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August/Arnmond 30, 2014 Saturn’s Day/Day of Fertility/Tag der Fruchtbarkeit

8/31/2014

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(Arnmond = Harvest Month)

4AM/04:00, you’re so ugly on a Saturday morning.

Plans: ?????????????

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AM Meditation: Saturn’s Day/Saturday/Tag der Fruchtbarkeit, we meditate on Frouwa and Ing-Frô :
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you?  Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!
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Ing-Frô , you’re the Great God of Fridu (all-encompassing safety and protection), Ar (peace, good seasons), the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the god of this World. When the day to day wears us down remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and
certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing-Frô, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!


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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AM Elder Rune:
Hagalaz (irreversible): The cosmic seed of potential, a sacred
enclosure/shell, shaping, evolution, protection within, holiness, destruction/regeneration, evolution, destructive elements, unavoidable
unpleasantness, pruning, potentially destructive but change will occur on its
own given time.


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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AM Armanen Rune: Bar: 
Havamal 157.
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.

Inspiration, security, 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.

Interpretation: Change (Hagalaz) leading to the birth of a future life (Bar).
*HEL YES!!!!!!!!!!

Outcome: It’s a beautiful, rain-cooled, dewy, morning. 

Since it was so cool out this morning, I tried to put Essie on her tether
prior to Toby’s walk, but she would have nothing to do with it.

Toby was pretty well behaved on his one-mile walk.

Put up my flags for Labor Day weekend; it’s not that I’m a huge, red, white
and blue flag-waver; rather, I love a nice display.  It looks very nice with two
flags centered on either side of the porch, and a bunting in the center.

Sent in my 23andMe sample.  Here’s hoping I did everything correctly. 

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
Leverkusen hosts Hertha Berlin 4-2
Wolfsburg hosts E. Frankfurt 2-2
Bremen hosts Hoffenheim 1-1
Stuttgart hosts Köln 0-2
Hamburg hosts Paderborn 0-3
Schalke hosts Bayern München 1-1

Bank

Bionic Burger for lunch

YOU HAVE NO IDEA how difficult it was to find a single proper pot to repot my plant.  I wanted to not get on the highway to go to Wal-Mart or Lowe’s, but that’s what I should have done in the first place.  I finally found a proper pot and a future proper hanging pot @ Dollar General for under $6.

Power-washed the front of my home.

Strengthening Exercises, Routine 3
*abs, 4 sets, 25 reps
*full squats, 3 sets, 8 reps
*elevated toe raises, 3 sets, 8 reps
*side lunges, 3 sets of 8
**WOW…rubber legs

 Gabriel Iglesias http://fluffyguy.com/, OMGs, he’s hilarious

MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/ 
Seattle hosts Colorado 1-3
Toronto hosts New England 0-3
Montréal hosts Columbus 2-0
Chicago hosts Dallas 1-0
Vancouver hosts Portland 0-3
San Jose hosts Salt Lake 1-1

I saw online today that the Wichita B52 indoor soccer team http://www.wichitab52s.com will start their 2nd season, 1st season of the MASL, season on Nov 8.  My hope is that my RTAA money will hold out until I can get at least one season
ticket.



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PM Meditation: Saga, you’re the goddess of history; part and parcel of our ever expanding past.  As we share in Minnatranc, whisper to our hearts of the stories about our gods, our ancestors, our heroes and their glories.  Be the resource for our memories should we ever forget from whence we come.  Gently remind us that we all have a rich history from which to pull.  For it is as we remember and respect the past can we deal with our present, knowing that we will some day have to deal with our spiritual debt.  We honor you, Saga, as a repository for the basis of all that we are, all that we are coming to be, and all that our offspring will inherit from us.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SAGA, as we honor the Saga that resides in us all.


PM Clarification Rune: none


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August/Arnmond 31, 2014 Sunnastac

8/31/2014

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(Arnmond = Harvest Month)

1st breakfast: OMGs, a red velvet waffle with cream cheese icing…F-N WOW!

Plans: ?????????????

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AM Meditation: Sunnastac/Sunday, we meditate on Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wodan, newly risen! Hail to you who has shown on all our ancestors, who shines on us, and who will yet shine on our decedents yet unborn. Share with us some of your light, your energy, your power, so that we might better fight our battles and attain our goals. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL SUNNA, as we honor the Sunna that resides in us all!


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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AM Elder Rune:
Mannaz (U): The human, Heimo; our genetic connection, cooperation between people, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, the ability
to work well within a social structure and be effective within it, social
interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers, 
Divine structure.


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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AM Armanen Rune: Yr: 
Havamal 160.
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.

Perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Colum, 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 being.

Interpretation: Social interaction (Mannaz) leading to perfection (Yr).

Outcome:  It’s pretty muggy this morning.

Toby ran himself ragged in Meeka Park.  The last block home he really became a slug-muffin.

I had a VERY interesting online conversation with a Facebook friend who was taking a holiday in Thailand.

Reworked a pic specifying seasonal rites for the year.

2nd breakfast, turkey-sausage, egg and cheese muffin.

Trip to the corner convenience store for a newspaper and a bit of an extra ride for Toby.

Mowed and trimmed front yard.
*trip to Lowe’s for trimming twine.
*finished trimming

Cleaned house

Yummy turkey Italian sausage, baked in beer with spices.

On ESPN2
NWSL (Women’s Professional Soccer) http://www.nwslsoccer.com/ 
*hmmm…interesting, it seems to be a final.
*OOOoooo…they play via a “table” rather than “division”.
*Seattle Reign hosts FC Kansas City
*23rd min GOAL KC!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, Seattle 0-1 KC 
*OMGs!  Hope Solo is Seattle’s goalkeeper!
*56th min GOAL KC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*87th min goal Seattle 
*end of match, Seattle Reign FC 1-2 FC Kansas City
*FC Kansas City WINS!  NWLS CHAMPIONS!

Grocery excursion:
*Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market http://www.walmart.com/storeLocator/ca_storefinder_details_short.do?edit_object_id=5991
**Neven, her name is Neven.
*Dillons https://www.dillons.com/ 
**SUSHI FOR DINNER!!!!!!!!!!
*Aldi https://www.aldi.us/
*QT http://www.quiktrip.com/
*vanilla Coke!

Call in from my bruzzer!

Mowed from the foremost backyard to the Wî hstat. 

Strengthening exercises:
*full squats, 3 sets of 8
*elevated toe raises, 3 sets of 8
*side lunges, 3 sets of 8
**legs have a LONG way to go.
*abs, 4 sets of 25; I think I’m ready to add weight to the apparatus.

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
Mainz hosts Hanover 0-0
Freiburg hosts M’Gladbach 0-0

MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/
DC hosts NY 2-0
Chivas hosts LA 0-3


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PM Meditation: All you gods and goddesses bless and keep your Holy Folk. From the cold shadows of the glaciers to the colder shadows of space, always, we have been your people. Guide and guard your North Folk as you did in ages past. Wodan, give wisdom and craft to wits shaped by ice and fire that our foes be foxed. Donar, give us strength and the will to use it. Ing-Frô and Frouwa, give full wombs so that bodies will be found for the souls of heroes. Let your Northern Folk grow in number and in power, so that our kind may live, love, survive and thrive, not just today, not for a millennium, but for ever and ever!  HEIL!  HEIL!!  HEIL!!!


PM Clarification Rune: none


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August/Arnmond 29, 2014 Frijastac

8/29/2014

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(Arnmond = Harvest Month)

Plans: work 8hrs

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AM Meditation: Frijastac/Friday, we meditate on Frija:
Frija, Great All-Mother; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home.  Teach us to be patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FRIJA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!


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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AM Elder Rune: Algiz (U): Protection, Heimo (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, protection, expansion of consciousness, divine realizations, an awakening, drawing on the natural Will, invocation/supplication to the gods, AKA Elhaz, the Elk, or swan.


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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AM Armanen Rune: Is:  
Havamal 153.
A ninth one I sing, when dangers at sea forces me
To protect my ship from the stormy waves;
The storm I calm down, no matter how billowing the sea,
And I cradle the waves to sleep.

Course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, determination, extension of the Divine center, the upright human being, the awakened Self, influence, personal power, magical power, power to banish evil, unity in the Universe, duration, action in the Cosmos, activity, will, self-domination, influence, personal power, self-discipline, unity in the Universe, duration, magical powers, axis/column/Irminsul of the world, action in the Cosmos, elimination of that which is unnecessary, calm.

Interpretation: Your protected (Algiz) so be calm (Is).

Outcome: It’s a beautiful rain-cooled morning.

Well shit, forgot about a small load of laundry that’s been probably sitting
in the washer for almost a WEEK; rewashed in hot water and fabric softener.

Good AM work
*got in my uniform order
*doughnuts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
At work for lunch, Toby will be fine.
Good PM work.
*ALMOST had a shot at making some serious money Monday…and gone.
*while I may not SEE results, I’m sure FEELING a tightening result from
exercising.

Old Crow tattoo to make an appointment for next Friday.

Hand carried my RTAA paperwork to the downtown office, only to find they have made a more permanent move north.  It’s a VERY nice facility in my old stomping grounds @ 21st and Amidon.

3 loads of laundry

MY IRMINENSCHAFT BROTHER CALLED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LOTS of online time and I’m okay with that.

Gotta find myself again.
*Found myself too often today…HAHAHAHAHA…

Okay, here is my week-long workout routine:
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Routine 1 (Mon and Wed)
*abs, 4 sets 25 reps
*curls, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets, 8 reps
*triceps, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets, 8 reps
*shoulder press, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets, 8 reps
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Routine 2 (Tues and Thurs)
*abs, 4 sets, 25 reps
*incline chest press, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets, 12 reps
*overhead drag, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets, 8 reps
*bent rows, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets, 12 reps
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Friday off
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This weekend I experiment with routine 3 (Sat and Sun)
*abs, 4 sets, 25 reps
*full squats, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets,???
*elevated toe raises, 3 sets, 15 reps
*lunges, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets, ???

MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/ Sporting KC v Houston
17th min, game delayed due to lightening.
35th min goal Houston
54th min GOAL SKC !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
62nd min goal Houston
67th min goal Houston
End of match
SKC 1-3 Houston
ARGH!
Not EVEN going to watch the highlights on this one.

That FUCKING green chair!!!

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PM Meditation: Forsizo; Heil to you, son of Paltar and Nanda!  We call out to you in our time of legal need.  You’re the god of justice and reconciliation.  We know that justice is a double-edged ax.  On the one side, if our argument is just, grant us the proper conclusion.  On the other side, if our argument is fraudulent, mete-out justice accordingly.  Whether in the court of legal proceedings or the court of public opinion, grant us the justice according to the rightness of our deeds.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FORSIZO, as we honor the Forsizo that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


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August/Arnmond 28, 2014 Donarstac

8/28/2014

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(Arnmond = Harvest Month)

SERIOUS sleep…

Plans: work 10hrs

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AM Meditation: Donarstac/Thursday, we meditate on Donar:Donar,
Son of Wodan and Erda, husband to Sibba, wielder of Malant and Great God of
thunder, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, encourage us to
advance. When we would be weak, hearten us be strong. When we would shun life’s
pleasures, inspire our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Excite our
growth from strength to strength; teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own
Hammer, and slay the giants who oppose our will. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, DONAR, as we honor the Donar that resides in us all!


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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AM Elder Rune: Thurisaz (R):
Thorn, Outside the favor of Donar, the strong One, weakness, beware of enemies from the outside, defenselessness, disruptive opposition, lack of fertility, shadow of the unconscious, disease, explosive violence, introversion, cowardice, destruction, a loss of masculinity, fight or flight: choosing flight.


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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AM Armanen Rune: Fa: 
Havamal 145.
The first one promises to help generously
In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth
From death to new creation.


Guidance, help, Father, eternal change reflected in a beginning; preface of
that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father
principle, Father-God 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.

Interpretation: too tired to figure out this one.

Outcome: Damned 4AM.  I could’ve gotten in some serious sleep.

Good AM work
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Home for lunch.  Rain clouds west…Socks wanted out of his Cat House.  rain
later, but I think he’ll be okay.
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Good PM work.  Some lite rain…At our regular Thursday meeting they mentioned
50cent corn dogs at Sonic!

Lite rain continues

76 rain-cooled degrees!!!!!!!!!!!

Six corn dogs plus fries from Sonic, two corn dogs left for tomorrow.

Strengthening exercises
*Abs, 4 sets of 25
*incline press, 20lb dumbbells, 12 reps, 3 sets
*overhead drag, 20lb dumbbells, 8 reps, 3 sets
*bent over rows, 20lb dumbbells, 8 reps, 3 sets

Clean shaven for the first time in YEARS!  Why?  Because I can.

My dashiki arrived!

My 23andMe packet arrived!


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PM Meditation: Die Wurtâ :
Die Wurtâ , all three, are present at birth
To weave our Fate from merriment to dearth.
Urda, Werdanda and Sculd, the dark queens renowned;
Glorious ladies ‘neath the Tree, work your mysteries in us now.

That which “was” we can clearly see.
That which “is becoming” will form now in our deeds.
That which “is owed”, will be, but we cannot yet see.
We celebrate die Wurtâ, the Ladies Three, for all eternity.


PM Clarification Rune: none


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August/Arnmond 27, 2014 Wotanstac

8/27/2014

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(Arnmond = Harvest Month)

Plans: work 10hrs

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AM Meditation: Wodanstac/Wednesday, we meditate on Wodan:
All-Father God!  Wandering God!  Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! WODAN!! Son to
Paru and Bezzia, brother to Willo and Wîh; We call out to you, not as slaves or on bended knee, but on our feet and open-armed as befits your offspring. Watch us as we struggle, but the fight and fame must both be ours! Grant us that victory which we win by OUR might and mane! After a life battle-worn, Wodan, grant us access to our Great Ancestral Hall, where we may feast, drink the glorious mead and be merry with our heroes and our Altmâgâ. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, WODAN, as we honor the Wodan that resides in us all!


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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AM Elder Rune:
Eihwaz (Irreversible): Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it!“, temporary  cosmic consciousness, inner
stability over external circumstances, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.


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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AM Armanen Rune: Fa: 
Havamal 145.
The first one promises to help generously
In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth
From death to new creation.

Guidance, help, Father, eternal change reflected in a beginning; preface of
that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father
principle, Father-God 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.

Interpretation: Stress (Eihwaz) leading to a new beginning (Fa).

Outcome: Hm…smells like rain.

The 100F temps may be GONE!

Good AM work.  The day started out stressful (Eihwaz)l!  There was no
Mountain Dew in the soda machine!  Have yo ever had DIET Mountain Dew?  Ewwwww!  The change was necessary (Fa), but EWWWWWW.  Coke it is!
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Home for lunch, barely 80F.  When I come home jow, I sound my horn if I don’t
see Toby.  Today, it also brought Socks over from two yards away, looking to go
into his Cat House.
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Good PM work.  The soda lady showed up mid afternoon.  It was just
jammed.

Barely 90F this afternoon.

WOW…after YEARS of nonuse, I can’t believe that all of my ear piercings are
still viable.

Strengthening exercises:
*Abs, 4 sets of 25
*Curls, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets of 8
*triceps extension, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets of 8
*shoulder press, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets of 8
**I think I've found a routine I can live with for a while.

Essie in my lap and Toby at my side; it doesn’t get any better than this.

AGT, http://www.nbc.com/americas-got-talent I participated in a vote!

Gute Nacht

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PM Meditation: Brego, long-bearded god; son of Wodan and Gunnlod;
husband of Ostara; you’re the god of poetry and eloquence; the adherent god of skalds.  You have the Runes carved on your tongue.  Your inspiration is enhanced by a drink from the glorious mead.  Our oath to you, as we partake upon your silver cup called Bregofull; we swear our never-ending faith and allegiance to the gods and ways of our ancestors.  We stand firm with them as we live our lives to the fullest.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, BREGO, as we honor the Brego that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


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August/Arnmond 26, 2014 Ziustac

8/26/2014

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(Arnmond = Harvest Month)

Must’ve been some thunder overnight; Essie was in the bathroom.

Plans: work 10hrs

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AM Meditation: Ziustac/Tuesday, we meditate on Ziu:
Ziu, husband to Zisa, Great God of bravery, one-handed god, you chained the Fenris Wolf that threatened the worlds. We can’t do that, but we can do other things, some
ordinary, others heroic. Remind us of your bravery and your sacrifice. Give us the courage and strength we need to fetter our own Fenris. Keep us mindful of our duties, and help us keep our fears bound as tightly as you bound old Slaver Mouth. Thus doing, may we share in your glory by imitating you.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ZIU, as we honor the Ziu that resides in us all!


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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AM Elder Rune:
Jera (irreversible): 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, the result of a previous action, reward for the right (or wrong) action.


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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AM Armanen Rune: Rit: 
Havamal 149.
That I know as the fifth, should an enemy’s
Arrow come flying into the throng;
As bright as it might clash, I stem it’s power
Once I firmly fix my eye on it.

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, 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.

Interpretation: Harvest (Jera) leading to movement (Rit).

Outcome: Socks has been in his Cat House all night and is unwilling to come out; perhaps before work.
*yup, out he goes.

Good AM work
*86F on the way home.
Home for lunch and Socks comes-a-running around the corner to go into his Cat House.
Good PM work.
*93F on the way home and some very nice rain clouds, almost overcast.

Not bad at all in the Cat House; I make sure to check it every time I come home.

Yummy turkey patties with cheese, baked potato and corn.

WOW…6:30PM and really pretty dark…love it!

Well hel, we’re getting a bit of rain, a sprinkle or two.

Strengthening exercises:
*abs, 4 sets @ 25 reps
*inclined chest press, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets, 12 reps
*inclined overhead drag, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets, 8 reps
*bent over row, 20lb dumbbells, 3 sets, 8 reps
Okay, now that one I felt.

Battleship http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1440129/ GREAT movie!

Shower and bed…nighty-night.


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PM Meditation: Êra, handmaiden of Frija, goddess of the healing arts; whose loving hands and sweet breath brings wholeness and health, PRAISE YOUR NAME AMONG NORTH-FOLK! We thank you for your gentle caress, your soft ministrations and your care. When stress, strains, aches and pains plague us, you come with your herbal medicines and compassion to ease our distress. Êra, goddess holy and wise, we honor you. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL Êra, as we honor the Êra that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


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August/Arnmond 25, 2014 Manostac

8/25/2014

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(Arnmond = Harvest Month)

Plans: work 10hrs

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AM Meditation: Manostac/Monday, we meditate on Mano, god of the moon:
Greetings to you, Mano, glorious male aspect of the moon; silver messenger on high.  You’re the measurer and teller of time.  As you fly silently on your way reflect into our souls the glory of the High Ones that we might aspire to the realms of the gods. Bathe our world in soft brightness, and whisper to our souls of joyous realms beyond our knowing. Mano let us see the goodness within us and without us, all the nights and days of our lives.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, MANO, as we honor the Mano that resides in us all!


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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AM Elder Rune:
Ansuz (U): In favor of the gods, Wodan specifically, Wodanic wisdom, the Athem - Divine/vital breath, the force of creation, a higher source of inspiration, communication skills and divine ancestry, higher consciousness,
mental stability, self-discipline, Wodan in his most favorable aspect.


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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AM Armanen Rune: Eh: 
Havamal 161.
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.

Unification, sanctity of marriage, the cross of wedlock, fulfillment, maintaining strict morals within the bonds of 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.

Interpretation: Wisdom (Ansuz) leading to wedlock (Eh).
*counting on it, Wotan.
*one door closes, Wotan will open another.  It’s up to me to walk through it.

Outcome: Full 7 hrs of sleep…only disturbed briefly…at times.

Good AM work, missed my opportunity for uniforms…better chance again Friday. 
Home for lunch.  Everybody cooperated, everybody in cooling shelter.
Good PM work.  Our roller rack is loaded to overflowing with parts.

100+ again today.  Relief close at hand.

Marie Callender Chinese for dinner, plus a garden salad topped with garden fresh tomatoes.

Strength exercises:
*abs, 4 sets of 20
*biceps,3 sets of 8, 20lb dumbbells
*triceps, 3 sets of 8, 20lb dumbbells

Cya!


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PM Meditation: Heimo, HEAR ME!  Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods.  You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart,  the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


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August/Arnmond 24, 2014 Sunnastac

8/24/2014

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(Arnmond = Harvest Month)

Plans: finish yard

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AM Meditation: Sunnastac/Sunday, we meditate on Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wodan, newly risen! Hail to you who has shown on all our ancestors, who shines on us, and who will yet shine on our decedents yet unborn. Share with us some of your light, your energy, your power, so that we might better fight our battles and attain our goals. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL SUNNA, as we honor the Sunna that resides in us all!


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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AM Elder Rune:
Thurisaz (R): Thorn, Outside the favor of Donar, the strong
One, weakness, beware of enemies from the outside, defenselessness, disruptive opposition, lack of fertility, shadow of the unconscious, disease, explosive violence, introversion, cowardice, destruction, a loss of masculinity, fight or flight: choosing flight.


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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AM Armanen Rune: Yr: 
Havamal 160.
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.

Perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Colum, 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 being.

Interpretation: Disruptive opposition (Thurisaz) leading to anger (Yr).

Outcome: Toby ran himself ragged in Meeka Park.

Mowed yard from Wîhstat to the hindmost parts.

One load of sweaty clothes.

Cowardice comes calling.  She didn’t have the nerve to face me herself, so
she has a friend contact me via Facebook.  I was called on the carpet about
mentioning names.  Okay, there might be a point there so I changed it to a first
initial and an underscore.  This “friend” said she’d be over in 20 min for J_’s
things.  Her “things” are on the porch.  It’s been almost 2 hours and nothing. 
I have too much to do, cant wait around to wait on games.  Yepper, Thurisaz and
Yr right here.

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
SC Paderborn hosts Mainz 2-2
M’Gladbach hosts Stuttgart 1-1

I never have seen “The Horse Whisperer” http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119314/
until today.  I came in a bit late on it, but from what I saw, I want to watch
it in its entirety.

Separated recyclables 

Oh yeah, the cowardice continues.  Parking at the end of my property, behind
another car and quietly carting off boxes?  JsFnChst!  I must really be an asshole.

112F at the home thermometer, 99F on the tele.  So, somewhere in there lies
the truth.  Checked on Socks in the Cat House.  It must be doing okay in there
because he’s sound asleep on top the table.

To the corner convenience store for a paper: 102F in the car’s thermometer
*now 101 on the tele.

MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/

Portland hosts Seattle on ESPN2
*2-4

Philly hosts San Jose TBD

Call into brother.
Pastoral type visit to Pyewacket.
Another check on Socks in his Cat House.

Sleep will come easily…nighty-night.


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PM Meditation: Eger und Râhana, mysterious keepers of the deep hall at ocean’s bottom, host to the drowned and the sea lost. Your dwelling might be thought sad and gloomy, but you are known to be kind and hospitable ale givers. In your goodness then, cheer us when waves of misfortune pound our life’s fragile boats to the bottom. For even at the bottom, there is warmth, cheer and hope. Be our assurance; be our inspiration to
strive on despite the swells and swirls of fate. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT
HEIL, EGER UND RÂ HANA, as we honor the Eger und Râhana that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


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August/Arnmond 23, 2014 Saturn’s Day/Day of Fertility/Tag der Fruchtbarkeit

8/23/2014

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(Arnmond = Harvest Month)

Not much traffic in Wichita @ 6:30AM as Toby and I go to McDs for 1st breakfast.
*WTF am I doing up?

Plans: house stuff

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AM Meditation: Saturn’s Day/Saturday/Tag der Fruchtbarkeit, we meditate on Frouwa and Ing-Frô :
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you?  Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!

Ing-Frô , you’re the Great God of Fridu (all-encompassing safety and protection), Ar (peace, good seasons), the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the god of this World. When the day to day wears us down remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and
certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing-Frô, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!


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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AM Elder Rune:
Gebo (irreversible): The mystical union of gift and giver, repay gift for gift, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are willing to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.


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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AM Armanen Rune: Os: 
Havamal 148.
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.

That which is offered, freedom, 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.

Interpretation: A gift (Gebo) leading to freedom (Os)

Outcome: Toby was well behaved on his .6 mile walk.  Even @ .6 miles he was
already turning into a slug-muffin.  It’s just a bit to muggy and warm for him.

A bit more work on Ancestry.com.  Great-great-great grandfather, Peter Jacob
Reimer (1802-63), married to Anna Wiebe (1809-61).
*So, I am now the proud German product of the
Reimer/Schmidt/Hildebrand/Goertz/Hiebert/Zielke/Dirksen/Wiebe families.

Mowed front yard only.  Essie on her tether.  While I was inside getting a
drink, a couple of dogs came by and I think Essie laid-low.  The dogs came by in
the neighbor’s backyard and Toby went nuts.  I hurried out the front door and
Essie came a running.  Putting Essie inside I let Toby out to chase them off. 
Things went well for a bit as butts were sniffed, but all of a sudden, WHAM! 
Toby was serious about protecting his turf.  I called Toby off and he responded
well.  His point was made.  Shortly after that a kid came by on his bicycle
looking for them.  I told him they were around somewhere close, so his search
continued.  After he left I saw the dogs a second time and called the kid back
with my booming voice as he was into the neighborhood to the east.  Thankfully,
he came to collect his animals.

Possibly my last communication with J_:
“Your things have been collected.  I’ll have them on the porch first thing
Monday.  In the meantime, I’d gladly reconsider our relationship when you offer
an apology.  I’ve done nothing wrong to bring us to this point.  You, on the
other hand, failed to communicate to me anything different than our relationship
was on track.  I cannot and will not be held accountable for things about which
I knew nothing.  My conscious is clear in this.  You are completely at fault.  I
await your apology.”
This may seem accusatory, but this is truly how I feel.

Two loads of laundry

Late morning; 2nd breakfast; scrambled eggs with cheese, hash browns and turkey bacon.

What an EXCELLENT gift (Gebo) of football/soccer and the freedom (Os) to watch it! 

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ (back on for the fall season)
Hoffenheim hosts Augsburg 2-0
Hanover hosts Schalke 2-1
Hertha Berlin hosts Bremen 2-2
E. Frankfurt hosts Freiburg 1-0
Köln hosts Hamburg 0-0 (Köln is back in B1?)
BVB hosts Leverkusen http://www.sport1.fm/
Liveticker http://liveticker.bundesliga.com/en/co12/se15388/md1/#ma2226728
*1st min goal Leverkusen
*1st min…WTF?????????
*@ the half, BVB 0-1 Leverkusen
*C’mon, BVB, 80th min…
*86th min…AGH!!!!!!!!
*95th min goal Leverkusen
*end of match, BVB 0-2 Leverkusen
*DAMN!  DAMN!  DAMN!

UEFA Champions League http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/index.html
Zenit (Russia) v Standard Liège (Belgium) 1-1
APOEL (Cyprus) v AaB (Denmark) 2-2
BATE (Belarus) v Slovan Bratislava (Slovakia) 1-2
Celtic (Scotland) v Maribor (Slovenia) 3-3

Late lunch to go @ Olive Garden http://www.olivegarden.com/home to use up a gift card. 
*Italiano Burger http://www.olivegarden.com/menu/the-italiano-burger/prod270016
**seasoned fries
**soup
**two bread sticks
Excellent customer service!  Good portions!  Olive Garden is my fav!

The heat is definitely on.  Both a/c units are pumping at full capacity with questionable results.  Have I mentioned how I hate summer?

Late evening grocery run:
Aldi
Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market (she certainly is cute, and friendly.  She was
friendly enough to let me know she gets off at 11PM…hmmm…)
Dillons
Dillons petrol

MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/
NY hosts Montréal 4-2
Toronto hosts Chicago 2-2
Columbus hosts Houston 3-0
New England hosts Chivas 1-0
Sporting KC hosts DC 0-3 (OH SHIT!)
LA hosts Vancouver 2-0

No more…nighty-night

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PM Meditation: Nirdu, brother-husband to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ ; Ing-Frô and the Frouwa, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


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August/Arnmond 22, 2014 Frijastac

8/22/2014

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(Arnmond = Harvest Month)

Plans: work 8hrs, Air Cap Vet for Toby’s allergy meds.

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AM Meditation: Frijastac/Friday, we meditate on Frija:
Frija, Great All-Mother; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home.  Teach us to be patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FRIJA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!


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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AM Elder Rune:
Teiwaz (U): The God Ziu, one handed god of war and honor, valor, uncompromising in judgments, victory in conflict, the spiritual warrior, self-sacrifice, motivated by a sense of justice, law and order, bravery, honesty, evenhandedness, warfare as a part of evolution, mental and emotional order.


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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AM Armanen Rune: Hagal: 
Havamal 151.
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.

Eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, the
All-Mother, 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.

Interpretation: Honor (Teiwaz) leading to the All-Mother (Hagal).

Outcome: Heil FRIJA auf Frija’s Tag!!!!

Good AM work…aw…someone brought in some doughnuts, I picked the strawberry
filled one.
*OMGs, you should have seen the BEAUTIFUL moth in the shop.  Luckily I found
him before someone else did.  I scooped him up with my hat, but he made his way
onto my hand where he just didn’t want to leave.  I showed him off a bit, then
took him outside where he just did not want to leave my hand.  I placed him on
some pallets outside, turn to go back inside, and just before going inside I
turned back around and he had already flown off somewhere.
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Home for lunch, the heat is on, but Socks wanted out.  Okay buddy…
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Good PM work…I brought Zippy back out.  Zippy is the dried frog/toad cadaver
I keep in my toolbox.  He was blown out during a clean-up days ago.

Toby’s allergy medication went from $13 to $25...JsFnChst!

Nice cumulus clouds forming…

FUCKING HOT!

Ordered my 23andMe https://www.23andme.com/ kit…Teiwaz/Hagal?

Too much time on the internet…hey wait, there’s a song in that somewhere…
Styx, Too Much Time On My Hands https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XcKBmdfpWs

Exhausted

Fell asleep in that evil green chair.

MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Dallas hosts Salt Lake 2-1


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PM Meditation: Ostara, trustworthy goddess; keeper of the golden apples of youth and eternal life, keep us young inside. When we are starving for laughter, hungry for the lightness that comes with having few years on our shoulders, slip us one of those gleaming fruits that we may see the world through youthful eyes. Let springtime be in our steps, love in our hearts and a song on our lips. Change us to the core! Fill us with optimism and dreams for the future. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, OSTARA, as we honor the Ostara that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


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