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September/Skeidentimânôd 19, 2017 Dienstag

9/20/2017

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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End month)
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Plans: My Love My Fiancée, final physical therapy, work 8hrs 
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Raido: Wheel, horse transportation, riding, issues concerning: ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, the journey of life, travel, seek wise counsel, spiritual quest, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, planning, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to oversee one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress, perspective.
Conversely:
Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, restlessness, make no travel plans, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, vehicular failure, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, a failed or disappointing journey, void of progress or proper perspective.
*A1R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Is:  
Havamal 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.
 
Calm in the face of distress, comfort, hypnotic power of the forceful will, course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, confidence, determination, extension of the Divine center, the upright human being, the awakened Self, influence, personal power, magical power, power to banish evil, unity in the Universe, duration, action in the Cosmos, activity, will, self-domination, influence, personal power, self-discipline, unity in the Universe, duration, magical powers, axis/column/Irminsul of the world, action in the Cosmos, elimination of that which is unnecessary, calm.
“Win power over yourself and you will have power over everything in the spiritual and physical worlds that strive against you” (List, 56).
H2R3
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Interpretation: Movement (Raido) leads to calm (Is).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: EXCELLENT 7hrs of undisturbed sleep, thanks to my doctor upping the dosage of gabapentin.
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WOW!  Before I gave it a thought, I was up and moving with the least amount of pain I’ve had in days!
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WONDERFUL good morning chat with My Love My Fiancée, her online client is treating her well!
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Whole grain oat cereal with freshly sliced peaches and whole grain toast with honey
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Call in from the VA L2 program concerned about my weight increase.  More conversation to follow.
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 Final physical therapy https://www.aptclinics.com/
*jury is still out.  Comments later.
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Lunch from a box dinner; peas and garden salad added.
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Toby and I out for a mid-late afternoon two-block roundy-roundy.
*sunny, very warm, stout south breeze.
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Cleaned dining area and bathroom
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Core work
Ab-roller+10-lbs, 4 sets of 25 reps
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No better way to start an 8hr shift @ work than scrapping 3 of 4 parts.  This time it was absolutely my fault.  I had the SHF set up wrong.  I had it set for a 1/16 setback rather than the 1/8 setback indicated: stupid fucking me!  <smh>
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Okay, commenting on my physical therapy; they’re absolutely, passively, IN YOUR FACE about their Christianity.  At the check-in desk, there on this HUGE whiteboard, can’t be missed, is a daily bible verse.  I also found out they frown upon any cussing whatsoever in their facility.  I never want to go back there.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, bed, nighty-night.
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God/dess Meditation: Holle, magnificent German goddess, you who seem to be the perfect counterpart to Alle-Vater Wodan.  Just like Alle-Vater, you come to us with many names.  Just like Alle-Vater, you appear to us with many faces.  You have become known to us through place-names, fairy-tales, sagas, legends, poetry, customs, traditions, mythology, and yes, even food.  You are the young maiden.  You are the Old Crone.  You are everything in between.  You reward the diligent worker.  You punish the slothful.  Your Spirit permeates humankind.  We recognize you as a German Goddess!  Alle Mutter Holle, Goddess holy and wise, We give you a most HEART-FELT HEIL, as we honor the Holle that resides in us all. 
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
**Replaced Scata's meditation 3/12/2016.
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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September/Skeidentimânôd 18, 2017 Manostag

9/19/2017

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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End month)
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Plans: My Love My Fiancée, try to get an appointment with the VA, work 8 or 9 hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Inguz: Ing-Fro, the god of Ar; prosperity, abundance, sexuality and fridu, gestation, the womb and the tomb, fertility, fruitfulness, peace and plenty, internal growth, personal development, solitude, well-being, nature wisdom, process/manifestation of creativity; wholesome, healthy sexuality, sacrifice for the positive, potential, completion of one stage and progressing to the next, internal/spiritual growth, enhancing male energy.
*A3R6
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Gibor: 
Havamal 163.
An eighteenth I learned, yet I would never

Let a woman or maid know it,
For everyone knows what’s best for himself-
This leads me to the conclusion of the songs-
The one it shall be then, that lies in my arms
As betrothed wife and as sister.
 
The scald, awakening, passion, mystery, comprehension of the diving from below upward; from humanity outward, secrecy, gift/giver, gift of life, that which is best for the individual, fulfillment, sacred marriage, being ONE with the sister soul, protection against evil forces, being/seeing the Divine, the cosmic consciousness and the divine principle, two forces having a singular origin, the spiritual ego, death-life cycle, protection against evil forces, union of the gods and the World, the uninterrupted chain in the cycle of eternal returns, the Creator and the Created, the deepest mysteries of the Universe, the end.
“Man, be one with God” (List, 67).
*H3R6
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Interpretation: Gestation (Inguz) leads to an awakening (Gibor).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: did I just get NINE-HOURS of sleep with only ONE wake-up?
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Immediately on the horn with the VA to get an appointment.  I have one at 11:00hrs.
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Quick good morning chat with My Love My Fiancée
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Shower
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VA @ 11:00
*OMGs, for some reason, this guy was going-off on a check-in person; I mean SERIOUSLY going-off on him.  Other VA employees had gathered around to, seemingly, make sure no harm was done.  It didn’t take long for VA security to come running.
Doctor; in their new wing
X-ray
Lunch @ the VA Canteen
Prescriptions; meloxicam, zostrix topical, and gabapentin increased from 600 → 900 mg
Out of VA by 13:00/1PM
Petrol
Home by 13:30/1:30PM
Toby and I out for a mostly well-behaved, three block roundy-roundy.
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Well hela, that shot my at home time.
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Good 8hrs @ work.  I LOVE it when a single question brings the system to a grinding halt and creates some good, legitimate fuck-off time.
*I’ve decided 8hrs this week instead of 9,
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, bed, nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: 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.  You’re the counterpart to Sunna, the feminine aspect of the sun.  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!

*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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September/Skeidentimânôd 17, 2017 Sunnastag

9/18/2017

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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End month)
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Plans: domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas)
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
(picture added 3/26/2016)
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Dagaz: Light of day, total enlightenment, awakening, the AH-HA moment, benefit from new information, achieving balance, harmony, hyper-consciousness, the light of dawn, the twilight/dawn polarity, positive focus on life, light at the end of the tunnel, increase, growth, an ending prior to a beginning, transformation, possibly related to the 3rd eye; the mystical place where the two lobes of the brain join.
*A3R7
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Is:  
Havamal 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.
 
Calm in the face of distress, comfort, hypnotic power of the forceful will, course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, confidence, determination, extension of the Divine center, the upright human being, the awakened Self, influence, personal power, magical power, power to banish evil, unity in the Universe, duration, action in the Cosmos, activity, will, self-domination, influence, personal power, self-discipline, unity in the Universe, duration, magical powers, axis/column/Irminsul of the world, action in the Cosmos, elimination of that which is unnecessary, calm.
“Win power over yourself and you will have power over everything in the spiritual and physical worlds that strive against you” (List, 56).
H2R3
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Interpretation: Enlightenment (Dagaz) leads to comfort (Is).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 8HRS OF UNDISTURBED SLEEP!
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Good morning chat with My Love my Fiancée
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Three-egg omelet with ham, potato coins
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Leverkusen 4-0 Freiburg (FS1/Sling-TV)
BVB v Köln (FS2 Sling-TV) (tough one; BVB is my team, but I HAVE visited Köln and I do support them, too.  Yet, I know Köln is @ the bottom of the table @ this point: http://www.bundesliga.com/en/stats/table/
*2nd min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*45th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, BVB 2-0 Köln; Köln has yet to show up.
*59th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*60th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*69th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match
*BVB 5-0 Köln; what a cremation!
*BVB WINS!  BVB WINS!!  BVB WINS!!!
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, well-behaved, 20min walk.
*central/west/Meeka Park route
*mild/muggy, overcast, no breeze
*no improvement on the feet situation
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Now for American football; Minnesota Vikings v Pittsburg Steelers http://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2017091706/2017/REG2/vikings@steelers#menu=drivechart&tab=track
1st qtr.:
Minnesota 0
Pittsburg 7
2nd qtr.:
Minnesota 3
Pittsburg 7
3rd qtr.:
Minnesota 6
Pittsburg 6
4th qtr.:
Minnesota 0
Pittsburg 6
Final score Minnesota 9-26 Pittsburg
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
NYRB 0-0 Philly
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Grocery excursion:
BK to redeem my free sandwich, and to make sure I don’t buy-out the stores!
Family Dollar
Dollar General
Walmart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
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Call into J’s sister, my niece, to offer them Ren Fair tickets.  They were accepted readily enough, but we’ll see if it all comes to fruition.
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Sushi for dinner
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Eh, got started too late on the house cleaning.  I got some done.  I’ll have to pick up the rest thru the week.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Paltar, you're the blameless god, gloriously shining god, rising god, restoration god, husband to the faithful Nanda, beloved son of Wodan and Frija.  Just as you restore Mittigart after Godotuom, restore us after we experience our own Godotuoms of life.  Let your goodness and your reconciliation smooth our paths on Earth. When our days here are over, light up death’s darkness with the promise of rebirth. Help us to avoid evil, and seek the good. Inspired by your example, we will keep our reputations spotless that our lives be proclaimed a victory of the Spirit, and our leaving his life a tragedy. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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September/Skeidentimânôd 16, 2017 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit

9/17/2017

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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End month)
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Plans: ?????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Laguz: A body of water, the necessity of water as a life source, life well-lived, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, fluidity, the leek (a healing herb) the feminine, Nirdu, Erda (Mother Earth), Ing-Frô and Frouwa, emotions intact, potential for life, magical workings, conform with emotions, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, the deep minded Spirit, intuition.
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A dried-up body of Water, the struggles of life, swimming upstream, difficulties with relating to the feminine, manipulation, lack of moral fiber, emotions out of control or suppressed, shallow minded, deception, unsympathetic, totally void of growth, failing to go with the flow, frivolity, immaturity, depression, inability to formulate with the emotional world, unstimulated, sinking/drowning, disconnect with the Inner Self.
*A3R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Elder Rune: Laguz: A body of water, the necessity of water as a life source, life well-lived, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, fluidity, the leek (a healing herb) the feminine, Nirdu, Erda (Mother Earth), Ing-Frô and Frouwa, emotions intact, potential for life, magical workings, conform with emotions, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, the deep minded Spirit, intuition.
Conversely:
A dried-up body of Water, the struggles of life, swimming upstream, difficulties with relating to the feminine, manipulation, lack of moral fiber, emotions out of control or suppressed, shallow minded, deception, unsympathetic, totally void of growth, failing to go with the flow, frivolity, immaturity, depression, inability to formulate with the emotional world, unstimulated, sinking/drowning, disconnect with the Inner Self.
*A3R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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.
 
To enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
*H2R1
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Interpretation: fluidity (Laguz) leads to enclosure/potential for growth (Hagal)
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: I THINK 7hrs of good sleep…one wake up
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Good morning chat with My Love My Fiancée
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 252 (well scheisse…)
Glucose: 118
BP: 140/72
Pulse: 80
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In a chat, I confessed to My Love that preparing for Ren Fair was my faux-pas.  It’s highly unlikely she and her daughter’s family probably won’t be able to go Sunday as they have to get back to Arkansas.  I’m in the process of giving away Sunday’s tickets to my WONDERFUL niece.
*well, hela, it doesn’t seem she wants them.
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Pancakes, scrambled eggs with cheese and ham
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Rain; walk will have to wait, Toby.
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
München 4-0 Mainz (FS1/Sling-TV)
Stuttgart 1-0 Wolfsburg
Frankfurt 1-2 Augsburg
Bremen 1-2 Schalke (FS2/Sling-TV)
Leipzig 2-2 M’Gladbach (FS2/Sling-TV)
*I must be the worst football fan.  I fell asleep on this exciting match!
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Toby and I out for a 2-block roundy-roundy.  I’m really starting to worry about my feet.  My right ankle, instep side is swollen.  Everything still hurts.  I unsuccessfully tried my boots.  The only way I can walk any distance is in athletic shoes. 
*note to Self: gotta beg for a doctors appoint first thing next week ahead of my podiatry appoint coming up the following week.
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MY HONEY CALLED!
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Watched S1 E1 of X-Files.  It was a free offer on Fb.
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Mowed front yard and back yard through Agathagart.  There’s just not a lot of growth most anywhere.  I’ll do the edging tomorrow.
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The squirrels have been active lately.  I wonder if their stored food supply is already running low?  Today, as I finished the yard, a squirrel sat on the edge of the winter feeding area of the tree just south of the driveway.  I went ahead and left some kibble.
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Atlanta 3-3 Orlando
Vancouver 2-2 Columbus
Montreal 2-3 Minnesota
Dallas 0-0 Seattle
Chicago 3-0 DC
Sporting KC v New England (on Fox Sports/Sling-TV)
*4th min goal New England
*11th min New England red-carded; now playing a man down
*16th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*45th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half, SKC 2-1 New England
**Burger King for dinner during the half
*57th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match; SKC 3-1 New England Revolution
*SKC WINS!  SKC WINS!!  SKC WINS!!!
*highlights https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2017-09-16-sporting-kansas-city-vs-new-england-revolution/preview
*Now, on to the US Open Cup Championship, Wednesday.
Colorado 1-1 NYCFC
Salt Lake 2-1 Portland
LA 0-4 Toronto (wooooooooooooooooow…)
*WOW!  https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2017-09-16-la-galaxy-vs-toronto-fc/details/video/134704
San Jose 1-0 Houston
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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I could see Laguz/Hagal all day!
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Nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Saga, glorious goddess of history, we greatly honor you; part and parcel of our ever-expanding past.  As we share in Minnatranc, whisper to our hearts of the stories about our gods, our ancestors, our heroes and their glories.  Be the resource for our memories should we ever forget from whence we come.  Gently remind us that we all have a rich history from which to pull.  For it is as we remember and respect the past can we deal with our present, knowing that we will someday have to deal with our spiritual debt.  We honor you, Saga, as a repository for the basis of all that we are, all that we are coming to be, and all that our offspring will inherit from us.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, SAGA, as we honor the Saga that resides in us all.
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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September/Skeidentimânôd 15, 2017 Frijastag

9/16/2017

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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End month)
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Plans: My Love My Fiancée, work 8hrs 
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com)
Frijastag/Frija’s Day (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elizabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Berkana: The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, maturation, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
Conversely:
Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, degradation, immaturity, deterioration, contamination, needlessly clinging, tough love Mothering, in need of Mothering, missing/ignoring a significant life passage.
*A3R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ar: 
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.
 
Dangers calmed, protection, challenges eased, comfort/stillness, primal fire, nobles, destruction of physical darkness reborn into spiritual light, confidence, Ing-Frô, the Sun, the path to the Light, will, leadership, all that which is beautiful and Sun-like, change to good, virtues, honor, glory, rewarding work, completion, light, Divine spirit, power contained in light that washes away darkness, wisdom, beauty, virtue, trust, honor, fame, Rune of the initiate, Symbolism of the Lord of the Light-elves that returns home from darkness, Rune of peace and good seasons.
“Respect the primal fire” (List, 56).
*H2R4
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Interpretation: Growth (Berkana) leads to dangers calmed (Ar).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7+ hours of good sleep with only one wake-up
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Thunder and a bit of rain
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My Love My Fiancée is busy working on her apron dress for next weekend.
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Essie is SO demanding my time this morning.  It must’ve been the thunder.
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Breakfast burrito including one egg, ham and cheese
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Two loads of laundry
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Toby and I out for a late-morning, three-block roundy-roundy to test my feet.  Left foot arch pain is persistent.  Right foot heel pain is still really noticeable, but better.
*rain-cooled, overcast, south breeze
Return trip to a neighbor’s house with a poop bag.
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Ab-roller + 10lbs, 4 sets @ 25 ea.
Bench
  • Chest press 3 sets of 8, 2/30lbs
  • Chest fly 3 sets of 8 2/15lbs
  • Overhead pull 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
Back
  • Bent row 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
  • Reverse back-fly 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
½ squats, 3 sets of 8, 2/30lbs
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FINALLY got a call into the Wichita Urology Group; hoping for message transfer so I can get the good stuff!
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Lunch from frozen
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Oh, what the hela; another load of laundry
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Hannover 2-0 Hamburger
Standings http://www.bundesliga.com/en/stats/table/ 
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A bit more lite-rain on the way to work
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@ work I was greeted with parts I ran yesterday.  No other Super around, I took them to the 1st shift Super who showed me the same drawing provided by inspection, indicating my suspected faux pas.  A bit more investigation remined me a drawing wasn’t part of my specific process; rather, an SHF was.  I had no question.  There was no need for me to even consider a drawing.  I made the parts according to the SHF as per my instructions.  I LOVE communicating my points to two levels of management and winning.  Evidently my points were successfully because the scrap was billed to tooling, not me.
Berkana/Ar
*My first shift colleague has decided he needs more 10hr days, even with the workload as low as it is.  My first shift colleague gets in the way when he stays over rather than come in early.  I tried to reason with my first shift colleague, but he refused to consider my option for him to come in early.  I took the matter to my lead.  I told him we are no longer a small shop on 2nd and need all our specific places.  He agreed and said he would take the matter up with our Super.
*Employee Appreciation Day; hotdogs, burgers, chips and bottled water for a 1-hour dinner break.
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Methinks my feet are feeling better.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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God/dess Meditation: Heil to you, Forsizo, 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!
*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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September/Skeidentimânôd 14, 2017 Donarstag

9/15/2017

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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End month)
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Plans: My Love My Fiancée, work 8 or 9hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Donarstag/Donar’s Day (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Ancestor Meditation: Donarstag/Donar’s Day (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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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.
 
Calm in the face of distress, comfort, hypnotic power of the forceful will, course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, confidence, determination, extension of the Divine center, the upright human being, the awakened Self, influence, personal power, magical power, power to banish evil, unity in the Universe, duration, action in the Cosmos, activity, will, self-domination, influence, personal power, self-discipline, unity in the Universe, duration, magical powers, axis/column/Irminsul of the world, action in the Cosmos, elimination of that which is unnecessary, calm.
“Win power over yourself and you will have power over everything in the spiritual and physical worlds that strive against you” (List, 56).
H2R3
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Interpretation: Courage (Thurisaz) leads to calm in the face of distress (Is).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of pretty good sleep with only one wake-up
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Leftover pizza for breakfast
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Internet connectivity problems first thing this morning.  Physically reset the modem…TWICE. 
Text message to My fiancée explaining.
Everything finally works well.
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Physical therapy.  I think they really enjoy my stories and life experiences.
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Toby and I out for a noon-hour, two-block, well-behaved, roundy-roundy, mostly to test my feet.  Left arch pain mostly gone, right heel pain 50% reduction, but still there.
*sunny, warm, south breeze.
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Chat with my love my Fiancée!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Lunch from frozen
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Dumbbell strength training
Ab-roller + 10lbs, 4 sets @ 25 ea.
Standing,
  • Wrist curls 3 sets of 15 @ 2/15lbs
  • Forearm curls 3 sets of 8 @ 2/15lbs
  • Bicep curls 3 sets of 8 @ 2/15lbs
  • Overhead triceps extension 3 sets of 8 @ 2/15lbs
  • Shoulder press 3 sets of 8 @ 2/15lbs
  • Standing shoulder row 3 sets of 8 @ 2/15lbs
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I really am proud to have been a part of bonding out my nephew from jail.
Thurisaz/Is
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As I get ready to go to work, there has been no sign of Socks today.  As he leaves his house any given time I let him out after work, I tell him, “Play safely, Socks”.
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Arriving @ work with a workload that is dangerously low.  I almost went home, but managed to barely squeeze out 8hrs.
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Last check on all fur-kids; THERE’S Socks!
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Shower, bed, nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Die (pronounced “Dee”) Wurtâ:
Die Wurtâ, all three, are present at birth
To weave our Fate from merriment to dearth.
Urda, Werdanda and Sculd, the dark queens renowned;
Glorious ladies ‘neath the Tree, work your mysteries in us now.

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

*C. Reimer/V. Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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September/Skeidentimânôd 13, 2017 Wotanstag

9/14/2017

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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End month)
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Plans: My Love My Fiancée, work 9hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Berkana: The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, maturation, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
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Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, degradation, immaturity, deterioration, contamination, needlessly clinging, tough love Mothering, in need of Mothering, missing/ignoring a significant life passage.
*A3R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Gibor: 
Havamal 163.
An eighteenth I learned, yet I would never
Let a woman or maid know it,
For everyone knows what’s best for himself-
This leads me to the conclusion of the songs-
The one it shall be then, that lies in my arms
As betrothed wife and as sister.
 
The scald, awakening, passion, mystery, comprehension of the diving from below upward; from humanity outward, secrecy, gift/giver, gift of life, that which is best for the individual, fulfillment, sacred marriage, being ONE with the sister soul, protection against evil forces, being/seeing the Divine, the cosmic consciousness and the divine principle, two forces having a singular origin, the spiritual ego, death-life cycle, protection against evil forces, union of the gods and the World, the uninterrupted chain in the cycle of eternal returns, the Creator and the Created, the deepest mysteries of the Universe, the end.
“Man, be one with God” (List, 67).
*H3R6
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Interpretation: growth (Berkana) leads to fulfillment (Gibor).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of good sleep with only one Toby/potty call.
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This morning is the least amount of foot pain since Saturday.
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Essie is finally once again getting comfortable in the back yard.  I supervised her for a while.  It seemed she was doing fine so I left her alone.  LOL…then I had to call her since she’d gone to the hindmost parts of the yard.  I REALLY think something spooked her, like a possum, that caused her trepidation.  She’s better now.
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée
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It seems people are finally coming together to get J_ out of jail.  They’ve taken me up on my offer of support to the tune of m$1k.
*Berkana/Gibor
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A bowl of whole-grain cereal
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Toby, I’m asking for ONE MORE DAY before a walk…
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Strength training/dumbbell weight
Ab-roller + 10lbs, 4 sets @ 25 ea.
Bench
  • Chest press 3 sets of 8, 2/30lbs
  • Chest fly 3 sets of 8 2/15lbs
  • Overhead pull 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
Back
  • Bent row 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
  • Reverse back-fly 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
½ squats, 3 sets of 8, 2/30lbs
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OMGs, poor Toby.  As I was finishing the dishes, he barked from the back yard; nothing stressful, so I didn’t give it a second thought.  When IO went to get him, he had his front left paw stuck in his color.  I saved him!
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Pizza Hut for lunch; garden salad added
*pizza also for dinner-bucket and breakfast tomorrow.
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Call in from J_’s mother.  The ball is really rolling to get him out of jail.
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Bank
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Running late to work; trying to coordinate an effort to get J_ out of jail.
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Met with the bail bonding rep @ the QT @ Harry and Oliver, which made it convenient to get to work quickly after concluding business. 
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Not a horrible shift @ work.  My 1st shift colleague has taken it upon himself to work 10hr shifts when the workload doesn’t demand it.  I TIRED to reason with him for 9hr shifts; that being an effort to get rid of his sooner, but he’s typical aircraft worker who will gladly work himself, and others, out of a job.
*constant contact with those who have been trying to J_ out of jail.  He was finally released circa 10PM/22:00hrs.  I actually had a brief conversation with him.
*Berkana/Gibor
*ya know, though, it was the right thing to do.  As much as I didn’t care for handing over that large sum of money, it was done for me when I was in the exact same situation.  Family ALWAYS comes first.
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Atlanta 7-0 New England (WHOA!)
Vancouver 3-0 Minnesota
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, bed, nighty-night
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God/dess Meditation: Heimo, HEAR ME!  Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods.  You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart, the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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September/Skeidentimânôd 12, 2017 Dienstag

9/13/2017

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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End month)
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Plans: My Love My Fiancée, work 9hrs 
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72)
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
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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: Pertho: Dice cup, issues concerning: the lucky roll of the dice, questions of luck, the consideration of Wurt/Urlag (the ordeal of Humankind), the Wurtâ; Urda (that which was), Werdanda (that which is becoming) and Sculd (that which is owed), the realization of hidden potential, interwoven yet independent Wurt, good fellowship and happiness, secrets revealed, the collective consciousness, the Well of Knowledge for true growth.
Conversely:
The presence of negative Wurt, an unlucky roll of the dice, bad luck, secrets remaining secret, delusions, fantasies, megalomania, outside the collective/individual consciousness, out of touch with reality, negative forces set in motion, that which is unknowable, the need to deal with uncertainty, unpleasant contractions of birth pains, secrets remaining secret, take no chances.
*A2R6
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Is:  
Havamal 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.
 
Calm in the face of distress, comfort, hypnotic power of the forceful will, course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, confidence, determination, extension of the Divine center, the upright human being, the awakened Self, influence, personal power, magical power, power to banish evil, unity in the Universe, duration, action in the Cosmos, activity, will, self-domination, influence, personal power, self-discipline, unity in the Universe, duration, magical powers, axis/column/Irminsul of the world, action in the Cosmos, elimination of that which is unnecessary, calm.
“Win power over yourself and you will have power over everything in the spiritual and physical worlds that strive against you” (List, 56).
H2R3
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Interpretation: Luck (Pertho) leads to calm in the face of distress (Is).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: WOW!  Slept-in until almost 10AM with two wake-ups, both for Toby.
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Whole grain cereal
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Quick good morning chat with my love my fiancée; OMGS, she fell in her driveway and was bruised up a bit!
*Pertho/Is
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Physical therapy
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More chat with my love my fiancée about her fall.
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FIANLLLY got thru to the Podiatry office @ the VA.  I’ll have an appointment in a couple of weeks to get fitted for a more professional insole.
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Call-in from Sisser…love her!
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Lunch: crab/seafood cakes with garden salad
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No time for a full workout routine; will pick-up chest workout tomorrow
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Core work:
Ab-Roller + 10lbs, 4 sets of 25
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Well, today, I’m wearing my athletic shoes to work.  They have an air-cushioned heel insole.  I sincerely hope tonight is better than last night.
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Not a horrible 9hrs at work.  Enough on the shaper table to keep me busy.  Feet were fairly tolerable with sufficient ibuprofen.
*Pertho/Is
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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God/dess Meditation: Ostara, trustworthy goddess; wife to Brego; the adherent god of scalds, keeper of the golden apples of youth and eternal life, keep us young inside. When we are starving for laughter, hungry for the lightness that comes with having few years on our shoulders, slip us one of those gleaming fruits that we may see the world through youthful eyes. Let springtime be in our steps, love in our hearts and a song on our lips. Change us to the core! Fill us with optimism and dreams for the future. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, OSTARA, as we honor the Ostara that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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September/Skeidentimânôd 11, 2017 Manostag

9/12/2017

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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End month)
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The Attack on the World Trade Center, sixteen years ago today:
http://www.history.com/topics/9-11-attacks
http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/27/us/september-11-anniversary-fast-facts/index.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/haunting-photos-from-september-11th-attacks-2016-9
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Plans: My Love My Fiancée, work 9hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Dagaz: Light of day, total enlightenment, awakening, the AH-HA moment, benefit from new information, achieving balance, harmony, hyper-consciousness, the light of dawn, the twilight/dawn polarity, positive focus on life, light at the end of the tunnel, increase, growth, an ending prior to a beginning, transformation, possibly related to the 3rd eye; the mystical place where the two lobes of the brain join.
*A3R7
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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: Ar: 
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.
 
Dangers calmed, protection, challenges eased, comfort/stillness, primal fire, nobles, destruction of physical darkness reborn into spiritual light, confidence, Ing-Frô, the Sun, the path to the Light, will, leadership, all that which is beautiful and Sun-like, change to good, virtues, honor, glory, rewarding work, completion, light, Divine spirit, power contained in light that washes away darkness, wisdom, beauty, virtue, trust, honor, fame, Rune of the initiate, Symbolism of the Lord of the Light-elves that returns home from darkness, Rune of peace and good seasons.
“Respect the primal fire” (List, 56).
*H2R4
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Interpretation: Enlightenment (Dagaz) leads to protection (Ar).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 8hrs of undisturbed sleep, other than Essie demanding attention.
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With Essie in the back yard.
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Good morning chat with my love my fiancée.
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Feet still hurt.  At the encouragement of my love my fiancée I emailed my doctor.
*additional email concerning my failed injection therapy provided by the VA.
*email from my primary care physician said I can directly call podiatry to make an appointment without a consult.  Call made…
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Whole grain flakes cereal
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One block roundy-roundy with Toby…oh no…feet can’t handle it.  Sorry Toby.
*sunny, mild, no breeze.
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My Love My Fiancée is having a migraine.  She’s shutting down.
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1-egg, open-faced breakfast sandwich with ham and cheese.
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Power-washed the webs, or whatever they were, off the front of the house.
Watered baby shrubs, trees and Agathagart
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Hurricane Irma and 9/11 stuff dominating the news…of course.
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Confusing return call from the V A.  One person sent me to another person who sent me to another person who I don’t think was whom I wanted to talk to in the first place.  I left a message nonetheless in hopes to clarify.
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Crab/seafood cakes, sliced tomatoes and potato coins for lunch
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Well scheisse…here it is almost 2PM/1400hrs, and I forgot about the sprinkler being on in Agathagart.  I was supposed to turn it off @ noon…smh.
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Dumbbell strength training
Ab-roller + 10lbs, 4 sets @ 25 ea.
Standing,
  • Wrist curls 3 sets of 15 @ 2/15lbs
  • Forearm curls 3 sets of 8 @ 2/15lbs
  • Bicep curls 3 sets of 8 @ 2/15lbs
  • Overhead triceps extension 3 sets of 8 @ 2/15lbs
  • Shoulder press 3 sets of 8 @ 2/15lbs
  • Standing shoulder row 3 sets of 8 @ 2/15lbs
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Enough to keep me busy on the table shaper all shift.
*the boots that were my salvation Sunday, were the bane of my existence this evening; either that, or my feet simply hurt that badly.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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God/dess Meditation: Nirdu, brother-husband, to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô and the Frouwa, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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September/Skeidentimânôd 10, 2017 Sunnastag

9/11/2017

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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End month)
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Plans: My Love My Fiancée, lunch with brother and sisser; my treat, domestic stuff
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas)
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
* no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
(picture added 3/26/2016)
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Berkana: The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, maturation, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
Conversely:
Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, degradation, immaturity, deterioration, contamination, needlessly clinging, tough love Mothering, in need of Mothering, missing/ignoring a significant life passage.
*A3R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ar: 
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.
 
Dangers calmed, protection, challenges eased, comfort/stillness, primal fire, nobles, destruction of physical darkness reborn into spiritual light, confidence, Ing-Frô, the Sun, the path to the Light, will, leadership, all that which is beautiful and Sun-like, change to good, virtues, honor, glory, rewarding work, completion, light, Divine spirit, power contained in light that washes away darkness, wisdom, beauty, virtue, trust, honor, fame, Rune of the initiate, Symbolism of the Lord of the Light-elves that returns home from darkness, Rune of peace and good seasons.
“Respect the primal fire” (List, 56).
*H2R4
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Interpretation: Mature wisdom (Berkana) leads to challenges eased (Ar).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with two wake-ups
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Quick good morning chat with My Love My Fiancée.  She’s working with her new online client today. 
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Blueberry wheat squares cereal
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 30min walk
*sunny, high clouds, temperate, south breeze
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WONDERFUL lunch with Sisser and Brother @ Golden Corral http://www.goldencorral.com/.  If I hadn’t spent money @ McDs yesterday, my aluminum can money would’ve paid for all of it.
*Berkana/Ar
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Death Note http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1241317/  not horrible
*I’m sure I would’ve enjoyed it more if my sound was better.
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Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Berlin 1-1 Bremen
*” Bibiana Steinhaus (l.) excelled on her maiden appearance as a Bundesliga referee”
http://www.bundesliga.com/en/news/Bundesliga/bibiana-steinhaus-impresses-on-historic-debut-as-bundesliga-referee-458706.jsp
Schalke 3-2 Stuttgart
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A few things from the store
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Columbus v Sporting KC
*19th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*45+1 goal Columbus
*@ the half, 1-1
*end of match, 1-1
Atlanta 3-0 Dallas
Seattle 1-1 LA (on FS1)
*fell asleep in the recliner.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Nighty night
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God/dess Meditation: Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wodan, newly risen! Hail to you who is the counterpart to Mano, male aspect of the Moon.  You have shown on all our ancestors, you shine on us, and you will yet shine on our decedents yet unborn. Share with us some of your light, your energy, your power, so that we might better fight our battles and attain our goals. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL SUNNA, as we honor the Sunna that resides in us all!

*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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