4 strawberries + a 2-egg open faced sandwich on whole wheat toast with pepper-jack cheese
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Toby’s noon insulin and feeding.
*I really am done buying Toby ANY canned dogfood that he DOES NOT eat.  I have about a dozen cans I am going to donate to the Humane Society because Toby hasn’t eaten them.  I had such high hopes with Freshpet  https://freshpet.com/dog/freshpet-select/tender-chicken-vegetables-brown-rice-dog-food/ but even that has fallen by the wayside.  From now own, whether or not it’s good for him, he’s going to get slices of kielbasa in any form, + ham or turkey slices with his Apoquel.  At least I KNOW he’ll eat SOMETHING with his insulin.
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, well behaved, 5-block walk.
*mostly cloudy, warm, south breeze.
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Toby’s 3pm eye drops
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Kansas Humane Society https://www.kshumane.org/ to donate Toby’s unwanted cans of food
Bank
CBD store, I’ve tried oil and smoke with no regularity, but now?  PILLS!  Hela, I can take pills like a madman!
Dillons
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OMGs, Lily fought me tooth-n-nails when I tried to give her, her Benadryl.  I ended up having to wrap her up in a kitty burrito.  I was successful at giving it to her, but WOW how difficult it’s going to be in the future. 
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Once home I immediately started the marked down top round steak that I found at Dillons; gave the meat a garlic rub, seared them and placed them in the slow cooker on high for 5-hours.
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WEEEEEEEEEEEEELL…there is actually a benefit to this whole COVID shit.  My bank usually limits how many online transfers can be made in a given month without a fee, but that limitation has been waived! 
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Call into my stylist.  I have a 1:30pm appointment for Saturday.
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Results of my MRI:
Impression: 
1. MRI characteristics of the left adrenal mass most consistent 
with an adenoma probably with internal hemorrhage and/or cystic 
change. 
**there are no concerning features of MRI of abdomen and no follow up of adenoma 
required. 
My response:
            Okay, I'm confused. It sounds pretty serious to me. 
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OH MAN!  That slow cooked top round steak smells WONDERFUL!
*OMGs the flavor + a baked potato + a garden salad…FUCKING “A” GOOD!
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Toby’s 7pm eye drops
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MLS is Back Tournament https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament
Seattle v San Jose (the start of group B)
*end of match0:0; not the most exciting…
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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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12:30am nighty night
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: ?????????????
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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: Uruz: The Auroch beast, the primal instinct, life force, survival, endurance, the ability of action, creation taking shape, expansion, tenacity, vital strength, instinct of survival, stability, raw physical power, taking risks, stick-to-itiveness, foundation, a stabilizing effect, moral strength, healing, good health, rejuvenation, energy levels, rage, health and energy, primal drizzle.
Conversely:
A weakened position, deprivation, out of sync, an impulse towards inaction, chaos, a severe lack of foundation, energy at low levels, illness, reduction, instability, elasticity, uncontrolled rage, without the will to survive, misdirected force, taking no risks at this time, weakness; either physical or emotional, illness, the inability to overcome obstacles.
*A1R2; Aett 1, Root 2, 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: 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: Uruz has several interesting layers.  The most interesting one is the reference to the mythological Auroch beast, the primal source of life.  The Aurochs was the predecessor to the modern cow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurochs .  Whether or not it’s legitimate, the easy reference can be made to another bovine, Audhumla, the cosmic cow.  Cows, then, have several means to aid human survival.  Most importantly of which, they give meat and milk.  Audhumla as the cosmic cow is the beginning of all life.  It is SHE who becomes the stabilizing force of creation.  Her stabilization lends to determinization of survival. 
Of the Uruz Rune, Stephen McNallen says in his “Life Runes:”  
Unseen, matter follows ancient forms. The genetic molds graven by fire and ice and polished by the watery Well of Wyrd are filled, and fleshed.
We sing before the All with the understanding that our life forces are that which allows us to endure.
*from creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 5hrs of sleep with THREE wakeups;
Toby out
Toby in
Toby barking his fool head off!  Well shit, it’s REALLY storming out.  With everyone else safe, my thoughts went to Socks who was on the front parch.  IN THE POURING RAIN I go to his stoop to call him, thinking he would go into his house.  He came running thru the rain, but once he got on the back side of the gate, he headed into the breezeway instead of going into his house.  FUCKING CAT!  Then I realized the windows on the Vue were cracked open.  Grabbing my keys, I go out IN THE POURING RAIN to roll up the windows.  After an hour awake, I go back to bed for another hour and a half.  Not the best way to start the day, eh?
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Still storming.
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Socks remains conflicted. Still on the porch, I go outside with him.  Still craving my attention, and not really clear IF he wants to go into his house.  It’s kind of like, fool me once shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me.  Socks and Jasmine were having fun with each other.  Jasmine was running from window to storm door in an effort to get Socks’ attention.
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Toby’s 9am meds
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Leftover eggs with turkey bacon from yesterday; surprisingly good.
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Call into Air Capital Veterinary about Lily’s itchiness.  Dr. to return call.
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Toby’s 11:30am meds
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, well behaved, 4-block walk, PLUS a couple of Toby’s progress conversations with neighbors.
*mostly cloudy, mildly warm/rain cooled, refreshing south wind
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Subway for lunch
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My candles from Beloved Viking Vinyl arrived https://www.etsy.com/listing/722918322/frith-honor-hospitality-candle-with?ref=shop_home_feat_4
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Toby’s 3pm meds
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A bit of cleaning in the kitchen
Took the recyclables from inside collection to outside separation
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Ghost Whisperer what?
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Toby’s 7pm meds
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MLS is Back Tournament https://www.mlssoccer.com/post/2020/07/07/mls-back-tournament-schedule-update?fbclid=IwAR1-4NzsIAZhfqDIPvaMVZ1FdJq4jfQ4HMroezsrOSOm-4YhECQ-kNIztJo
Groups and bracket https://www.mlssoccer.com/mls-is-back-tournament/bracket
Schedule https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/schedule/
Yesterday
Orlando 2:1 Inter Miami
Today
NYCFC 0:1 Philly
Montreal 0:1 New England on TUDN USA on twitter/Chromecast onto my tele
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A homemade taco salad for a late dinner
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Toby’s feeding, insulin and eye meds
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night.
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, Toby to Blair Doon
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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: Sowulo: The Sun, Sunna, a lightning bolt, victory, success, feminine life force, lighting the way to new ideas, vitality, confidence, action, wholeness, optimism, the clear light of day, can be a destructive lightening flash (clearing), the will to victory, life purpose, cosmic energies effecting life, appearance of a guiding principle, guidance in journeying, spiritual guidance, leadership.
*A2R8; Aett 2, root 8, 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: Bar: 
Havamal 158:
A thirteenth I mention, when I sprinkle the son,
The young one, with holy water,
If once he faces the foe, then he cannot fall,
No sword can wound him so he collapses in the dust.
 
Blessing, shielding, inspiration, encouragement, security, impending accidents that effect fate, life, birth: birth of the future life that is preordained for us, becoming, being projected, help in birth, son, bread, song, fountain, mountains, meaning of life on this planet/in this world, the power of becoming, reconstruction, Rune of continuous transformation, death and rebirth metamorphosis, return to the Mothers; the fountain as female symbol, the eternal spring of humans.
“Thy life strands in the hand of God, trust it in you” (List, 60).
H3R1; Halbdutzend 3, root 1, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Destruction to re-creation
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Rune Lesson: Sowulo’s lightening bolt may be destructive, but it wields aheluvalot of power.  Sowulo can clear the way to victory.  She can clear the way to a blessing.  She can shield us from harm.  She can lead the way to enlightenment.  The power of the Sun brings life!
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, one wakeup, a bit of Lily loving, out of bed at 7:30
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A breakfast burrito from frozen to help get me moving. 
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Brief wifey conversation
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Toby and I out for an 8:30am, well behaved, 4-bloock walk.
*mildly warm. Partly cloudy/high clouds, south breeze
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Toby’s 9am meds
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A banana + an experiment with powdered eggs with onion powdered and diced turkey.  Edible, but OH FUCK, I didn’t have to use the whole packet?  Note to Self; read the ENTIRE instructions before committing…LOL.
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Watered the straw-bale garden and backyard shrubs.
*harvested 3 really nice tomatoes
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Toby and I out for a 9:30am, well behaved, 4-block walk.
*mildly warm, sunny, south breeze
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Watered Agathagart
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J’sW at the front door asking for help jumping her car, which I did, but evidently, it’s not her battery.
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Toby’s noon meds
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Toby’s eye checkup at Blair Doon http://blairdoonvethospitalinc.vetsourcecms.com/ couldn’t have gone better.  His eye pressures were 12-15 in both eyes!  They sang his praises for being so good about them looking at his eyes.  I’m so ÜBER proud of him!  I immediately called K-State.
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Everyplace Toby goes they say how good he is.  Do you have any idea how that makes this fur dad proud?  Sure, he’s good for ME, but when he’s good for others outside of me being present, PRICELESS!
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Socks still craves my attention even though he doesn’t want to go into his house.
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Dillons petrol
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Walmart Neighborhood Market; Rx for Toby
Liquor store; Rx for ME
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Call into bruzzer
Call into my WONDERFUL niece
Call into Air Capital Veterinary
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Asked wifey to toast Toby with me.  After all, Toby HAS been thru the wringer over the last several months.
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Three homemade soft tacos and spicy refried beans with cheese.
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Toby’s 7pm meds
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Two hrs. of Ghost Whisperer on Start TV (OTA); yup, I’ve seen ‘em both
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Lily has taken refuge in the bathroom.
Jasmine follows me wherever I go
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Online chat
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Toby’s 11:30meds
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Wodanstag) Heimo, HEAR ME!  Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods.  You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart, the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: fur babies, wifey, VA
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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: Eihwaz: Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, inner strength, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it! “, temporary cosmic consciousness, stability over external circumstances, resilience, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.  “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” (Friedrich Nietzsche).
*A2R5; Aett 2, root 5, 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: Yr:
Havamal 161:
A sixteenth I speak if a maid is reluctant,
To wake her lust and desire;
I change the heart of the delightful woman,
Then to me her wishes turn.
 
Lust/desire, seduction, reluctance, influence, second thoughts, a change of heart, the waxing and waning moon, lunar-like mutability of the feminine essence, the error-rune, conquering resistance through confusion, eventual perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Column, well grounded, the carrier of genetic material, God-woman, femininity, desire, sensual love, passion, perfection, Mother, chaos from which creation emerges, female principle in the Cosmos, the night, death and instinct, anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions found in humankind, mystical union, night, moon, well grounded, roots of Irminsul from which all life springs, woman as the opposite/balance to man, the descending Divine Feminine being.
“Think about the end” (List, 63).
*H3R4; Halbdutzend 3, root 4, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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*from destruction to re-creation.
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Rune Lesson: Sometimes ya just gotta be strong to be influential.  Sometimes ya just gotta have inner strength to be seductive.  Sometimes ya just gotta it’s the stress and difficulties that forces a change of heart.  Whatever the case, be strong, be seductive, if it feels good do it!
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: Just shy of 7hrs of sleep, one wakeup, still tired. The morning fur baby situation has definitely changed around here:
*Lily doesn’t sleep with me anymore
*Jasmine no longer greets me at the ancestors’ table.
*Socks no linger goes into his house.
*The only constant is Toby.
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Very brief wifey conversation.
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A banana + Banquet sausage and gravy https://www.banquet.com/breakfast-pies/deep-dish-sausage-gravy + two scrambled eggs + 2 half slices of turkey sausage that were already started when I decided on the Banquet stuff.
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Toby’s 9am meds
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Toby and I out for a 9:30am, well behaved, 3-block roundy before the heat sets-in.  Nice conversation with my tree guy along the way.
*very warm, sunny, slight south breeze.
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Watered Agathagart
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Wifey to post office
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Watered the straw-bale garden and backyard baby shrubs
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga relegation/promotion match replayed from yesterday
*aggregate 0:1
Heidenheim v Bremen
*3rd min TOR/GOAL Bremen!
@ the half 0-1
*85th min TOR/GOAL Heidenheim!
*90+3 TOR/GOAL Bremen!!!!
*90+7 TOR/GOAL (PK) Heidenheim
Final: Heidenheim 2:2 Bremen
Home rule stands; Heidenheim failed to be the clear winner on their home pitch.
Werder Bremen stays in 1Bundesliga and Heidenheim stays in 2Bundesliga
Two teams battling for their football lives!  This is my favorite way to have a playoff!
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Campbell’s Hearty Ham and Beans Soup https://www.campbells.com/campbell-soup/chunky/hearty-bean-ham-with-natural-smoked-flavor-soup/ for a quick lunch
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The MRI at the VA was a trip!  Now I know what it’s like to be in a coffin.  JsFnChst!  I had to go back into VA email to find out what got me here in the first place: June 24th
CT of abdomen does not show aneurysm but a finding is seen in adrenal gland - 
and MRI is recommended; I will order this after MRI screening checklist…
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Toby’s 3pm meds
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Yesterday’s chef salad was good enough, even more so for today!
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Toby’s 7pm meds
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Two hrs. of Ghost Whisperer on Start TV (OTA); yup, I’ve seen ‘em both.
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Online chat
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The Eagles?  On ESPN2? https://www.rockcellarmagazine.com/eagles-live-from-the-forum-film-replay-schedule-espn/  WOOOOOOOOOW!
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Watered the frontyard bushes and shrubs as the sun set.
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I’m moving Toy’s midnight meds up to 11:30pm
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night
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(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: ??????????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married to Anna M. Schmidt 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; complications from M.S.
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; heart attack.
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Teiwaz: The God Ziu, one handed god of war and honor, valor, highest ideals, uncompromising in judgments, personal management, a higher rationality, dedication to an ideal, balanced, victory in conflict, the spiritual warrior, self-sacrifice, spiritual birth/rebirth, motivated by a sense of justice, law and order, bravery, honesty, even-handedness, warfare as a part of evolution, mental and emotional order.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Ziu; the god of honor, dishonor, without victory in conflict, failed ideals, injustice, imbalance, mismanagement, failure, unbalanced, dishonesty, naiveté compromised judgments, defeat, warfare without purpose, disengagement with the sacrificial Self, spiritual death, legal dilemma, disorder/chaos, cowardice, the inability to fight for what’s right, void of the will to succeed, double standards.
*A3R1; Aett 3, root 1, 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: Man: 
Havamal 160:
A fourteenth I know, Volkrast, the dwarf,
Sings early at the gates of dawn,
To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves,
But to myself, All-Father, to gain wisdom.
 
Strength, that which is rising, magical empowerment, acquisition of Divine wisdom, propagation of the human race, encompasses both the exoteric and the esoteric concepts of humanity, great gain, male mysteries/leadership, manly actions, pulling down the spiritual into material form, human/humanity, increase, masculinity, health, plenty, magic, spirit, truth, God-Man, male principle in Cosmos, birth, health, increase, maleness and man, Divine man, male principle in Cosmos, magic power, thaumaturgy, true self, the resurrected god, the upper part of the world tree, Irminsul, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers; the sacred Rune of humankind encouraging us to be human.
“Be a man” (List, 61).
H3R3; Halbdutzend 3, root 3, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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*from re-creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of SOLID sleep
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A bowl of cereal to help me motivate
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I want to get Toby out for is walk before the heat starts setting-in.
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Toby’s 9am meds
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Toby and I out for a 9:30am. well-behaved walk to Meeka Park and back (4 blocks)
*already very warm, partly cloudy, no breeze
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Watered the straw-bale garden, baby shrubs and Agathagart.
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The birthday wishes are REALLY rolling in on Fb!
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Open faced breakfast sandwich; 2 eggs, two half slices of turkey bacon, pepper-jack cheese, whole wheat bread
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Call in from bruzzer to update his resume.
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Toby’s noon meds
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Chef salad for lunch.  The build:
*baby spinach
*shredded carrots
*celery
*diced cabbage
*diced roma tomatoes
*sliced turkey
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Online research for a free birthday dinner revealed nothing, but places to offer free dessert.  I may go out to Applebee’s for that.  I just need to do something for myself.
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Toby’s 3pm meds
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I/we were able to corral Socks to give him his flea med.
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LOTS more birthday wishes on Fb.
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I spent $18 ($13 for me and $5 on a piece of grilled chicken for Toby) + tip just to get a free dessert from Applebee’s.  Not my best financial move, but oh well…
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Filed unemployment
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Toby’s 7pm meds
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Call in from bruzzer.
*comment not for public consumption
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JsFnChst!  Well over 100 birthday wishes on one Fb page and over 50 on the other.
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Online chat
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Toby’s midnight meds
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:30am nighty night
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Manostag) Nirdu, brother-husband, to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô and the Frouwa, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Nirda, sister-wife to Nirdu.  We give thanks to the Great Goddess Nirda, Goddess of the land, of soil, and growing things.  Goddess, too, of the scythe and of the sacrifice.  Beautiful and terrible.  Wise in Your power.  We praise you…HEIL NIRDA, Mother of the Wanâ, sister-wife to Nirdu.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDA, as we honor the Nirda that resides in us all!  HEIL NIRDA Divine Queen! HEIL!  HEIL! HEIL!
*source: combination http://www.odins-gift.com/poth/P/prayertonerthus.htm and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson.
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Heuuîmânôd = Hay Month)
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Plans: ?????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 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.
(picture 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: 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: 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; Halbdutzend 1, root 1, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson: A new beginning should always bring generous help.  Sufficient, well-managed funds can definitely bring forward motion.  If one’s creative forces come thru, there is the ability to wander, which really IS what I would like to do right now.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: Just shy of 7hrs of sleep with 2 wakeups
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Toby’s 9am meds
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Brief wifey conversation
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OMGs!  This was a breakfast fit for a Herr:
*homemade blueberry waffle, made on Mother’s waffle iron, topped with a banana
*two eggs sunny side up
*lightly fried diced potato
*four strips of turkey bacon
YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Toby and I out for a two-block walk.  The heat was already starting to build.
*partly cloudy, very warm, slight north breeze
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Watered the strawbale garden, backyard shrubs and Agathagart planters before the heat really set-in.
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Two bräts and some pudding for lunch
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Walmart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
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Started “Hamilton” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSCKfXpAGHc  I’ve experienced a rock opera, but never a rap opera.  It’s a bit different.
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Called the Jarl of Hammerstorm of Wichita.  Ended up talking to the Jarlskonna.
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Toby’s 7pm meds
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Long John Silvers for dinner
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Okay, I suffered thru Hamilton past the intermission.  It’s just my thing.
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Toby’s midnight meds
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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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Declaration of Independence; an AMAZING document
https://www.archives.gov/founding-docs/declaration-transcript
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1776-1785/the-final-text-of-the-declaration-of-independence-july-4-1776.php
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Plans: ??????????????
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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: Sowulo: The Sun, Sunna, a lightning bolt, victory, success, feminine life force, lighting the way to new ideas, vitality, confidence, action, wholeness, optimism, the clear light of day, can be a destructive lightening flash (clearing), the will to victory, life purpose, cosmic energies effecting life, appearance of a guiding principle, guidance in journeying, spiritual guidance, leadership.
*A2R8; Aett 2, root 8, 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: 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; Halbdutzend 1, root 1, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson: Victory brings beneficial help in many forms.  At the same time, the lightning bolt with Sowulo can be extremely dangerous.  As beneficial as Sowulo can be, there is also the destructive element to it, hence. as long as one takes extreme caution when working with Sowulo, the overriding benefit is undeniable.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, one wakeup, and no Lily loving whatsoever.
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Brief wifey conversation
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Toby’s 9am meds
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 252
Glucose: 98 (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)
BP: 128/77
Pulse: 77
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Relegation/promotion match game 1
Bremen (1. Bundesliga, facing relegation) 0:0 Heidenheim (2. Bundesliga, facing promotion)
*next match 6 July
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The breakfast build:
Hand shredded hashbrown with chopped onions
Hand shredded cheese
Three slices of deli ham
Three eggs sunny side up
OMGs FUCKING GOOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Toby’s noon meds
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, well behaved, 3-block walk.
*very warm, partly cloudy, NNE breeze
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Fruit smoothies for me and wifey
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Mowed the front yard
*watermelon
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Toby’s 3pm meds
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Mowed the back yard
*a small load of laundry
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Breakfast from frozen for dinner:
*egg muffin with Canadian bacon
*hashbrowns
*Belgian waffle
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Call into bruzzer
Call into my WONDERFUL niece, left a message
*return call from niece.  We had a long overdue conversation
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Toby’s 7pm meds
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I miss shooting of fireworks.  I miss going out to my niece’s house to enjoy the 4th.  All I have to do is remember when Toby ripped siding and channel off the back end of the house and why I cannot celebrate the 4th like I used to; that, and the need to stay with Toby thru the night to keep him calm.  Moreover, I’m glued to Toby with all the eyedrops he needs to get better.  That’s the price of a fur dad.
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2hrs of Ghost Whisperer on Start TV (OTA); you, I’ve seen ‘em both.
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Toby’s midnight meds
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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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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 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: Jera: Harvest, 12th Rune of the Futhark, the number 12, cycles, a turning point, cause and effect, the Rune of return, two halves of a cyclic whole, harmony-in-movement-in-balance, improvement, expansion, growth, progress, patience, fruition of plans, the mystic union between Earth and the Cosmos, the result of a previous action, appropriate reward for the right (or wrong) action.
*A2R4; Aett 2 root 4, 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: 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; Halbdutzend 1, root 1, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson: With the Jera Rune, we know that the harvest is at hand.  With a GOOD harvest, we also know that generous help is on the way.  Make no mistake about it, we also know that a good harvest requires diligent labor.  One cannot just plant something and expect magic to happen.  Magic happens when we make it happen.  A magical good harvest will give new life into the tribe. 
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 hrs. of sleep
Toby out to potty
Socks on porch
George in the breezeway
Socks chases off George
Socks gets fed
I finally go back to sleep for a couple more hours
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A banana and a breakfast sandwich
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Brief wifey conversation
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Toby’s 9am meds
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Thunder
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 30min walk.
*overcast east/clearing west, mild/muggy, slight north breeze
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Toby’s noon meds
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Last of the hobo stew
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OMGs! 
House of Dark Shadows; good
and
Night of Dark Shadows; not so good
*on the Movies TV Network!
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Toby’s 3pm meds
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Made some kind of mesquite bräts, really good.  Made some fries in the air fryer.
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Toby’s 7pm meds
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I was tired of just sitting around.  I didn’t feel like doing the WHOLE yard this late in the day, so I went out and mowed/sculped Agathagart.  Tomorrow, the rest of it!
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The Warriors https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080120/ still a pretty good movie to me
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Toby’s midnight meds
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Some really nice Heathen chat on Fb.
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1am nighty night
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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: Teiwaz: The God Ziu, one handed god of war and honor, valor, highest ideals, uncompromising in judgments, personal management, a higher rationality, dedication to an ideal, balanced, victory in conflict, the spiritual warrior, self-sacrifice, spiritual birth/rebirth, motivated by a sense of justice, law and order, bravery, honesty, even-handedness, warfare as a part of evolution, mental and emotional order.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Ziu; the god of honor, dishonor, without victory in conflict, failed ideals, injustice, imbalance, mismanagement, failure, unbalanced, dishonesty, naiveté compromised judgments, defeat, warfare without purpose, disengagement with the sacrificial Self, spiritual death, legal dilemma, disorder/chaos, cowardice, the inability to fight for what’s right, void of the will to succeed, double standards.
*A3R1; Aett 3, root 1, 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: Thorn: 
Havamal 148:
A third I take, when danger threatens,
To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus, I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.
 
Donar, deflecting an opponent, making ineffective, protection from danger, enemies bound through magic, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, power to become, Return, new emergence from what’s apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, a constant renewal of life in rebirth, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.
“Preserve your ego” (List, 51).
*H1R3; Halbdutzend 1, root 3, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson: Ziu and Donar represent two of the most macho architypes in the Norse pantheon; Ziu god of war, and Donar god of raw masculine strength.  Both of these lend to the idea that it is masculinity rules the day.  That’s good enough for me.
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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 void of Lily loving.
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There Socks was in the breezeway.  I fed him like I feed all the other strays.  Sad that it’s come to that with him.
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Toby’s 9am meds
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Brief wifey conversation
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For the first time, I’m experimenting wearing nylon anklets underneath my compression socks so they last longer.  Here’s to hoping for the best.
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Toby and I out for a 9:30am (WTF?), well behaved, full 30min+ walk.  My intent was to get him out as early as possible.  It was such a beautiful morning.  I pushed him a bit.
*partly cloudy west/overcast east/odd, mild, slight NNE breeze.
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Toby’s noon meds
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Once again, I fed Socks like a stray.  I also saw how Ghost, a gray and white stray, named by wifey, is so scrawny.  I put food out specifically for Ghost.  I had to keep both Socks and George off of him (?) while he was eating.  I wanted Ghost to eat his fill.  Then I thought, it’s time to adjust all feeding situations.  Since Socks hasn’t been in his house for DAYS, I turned the a/c in the cat house up to 82deg, and kept the fan on oscillating.  I cleaned Socks’ feeding station in the cat house and placed it in the breezeway, water, too.  That way they might all have the ability to eat and drink all summer.  Additionally, since Lily and Jasmine aren’t eating the Blue Buffalo like they used to, I minimized their feeding, too.  They still get the option for Blue Buffalo on the one side of their bowl, they can get the wet on the other.  Jasmine used to go absolutely nut over the possibility of getting ham first thing in the morning.  Not so much anymore.  The small tray I had on the floor for her ham, is now Lily’s treat tray on top of the chest freezer.
*well shit, keeping the cat kibble in the breezeway won’t work.  If Tony found it, he would gobble it down.  Instead, I gave it to wifey to put somewhere in the backyard.
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Gathered up the MASSIVE corrugated cardboard and took them in http://prokansasrecycling.org/
*JsFnChst!  If the City isn’t tearing out a perfectly good bridge over the Arkansas (pronounced Ar-Kansas) at Harry St., they’re tearing out a perfectly good street on Mt. Vernon east of Broadway!  It took a bit of effort to get to the recycling place.
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Took inside collected recyclables to outside separation.
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Leftover hobo stew.
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Toby’s 3pm meds
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Call into K-State to discuss Toby’s glaucoma and whether or not Toby is experiencing pain.  His doctor said there IS that possibility and described it like a migraine. She said to keep an eye on him to see if he’s squinting or tearing.  If his glaucoma doesn’t come down to manageable levels, doctor certainly didn’t paint a pretty picture.  Toby HAS to be well!
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Tried Broadway Burgers https://www.zomato.com/wichita-ks/broadway-burgers-bbq-wichita/menu not impressed
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Toby’s 7pm meds
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I spent quite a bit of time on Fb debunking a false meme decrying the left calling for the ethnicization of police dogs.  Turned out it was a misleading reference to a Nickelodeon show: https://kslnewsradio.com/1927142/cancel-paw-patrol/?fbclid=IwAR2CmRE4pDh102qP2Y35lUo0rotgfGheodMtHTr3CHAUJRqZXbVoZok6LO4
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Toby’s midnight meds
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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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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: 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; Aett 1, root 7, 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: 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; Halbdutzend 1, root 6, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson: Of gifting, the Havamal says:
41. With gifts, friendships should be strengthened, 
Such as with weapons or fine clothing:
Those who exchange gifts will always be friends,
So long as they give and take in turn.
42. A man should always remain loyal to his friends,
Giving a gift for a gift, sharing in their laughter,
But repaying lies for lies.
Gifts given with the proper intent, really DOES create imperviousness, and preserves the tribe!
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, one wakeup, and where the hela is my Lily?
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A banana and an open-faced breakfast sandwich
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Wifey conversation
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Watered Agathagart, the straw-bale garden, and backyard shrubs and front yard shrubs.
*well hela, there’s Socks on the patio, a bit bedraggled, but he’s there.  I made sure to leave him some food in the breezeway.
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Chat with Chewy.com.  I ordered the wrong size of Revolution https://www.revolutionplus.com/ .  They chatted with their pharmacist who chatted with my veterinary and approved Revolution for the heavier cat.
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Toby and I out for a 2-block, late morning, well behaved, a bit sluggish, walk.  I also showed him off to a few neighbors who have been concerned about him.
*mostly cloudy, very warm, east wind.
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Toby’s noon meds
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Leftover Hobo Stew for lunch; catsup added for more flavor.
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Wifey to post-office
Bank
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Toby’s 3pm meds
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My issue of Uncle Tom’s Cabin arrived from eBay!  So, my questionable racial content collection is complete:
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Gone with the Wind
Blazing Saddles
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A bit more Hobo Stew; I really like this batch
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Toby’s 7pm meds
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Lilly and Jasmine seem to be tolerating each other better.  Of course, both of them tolerate Toby extremely well.  Socks?  Well, who know about Socks anymore?  Once again, he’s disappeared.
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2hrs of Ghost Whisperer on Start TV (OTA); yup, I’ve seen them both.
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Toby’s midnight meds
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:30am nighty night
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