(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married to Maria Nachtigal 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
•           no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
(photo added 3/26/2016)
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Thurisaz: Giant, Donar, the Strong One, defender of the Folk and Ensigart, strength, indelible raw masculine power/strength, reactive and directed force, courage, a breakthrough, self-empowerment, defense from within, defend against outside forces, breaking down barriers, self-defense, assertiveness, facing opposition, bravery, the ultimate mortal fighting force, fertility, fight or flight; choosing to fight.
Conversely:
Thorn, Outside the favor of Donar, the strong One, indelible weakness, powerless, beware of enemies from the outside, defenselessness, failure, disruptive opposition, lack of fertility, shadow of the unconscious, disease, explosive/mindless violence, an enemy’s victory, introversion, trouble, betrayal, physical abuse, cowardice, destruction, a loss of masculinity, fight or flight: choosing flight.
*A1R3; Aett 1, root 3, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Sig: 
Havamal 156:
This I know as an eleventh, when
I accompany my dear friend into combat;
I sing it into the shield, so that he triumphs in battle
And that luck and happiness surrounds him always.
 
Triumph, surrounded with luck and happiness, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, into the fray, blessing from above, successful fight, achieved goal, school, and salvation by light, inspiration, soul, and power of the sun, inspiration, soul, life force, wholeness, reliable success, healing, good luck, spiritual completion, and the path of the soul, Rune of the spiritual ray of inspiration, wisdom, and illumination.
“The creative spirit must conquer” (List, 57).
*H2R5; Halbdutzend 2, root 5, Irminsul’s root of destruction
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Rune Lesson:  Donar is the guardian of Asgard.  Don’t piss him off.  Keep him on your good side and you will always have victory.  Enough said.
*from creation to destruction
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6hrs of solid sleep with Lily cuddles
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Online chat
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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I tried this, this morning: https://videosgifs.net/comida/comida-para-hoy-actualizada-2-0/?fbclid=IwAR3ebT5H4DyItYEHh0e0JI4B_X35GgxqS6JgBgb7Z5JUC8dZkCl322SLq_M
I folded too early, but this is very doable.
*fruit smoothie
*it’s not fold/flip, it’s flip/fold
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Toby and I out for a post sunrise, perfectly behaved, 6-block walk.
*partly cloudy, mild/mildly warm, slight NNE breeze
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Online chat
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Mowed, trimmed, and edged the front yard
*comment not for public consumption*
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Hamburger steak leftovers + a garden salad
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*comment not for public consumption*
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Toby’s afternoon eye-goop
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All I did in the backyard was mow-sculpt Agathagart
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Dillons
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Call in from Maine buddy
Call into bruzzer
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Online chat
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Portland 4:0 Salt Lake
Seattle 3:1 LAFC on FS1/Sling TV
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Toby’s late evening feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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11:30 nighty night with Lily cuddles
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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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: Raido: Wheel, horse transportation, riding, issues concerning: ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, the journey of life, travel, seek wise counsel, spiritual quest, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, planning, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to oversee one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
Conversely:
Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, restlessness, make no travel plans, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, vehicular failure, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, a failed or disappointing journey, void of progress or proper perspective.
*A1R5; Aett 1, root 5, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Os: 
Havamal 149:
The fourth one I know, when a foe has tied up
My arms and hands;
The fetters fall from my leg, when I chant that song,
And off my hands the ropes come.
 
Freedom from bondage, the power of speech/song, mouth, arising, ashes, that which is offered, Wodanic energies, leadership, mouth, speech, the effort to convince, deed following the word, the Divine Breath, kingship, discussion, idea of that which is given/evolving, the spiritual power that is gained through speech, it is the breath of the world, its voice, strength that a person needs to rise-up in power, freedom from the bondage of the material world.
“Your spiritual force makes you free” (List, 51).
*H1R4; Halbdutzend 1, root 4, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson:  The hope is we move toward freedom.  We hop in our cart and sing!  Outside the sexual experience, bondage is rarely a good thing.  The choice is ours.  Either we can stay in bondage or we can move away from it.  The hope is for the latter.
*from creation to creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 4 ½ hrs. of sleep, Toby’s barking letting me know it was storming, up for a half hour enjoying it, on the porch, back to bed for another 3hrs, Lily wakeup cuddles.
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7:30 morning meds in prep for fasting vitals
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*comment not for public consumption*
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Online chat
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 252
Glucose: 107
BP: 115/73
Pulse: 70
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Online chat
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One helauva brunch, the build
3-egg omelet with garden-fresh hot-peppers, a hot pepper blend shredded cheese, and Canadian bacon
Hand shredded hashbrowns mixed with freshly chopped onions and garden-fresh hot peppers
Two slices of whole wheat toast with butter and cinnamon
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Toby’s 11:30 feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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Toby and I out for a perfectly behaved, noon hour, 6-block walk.  We also a good conversations wit a couple of neighbors in the extended neighborhood.
*cloudy/overcast, fairly mild/muggy, north breeze
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Extended online chat
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Toby’s afternoon eye goop
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Walmart Neighborhood Market for a TON of fur kid supplies
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Well shit, a bunch of wasted time because I thought I got a bill from my trash company.  It was simply a notice of change of method for delivery of bills.  I didn’t think I was anywhere near due, but I really am.  I spent quite a bit of time online going thru my past bank statements.   As long as I can I need to pay this annually.  This is one of those pain in the ass bills to pay quarterly.
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Took my old freshly washed bedding to the thrift store.
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Oven baked hamburger steak with onions topped with brown gray, garden salad on the side with ½ a garden-fresh tomato.
*OMGs yummy!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Atlanta 1:3 Orlando
Cincinnati 0:0 Columbus
Philly 4:1 DC
NYCFC 3:1 Chicago
New England 1:1 NYRB on FS1/Sling TV
Dallas Minnesota
Colorado v Sporting KC
*@ the half 0:0
*57th min goal Colorado
*67th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match 1:1
LA 3:2 San Jose
Portland 4;4 Salt Lake
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Online chat
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Toby’s late-night feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Online chat
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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It’s a relatively cool night, windows are cracked open a bit, window a/c units are on fan only.
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Midnight nighty night with Lily cuddles.
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: ?????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (photo source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)
Frijastag/Frija’s Day/An: Frigg’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: Naudiz: The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ Rune, forced friction, a stress indicator, opportunity for change, urgency, a generating force for the greater good, friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, perseverance to endure, eventual peace within the Self, accept the unchangeable, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.
*A2R2; Aett 2, root 2, Yggdrasil’s root of destruction
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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:  Stress isn’t always a bad thing.  Stress with a purpose can bring good changes.  In this case, necessary change equates to generous help.  Stress, in this case, allows for the opportunity to grow and wonder!  Stress, in this case, brings such a forward motion we are driven forward to bigger and better things.  Beneficial stress is that which gives us the greatest, clearest guidance.
*from destruction to creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, two wakeups and all sorts of Lily cuddles all night.
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An EXTREMELY rare walk for Toby: 7am, 72deg AND 6 blocks
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A banana and two kiwi fruits with morning meds
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½ mile on the treadmill
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Online chat
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Toby’s 8:30am eyedrops
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Open-faced breakfast sandwich, the build:
whole wheat toast
pepper-jack cheese
Canadian bacon
2-scrambled eggs
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I’m thinking about going to the Gun Church:
http://www.knappweaponry.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Knapp-Weaponry-LLC-202032729825165/
Contacted my shootin’ buddy about a gun cleaning party but he’s busy.  I just told him there was no hurry.
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Watered the straw bale garden and all shrubbery throughout.  Will probably repeat tonight.
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MY BEDSPREAD ARRIVED FROM AMAZON!
*Neither JCP nor Target has pillowcases worth a shit.  Had to order pillowcases thru Amazon.
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Toby’s noon feeding, insulin and Apoquel.
French bread cheesy/garlic pizza + a garden salad with a garden-fresh tomato.
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Liquor store
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Excellent time at the Gun Church.  I need to work on overcoming the intention tremor in my right pistol hand. The people at Knapp’s gave me some good pointers to work on next time.  The shotgun, .22 and WASR10 are all fine.
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Toby’s afternoon eye-goop
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Last of the bean soup with tortilla chips
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Two loads of bedding
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Online chat
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Knorr Chicken Rice https://www.knorr.com/us/en/products/sides/chicken-rice.html  and two Pagoda egg rolls https://www.pagodasnacks.com/products/egg-rolls-chicken.htm
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Dark Shadows; House of Dark Shadows https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065856/
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Montréal 0:1 Toronto https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2020-08-28-montreal-impact-vs-toronto-fc/recap
*good job you Reds!
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WOW!  I wonder what the thinking is in bringing back these old game shows?
Match Game https://abc.com/shows/match-game
To Tell the Truth https://abc.com/shows/to-tell-the-truth
Press You Luck https://abc.com/shows/press-your-luck
Supermarket Sweep https://abc.com/shows/abc-new-shows/news/shows/supermarket-sweep-coming-to-abc
Is there nothing new?
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A sensible sized glass of red wine for National Red Wine Day https://nationaltoday.com/national-red-wine-day/#:~:text=National%20Red%20Wine%20Day%20%E2%80%93%20August%2028%2C%202020
St. James Red Velvet https://www.stjameswinery.com/blog/wine/velvet-red/
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night with Lily cuddles
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest 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/An: Thor’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married to Eva Hiebert 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: 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:  In order for a stable situation to remain stable, one must provide for one’s Self protection from danger at all costs.  In that, our stability depends entirely on the will to act, even if it means embracing the unseen.  We survive when me make an advancing foe ineffective.  When we strengthen our physical Self, we can know for certain that we have turned any situation in our favor.
*from creation to creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of sleep, one wakeup, and where the hela are my Lily cuddles?
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Toby and I out for an earlier than usual, well behaved, 5-block walk.
*surprisingly mild @ 8am, sunny, SSW wind
*1/2 mile added on the treadmill; well entertained, well fanned
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Toby’s morning eyedrops.
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Typical open-faced breakfast sandwich
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Watered the front shrubbery for 45min
Watered the straw bale garden and backyard shrubbery
Watered Agathagart for 45min
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Finally got around to putting my wrench set that has been in the car in a tool box in the fancy shed.
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Toby’s noon feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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Well hela, that took a bit of time setting up Zoom on my phone, and even at this point I’m not absolutely sure I’ve done it right.
*free Zoom vs Zoom Webinar for which I have to pay?
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The bean soup is almost gone but still good with some tortilla chips
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Online chat
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All that work, all that frustration amounted to nothing as I tried to connect to a webinar with the Workforce Alliance on Zoom.  FUCKING PISSED ME OFF!  I felt so FUCKING tech stupid!  I felt like such a FUCKING failure!
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Toby’s afternoon eye-goop.
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A sizeable garden salad topped with turkey slices for an early supper
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Worked several German lessons in Duolingo; now into phrases, and shit is already getting deep.
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Online chat
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Toby’s 10:30pm feeding, insulin and eyedrops.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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11:30 nighty night with Lily cuddles
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: fur babies, Mid Star Labs, domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/An: Odin’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: Naudiz: The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ Rune, forced friction, a stress indicator, opportunity for change, urgency, a generating force for the greater good, friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, perseverance to endure, eventual peace within the Self, accept the unchangeable, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.
*A2R2; Aett 2, root 2, Yggdrasil’s root of destruction
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Eh: 
Havamal 162:
A seventeenth I know, through a wise law
To join two lives in love;
And everyone is willing, no virginal woman
Will leave me lightly after this.
 
Dedication, faithfulness, fidelity, common law/legal marriage, warns against frivolous, transient love affairs, the legal contract between man and woman, lasting love, two bound together by the primal law of life, unification, sanctity of marriage, the cross of wedlock, fulfillment, maintaining strict morals within the bonds of legal marriage, love, duality, bound by primal law, love, trust and marriage. Soul-mates, wedding, partnership, permanent bond, binding decision, hope, duration, horse, permanence and marriage as a law, unity of ego and you, sister souls, soul-love, God-Man-Woman, ideal love, twin souls, two made one, success, increase.
“Marriage is the raw-root of the Aryans” (List, 63).
*H3R5; Halbdutzend 3, root 5, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Rune Lesson:  Naudiz is a stress indicator, but stress for the greater good.  Eh is all about marriage relationships.  This can easily bee seen as a stressful marriage, or stress that warns against frivolous or transient love affairs.  Stress in one/marriage on the other.  OR, can a stressful marriage on one level lead to faithfulness in another.  I can easily claim the latter.
*from destruction to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. of solid sleep with Lily cuddles when I woke.
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A banana, a kiwi fruit and a cluster of grapes with morning meds
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Open-faced breakfast sandwich; whole wheat toast, pepper-jack cheese, Canadian bacon and 2 scrambled eggs.
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Toby’s eye goop from Chewy arrived
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Foot measuring consult at Mid Star Labs for the VA went really well.  The tech fixed the hole in my show, and actually came up with a good idea concerning my toe.  She suggested a gel toe cap.
Target ISO toe gel cap, belt, and pillow cases; nothing.  Anymore it really IS better to shop online because there is SO MUCH OF NOTHING going to the brick-n-mortar stores.
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Lowe’s for a refrigerator light bulb
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I almost stopped into Sonic https://www.sonicdrivein.com/ but decided against it as a means to save my money for real necessities. 
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Toe gel caps https://zentoes.com/products/large-gel-toe-cap-and-protector-pack-of-6  ordered thru Amazon.
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Toby’s noon hour feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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Call in from bruzzer asking how to figure square feet; one side in feet x the other side in feet = square feet.  Example; 10ft x 8ft = 80sq ft. https://www.homedepot.com/c/ah/how-to-calculate-square-footage/9ba683603be9fa5395fab90647548f6
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Hodgepodge for lunch.
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Toby’s afternoon eye-goop
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Call into Sherriff’s office
Call into the State’s Attorney General office
Inquiring about Conceal Carry that I have yet to have the ability to attempt because of COVID
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I can’t believe I still get mail for Audrey here; Return to sender, address unknown.
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Worked a lesson on Duolingo; now up to Level 5 in Basics 2
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A bit of leftover bean soup and A LOT of fruit.
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Most of Dark Shadows; the Vampire’s Curse https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gHbs_Bp0Vg
*set in the 1700s
*the making of Barnabas Collins; a prequel
*finished it.  It took us right to the beginning of the series.
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Online chat
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Toby’s late evening feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Miami v Atlanta
*postponed, no doubt because of hurricane Laura https://www.npr.org/2020/08/26/906203511/hurricane-laura-forecast-to-bring-unsurvivable-storm-surge-as-category-4-storm
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night will Lily cuddles
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​God/dess Meditation: Alternate Wodanstag (An: Odin) Heimo/An: Heimdall/ HEAR ME!  Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods.  You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart, the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: ??????????????????
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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: Elder Rune: Algiz: Protection/shielding, Heimo (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, expansion of archetypal consciousness, acute awareness, divine realizations, an awakening, drawing on the natural Will, invocation/supplication to the gods, preparedness, sanctuary, embracing the Divine plan, a safe harbor, connection with current events, the Elk, or swan.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Heimo, failure to integrate humanity with the Divine, without divine protection, possible dangers lurking, lack of preparedness, spiritual blindness, inability to embrace fear, failure to face the ultimate good in all things, tested by the natural Will/Universal voice, without the need for protection, the inability to see/understand/connect with what’s coming, an aspect of death, helplessness.
*A2R7; Aett 2, root 7, Yggdrasil’s root of destruction
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Tyr:
Havamal 157:
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, revelation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
H2R6
3rd Halbdutzend (3rd half-dozen), Irminsul’s root of re-creation.
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Rune Lesson:  Supernatural awareness doesn’t come easy if it comes at all.  We can never be Heimo.  All we can do is develop our awareness, using Heimo’s example, and do the best we can.  What we need is to avoid spiritual blindness.  With our spiritual eyes wide open, we can rise to a new birth.  With our spiritual awareness, all mysteries will be revealed to us, and we need to be open to that.  What we need to ensure is that what IS revealed, is void of fanciful ideas of our own that in no may agree with lore.
*from destruction 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 sleep, one wakeup and Lily cuddles
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A banana, a kiwi fruit and a cluster of grapes with morning meds
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Toby’s morning eye drops
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Call in from the VA; she was actually fun
Call into Mid Star Labs; they don’t show an order for consult.  Call to be returned.
Return call from Mid-Star Lab; tomorrow @ 9:30
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A typical open-faced breakfast sandwich
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Toby out for a late morning, well behaved, two block roundy.  Yeah, we both hate the heat.
*sunny, very warm, SSE breeze.
* ½ mile on the treadmill
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Toby’s late morning feeding, insulin and Apoquel.
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Leftover southwestern style bean soup.
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Call into K-State asking about scheduling since I’m once again laid off; telling them my desire to save myself an overnight stay in Manhattan.  Luckily, they had an 11am opening and I can forgo spending $100 at the Hampton Inn the Sunday night prior.
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Ya know, it’s time.  If I’m going to be using the treadmill more often due to the heat, I’m going to entertain myself while using it.  I moved the tv from the bedroom, which is rarely used, in front of the treadmill.
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Toby’s afternoon eye goop.
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Call into Wichita forestry to enlist their help with an oak tree in need of attention and a sink hole started from an elm tree they took out, both on their side of the easement; message left.  I also chatted with the water dept. about my bill.
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Arranged bill-pay thru bank.
Made bank credit card payment online
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A load of laundry
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Beer battered fish from frozen and a garden salad
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
DC 1:2 New England
Chicago 3:0 Cincinnati
Philly 1:0 NYRB
Montréal 2:0 Vancouver
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Sporting KC v Houston
17th min goal houston
26th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
44th min goal houston
@ the half SKC 1:2 Houston
48th min goal houston
49th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
57th min goal houston
61st min goal houston
Final: SKC 2:5 Houston
JsFnChst!  Houston just has your number, guys.
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I watched an unexpectedly, surprisingly good, movie on Netflix: Viking Destiny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EG51BQC3Wf4
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viking_Destiny
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5657280/
Evidently critics didn’t agree with me:
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Online chat
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Toby’s late evening feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Well shit, I hope it’s only a burned-out lightbulb in the fridge.
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Midnight nighty night with Lily cuddles
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: ??????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/An: Mani’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: 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: Rit: 
Havamal 150:
That I know as the fifth, should an enemy’s
Arrow come flying into the throng;
As bright as it might clash, I stem its power
Once I firmly fix my eye on it.
 
Incoming challenges, the exalted, the strength of Will, external power/strength squelched, fixation, attack squelched, introspective awareness, that which is passing, council, right, wheel, movement, rhythm, law, correctness, judgment, victory over the lower ego, holding, right order, the judge, advice, salvation, money, original law, that which flows away, religious feeling, ritual action/primal laws, orderliness in the world, the ritual, primal law/Urlag, things that are done correctly, spiritual feeling, ritual action, journey, Divine law, All justice, Rune of the cosmic rhythm of the worlds, wheels, personal empowerment.
“I am my rod (right), this rod (right) is indestructible, therefore, I am myself indestructible, because I am my rod (right)” (List, 53).
*H1R5; Halbdutzend 1, root 5, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson:  Sometimes our primal instincts afford us the opportunity to overcome incoming challenges.  It’s known as the fight/flight syndrome.  In that SPLIT SECOND, our primal instincts tell us to runaway from a situation or challenge it.  We HAVE the ability to act one way or another.  Our survival may depend on our Strength of Will.
*from creation to creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of beneficial sleep, one wakeup and Lily cuddles
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A banana and kiwi fruit with morning meds
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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No sign of yesterday’s mouse, so I dunno…
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An open-faced breakfast sandwich, the build:
Whole wheat toast
Pepper-jack cheese
Two slices of Canadian bacon
Two scrambled eggs
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Started the taco soup; thanks, online chat!
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, two block just-to-get-him-out walk.
*sunny, very warm, SSW breeze
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Toby’s late morning feeding, insulin and Apoquel.
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Cancelled out of the possibility to buy a tent camper.  May end up going with a new bedspread from Amazon.
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An extra half mile on the treadmill.  Why is this more difficult than regular walking?
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In and out of online chat.
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Went ahead to order the bedspread from Amazon.
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Online fuck off time
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Well-dressed, triple meat, jalapeño bologna sandwich. on a YUMMY roll https://www.fredmeyer.com/p/private-selection-everything-sub-rolls-6-count/0001111004322 with chips and a salad.
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MAN!  You should smell that taco soup!
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A small load of laundry
Took inside collected recyclables to outside separation
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Oh, NOW she tells me; Armour chili WITH beans https://www.dollargeneral.com/armour-original-chili-with-beans-14-oz.html, not chili beans https://www.thekitchn.com/what-are-chili-beans-good-questions-196419…HUGE difference!  It looks like I got aheluvalot of a pot of bean soup.
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Toby’s afternoon eye-goop
Ordered Toby more eye-goop from Chewy.com
Ordered my new bedspread from Amazon.
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WOW!  I may not have made that taco soup right, but it sure was FUCKING good!
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
NYCFC 1:0 Columbus
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Online chat
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Toby’s late evening feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night with Lily cuddles.
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​God/dess Meditation: Alternate Manostag/An: Mani’s Day, Nirdu/An: Njord/ brother-husband, to Nirda/An: Nerthus/ parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô/An: Frey and the Frouwa/An: Freya, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Nirda/An: Nerthus/ sister-wife to Nirdu (An. Njord).  We give thanks to the Great Goddess Nirda, Goddess of the land, of soil, and growing things.  Goddess, too, of the scythe and of the sacrifice.  Beautiful and terrible.  Wise in Your power.  We praise you…HEIL NIRDA, Mother of the Wanâ, sister-wife to Nirdu.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDA, as we honor the Nirda that resides in us all!  HEIL NIRDA Divine Queen! HEIL!  HEIL! HEIL!
*source: combination http://www.odins-gift.com/poth/P/prayertonerthus.htm and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson.
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Aranmânôd = Harvest 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.
(photo added 3/26/2016)
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Ansuz: In favor of the gods, Wodan specifically, the Divine Father, Wodanic wisdom, Divine communication, the Athem - Divine/vital breath, the force of creation, taking inventory of one’s Tru Spirit and spiritual balance, a higher source of inspiration, communication skills and divine ancestry, higher consciousness, mental stability, self-discipline, the loving/bright/compassionate Alle-Vater, spiritual balance.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Alle-Vater Wodan vital/divine breath and the ancestral/Wodanic wisdom/Divine communication, separation from one’s true Spirit, spiritual imbalance, spiritual shunning, neurotic compulsive liar, exercise caution with communication and dealings including intelligence; a lack of inspiration, tough-love Fathering, the absent All-Father, the shadow/dark/mysterious side of Alle-Vater Wodan.
*A1R4; Aett 1 root 4, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ur:
Havamal 147:
Another I name, that all need to have
Who officiate as curing healers;
Know yourself, and you will know the world,
And learn to discern between evil and its causes.
 
Self-knowledge/awareness, all-knowing, discernment, witches/shamans/doctors/healing, causality, the primordial, eternity, primal fire, primal light, primal, primal bull, recognize the cause of an event, healing. that which is grasped or permanent, medical help, the healing powers of medical drugs, nurturing at the original basis, original cause, origin, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, contact with the transcendent, contact with the dead, life after mortal death, Mother-God, Creative Mother Principle, a physician’s rune and represents resurrection, eternity, and continuity, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, root of eternity, causality; the origin of time, cause and effect in the eternal power of becoming.
“Know yourself, then you will know all” (List 50).
*H1R2; Halbdutzend 1, root 2, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson:  Wodan is the wisest of all gods.  He sacrificed himself on the world tree and at Mimir’s Well for knowledge unknown to most.  Once the sacrifices were made, his wisdom and awareness were boundless.  We will never be able to match the All-Father, but we can use his example, realizing there is always a price to pay for wisdom and discernment. 
*from creation to creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of sleep one wakeup, and Lily cuddles
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Online chat
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Wifey conversation
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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A homemade waffle with blueberries and a banana + three eggs sunny side up + three strips of turkey bacon
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Online chat
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Toby and I out for a late morning, perfectly behaved, 2-block walk.
*very warm/hot, sparsely cloudy/high clouds, south breeze
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Toby’s noon feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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Walmart Neighborhood Market Pharmacy for Toby’s insulin
Dillons
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Toby’s afternoon eye-goop
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Online chat
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Triple bologna with jalapeño in a whole wheat tortilla with chips.
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Online chat
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Portland 0:3 Seattle on FS1/Sling TV
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Toby’s late-night feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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OMGs!  Jasmine nabbed a mouse!  I didn’t know there were any in the house.  She nabbed it in the kitchen, had it in her mouth, the dropped it in the dining area to play.  The last I saw was Lily curious, Jasmine I THINK took it in the living room.  After that, I don’t know if she ate it, killed it, or what?  I’ll guarantee you, if Toby ever found it he WOULD eat it.
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Midnight nighty night with Lily cuddles
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: weed-whack yard…
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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: 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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Rune Lesson:  Our honor will bring us strength in any form.  When we remain uncompromising in our highest ideals, we KNOW we acquire divine aspirations.  When w can live an honorable life even when no one is looking, we know we have obtained magical empowerment.
*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 sleep, one wakeup, and Lily cuddles
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Online chat
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My health by the numbers/fasting readings:
Weight: 253
Glucose: 122
BP: 128/77
Pulse: 73
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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A peach
Brunch, the build:
3-egg omelet with pepper-jack cheese and diced hot peppers
Hand-shredded hashbrowns
Three strips of turkey bacon
Whole wheat toast with honey
!!! A WHOLE LOT OF YUMMY!!!
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Toby’s late morning, feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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Too damned hot to weed-whack!
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Online chat
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Toby had absolutely ZERO interest in an early afternoon walk but for around the neighborhood.
Watered the straw-bale garden and all backyard baby shrubbery.
Wrapped the new heavy-duty cord onto an old hose reel.
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Well shit, I probably misunderstood my manager.  He probably said NO ONE would be there when I understood him to say EVERYONE would be there.  The only person there was a welder and a wide-open door.  I took advantage of the situation and grabbed my hard hat and a couple of other things.  I didn’t take the time to riffle through my tool bag.
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McDs
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Probably something like 3 ½ decades ago, I learned from a Mexican woman about what she called potato burritos.  They consisted of a tortilla, diced potatoes and summer sausage.  My version of it has changed over the years.  Today’s potato burritos, the build:
Whole wheat tortillas
Turkey kielbasa
Hand-shredded potatoes
Chopped onions
Garden-fresh red-hot peppers
Lightly fried on the griddle
MAN, those home-grown hot peppers are WOW!
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
LAFC 0:2 LAG an LA Derby
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Toby’s afternoon eye goop
Online chat
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Atlanta 2:0 Nashville
Miami 3:2 Orlando a Florida Derby
Colorado 1:4 Salt Lake
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Online chat
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Toby’s late evening feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night
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(Aranmânôd = Harvest Month)
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Plans: fur babies, Toby to Blair Doon…
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Ancestor Meditation: (photo source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)
Frijastag/Frija’s Day/An: Frigg’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: Isa: Ice: dormancy: a calming, self-preservation, self-centeredness resulting in a lack of change, reflective influence, stilling effect: self-control: the concentrated self: ego, das Ich (the unified, whole, principle or force), the composite plurality of Ich, be still and gain control of the Self (in all its forms): grounding, a lowering of vibration levels, patience, frigidity, and the loss of momentum.
*A2R3; Aett2 root 3, 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: Tyr:
Havamal 157:
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, revelation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
H2R6
3rd Halbdutzend (3rd half-dozen), Irminsul’s root of re-creation:
 
Rune Lesson:  There are times when we just need to slow down because life becomes too hectic.  It is as we slow down and come into control of the Self are we reborn.  Centering, self-control, rebirth, renewal, it al ties-in together for our greater good.  Life once again becomes exciting.
*from destruction to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: I THINK 7hrs of sleep but I’m not sure; not sure even when I went to sleep, not sure HOW I ended up on the recliner.  I could SWEAR I went to bed, but how did I end up in the recliner with the door wide open?
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Online chat
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A banana and a plum with morning meds
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Toby’s 8:30 eyedrops
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Open faced breakfast sandwich
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Toby’s eye pressure check was not a good as I had hoped.  He’s reaching the upper limits of normal eye pressures and there might a complication with his incision.   I tired to call Air Cap Vet but they are FUCKING closed until the 25th.  So, I asked Blair Doon to communicate with K-State directly.
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Dillons to refill Toby’s Rx
Taco Bell for lunch
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Online chat
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Return call from K-State to tell me there is nothing alarming about what Blair Doon thought they saw.  K-State was very reassuring.
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I am not EVEN going to admit how late I am with Toby’s feeding, insulin and afternoon eyedrops
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Toby and I out for a perfectly behaved, mid-afternoon, 3-block walk.
*mildly warm, cloudy, west breeze
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I have been an absolute fluster-butt all day; not worth shit!
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Lowe’s
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Wifey to Family Dollar
Me to CBD store
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Supper from frozen: nuked chicken strips and oven baked waffle fries
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/  and NOTHING available for me to watch…FUCK!
Cincinnati 0:0 DC
Minnesota v Sporting Kansas City 
*12th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*32nd min goal loons
*@ the half 1:1
*55th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*Final: Minnesota 1:2 Sporting Kansas City
*SKC WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Houston 0:0 Dallas a Texas Derby
Toronto 1:0 Vancouver
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Well now HERE is a fun, interesting movie on the Movies TV Network; The Road to Wellville https://moviestvnetwork.com/movies/1793
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3mGoqysdGE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wmimhqPHkc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQviGrzIKQY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crmZMlZM1oo
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WOW!!!!!!!!  Toby and I disturbed the raccoon eating the stray cat off by the recycling area!!!!!!!  It looks exceedingly well fed…LOLOLOL!
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Online chat
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Toby’s 11:15pm feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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11:30 nighty night with Lily cuddles
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