(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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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 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.
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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 154:
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) brings calm (Is).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: Slept-in until almost 10am?  WTF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good morning conversations with my wife.
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3 eggs scrambled with ham and cheese, diced potatoes.
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Hurts Donuts https://www.facebook.com/hurtsdonutict/  Gift for House Hammerstorm @ the GPRF.
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Excellent time at the GPRF https://www.facebook.com/GreatPlainsRenFest/ https://www.greatplainsrenfest.com/ The whole concept of a family reunion still rings true.  I was so proud to have my wife by my side.
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Great Wall for dinner; treat from Wife.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Match Day 6 scores this week https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/matchday/2018-2019/
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
*9th min goal salt lake
*@ the half SKC 0:1 salt lake
*52nd min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match 1:1
With playoffs looming, here are the standings: https://www.mlssoccer.com/standings
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Kwik Shop
Dillons
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Toby and I out for a rare, nighttime, 2 block roundy on the retractable + 1 block north off the retractable.
*seemingly cloudy (no stars whatsoever), mild, south breeze.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  All fur-kids under shelter.
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Shower, 01:00 nighty night, I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: Cousin’s funeral, Ren Fest
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery  respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (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: 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
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Ka:
Havamal 151:
A sixth one is mine, if a man wounds me
With the root of a trunk still with juice;
Then I am unscathed, the man himself is consumed
By the evil with which he threatened me.
 
Imperviousness, a reversal of fortune, the world tree, preservation of tribe or race, ancestors/ancestry, loyalty, that which is existing, defense, the polarity of the male/female principle in the Universe, opposing energies, earthly love, as executive power of balancing justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child, force, that which is established, World Tree/the Irminsul/the All, power, generation, ability and artfulness, sensuality, higher consciousness, return.
“Your blood, your highest possession” (List, 53).
*H1R6
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Interpretation: Friction (Naudiz) brings imperviousness (Ka).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 5 ½, maybe six hours of sleep with 2 wake-ups.
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My health by the numbers
Weight: 255
Glucose: 112
BP: 144/82
Pulse: 85
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A sweet treat for breakfast: French toast.
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Cousin’s funeral went typically Christian.  Luckily there was less of a salvation message than there was at my Sister’s funeral.  I got what I expected from that side of the family; a cordial brush-off.
*Naudiz/Ka
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Lunch @ Applebee’s with my WONDERFUL niece and her family; LOTS of laughter!
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Gathered up recyclables and took them in http://www.recyclewichita.org/.
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I was very late (3pm or so) to the GPRF.  The fall ones are always the smaller ones.  Nonetheless, it was in its own right a type of family reunion.
*my wife didn’t feel like going.
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Norsemen https://www.netflix.com/title/80180182 on Netflix.  Not impressed.  Satire?  Comedy?
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
I missed oneheluva week last week https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/matchday/2018-2019/?d=5
This week thus far https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga/matchday/2018-2019/?d=6
But importantly
Leverkusen 2:4 BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BVB is at the top of the table https://www.bundesliga.com/en/stats/table/
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Today’s results https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/schedule/2018-09-29
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Fell asleep in my recliner.
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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)


Frijastag/Frija’s Day/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 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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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
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Interpretation: Calm (Isa) brings freedom (Os).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with three wake-ups.  The last wake-up was to a trifecta of cramps; toes, hamstring, and Charlie-horse in the right leg.  It was fucking painful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Breakfast sandwich
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Call into Air Capital Veterinary
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Power outage.
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Errands:
Air Capital Veterinary
*Apoquel for Toby’s allergies.
*flea stuff.
(OMGs I forgot about street repair on S. Seneca)
Bank
Dillons
BK
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 Power restored before I got home.
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Chicken nuggets (from BK) plus a garden salad.
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Toby and I out for a exceptionally well behaved, early/mid-afternoon, 25min walk.
*mild, cloudy, NNW breeze.
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Work started on the table shaper, moved to layout, then back to the table shaper…fun…okay, not really.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, damn, I really did try to get into bed before 02:00; not too successful.  Love my wife.
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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

1. Holy Roman Empire Prussia until 1711-1740
2. Kingdom of Prussia 1701-1918
3. US flag 1850 31 stars
4. Oklahoma state flag
5. California state flag

Donarstag/Donar’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 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: Kenaz: The torch, Divine wisdom, sexuality, light, shaping, fabrication or fashioning of primordial material, the hearth fire, brightly burning, knowledge, illumination, intellect, divine inspiration under control of human craft, creation, clarification, knowledge/inspiration from within, intuition, Self-awareness, creativity and transformation, clarity of thought, the application of the Divine.
Conversely:
Ulcer, a dimly burning torch, darkness, choosing to remain in the dark, a lack of Divine wisdom, lack of creativity, a self-imposed cocoon, the inability to shape the basics of life, pig ignorance, arrogance, inability to transform, uniformed, disease, decay, ambiguous thought processes, obscure thought processes, dark influences, cruel sexuality, uncontrollable human craft processes.
*A1R6
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Not: 
Havamal 153:
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, suffering, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
*H2R2
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Interpretation: Divine wisdom (Kenaz) brings suffering (Not).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, two wake-ups.
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WOW!  It’s almost a chilly morning here.
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Morning conversation with my wife.
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Breakfast sandwich.
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Toby and I out for a late morning/noon hour, well behaved, 30min walk.
*mild, sunny, SSW breeze.
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Homemade beer bräts on sauerkraut with brussels sprouts; OMGs YUM!
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My first shift colleague was back after his gallbladder surgery.  For some dumbass reason they didn’t put any restrictions on him.  He told me of pain throughout the day. 
*nothing on the table shaper, at least initially.  Stayed in layout/drill/saw/trim all shift.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, 02:00 nighty-night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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God/dess Meditation: Donar:
Donar, Son of Wodan and Erda, husband to Sibba with the Golden Hair, wielder of Malant and Great God of thunder, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, encourage us to advance. When we would be weak, hearten us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, inspire our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Excite our growth from strength to strength; teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who oppose our will. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, DONAR, as we honor the Donar that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 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: Eihwaz: Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, inner strength, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it! “, temporary cosmic consciousness, stability over external circumstances, resilience, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.  “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” (Friedrich Nietzsche).
*A2R5
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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
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Interpretation: Inner strength (Eihwaz) brings triumph (Sig).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with three wake-ups.
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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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Good test of the heating systems in Socks’ house.
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All stand fans are off for the first time in…I don’t know how long.
*okay, break is over…back to work.
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2 eggs yoke well done, turkey kielbasa and wheat toast with strawberry jelly.
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Toby and I out for a late-morning, perfektly behaved, 30min walk.
*beautifully mild, cloudy, slight north breeze.
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Brought McDs home for both of us.  Took Toby with me and HE got a chicken sandwich.
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I was informed today that a cousin has died.  His funeral is Saturday.  Normally I wouldn’t be too concerned, but this cousin and his wife made it to my Sister’s funeral so I am obligated to go.
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Not a horrible night at work.  Remember those parts I called into question?  Well, it seems I was right to do so.  Three were scrapped and I have to imagine the other two somehow made it thru.  Then, I had a chance to educate 1st shift on the proper set up for a 7/32 setback; .74 cutter + a #15 guide = 7/32 setback.  He was quite dumbfounded as he said no one has ever showed him that.  I showed him it was the first notation I made in my “Book of Knowledge” months prior.  I also showed him where I placed this information on top of the setback guide chart so as not to forget.  After all that, the night went fairly well.  Not a lot of time turned in, but more than enough to make it thru the shift.  The workload has been mostly diminished this week.  Let us not forget that my give a shit got up and went. 
*Eihwaz/Sig
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, 02:15 nighty night I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, VA audiology, work 8hrs.
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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 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: Algiz: Protection/shielding, Heimo (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, expansion of archetypal consciousness, 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, 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
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Bar: 
Havamal 158:
A thirteenth I mention, when I sprinkle the son,
The young one, with holy water,
If once he faces the foe, then he cannot fall,
No sword can wound him so he collapses in the dust.
 
Blessing, shielding, inspiration, encouragement, security, impending accidents that effect fate, life, birth: birth of the future life that is preordained for us, becoming, being projected, help in birth, son, bread, song, fountain, mountains, meaning of life on this planet/in this world, the power of becoming, reconstruction, Rune of continuous transformation, death and rebirth metamorphosis, return to the Mothers; the fountain as female symbol, the eternal spring of humans.
“Thy life strands in the hand of God, trust it in you” (List, 60).
H3R1
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Interpretation: Protection (Algiz) brings blessing (Bar).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 10am??????????????  WTF?  My wife had to wake me up.
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Breakfast from frozen.
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The VA audiology exam revealed what every other audiology exam reveal; hearing loss.  I will be fitted for two hearing aids in a few weeks.  There have been many times I have felt like my body is starting to fall apart.  I tearfully, but seriously, admitted to my wife I don’t want to be a burden to her.
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, exceptionally well behaved, 30min walk.
*warm, partly cloudy, slight breeze…from somewhere.
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I walked into what I perceived fucked-up parts.  I have figured out this particular SHF from past experience and know how to deal with it; however, somethings were seriously wrong with the way 1st shift dealt with it.  It was the wrong sized cutter and the wrong set back guide; hence, the parts were, IMO, anywhere from .08-.1 undercut when the standard deviation is +/- .03.  Also, 1st shift didn’t sign out for the 3 parts they completed. ​With all this, the set back guide was cross-threaded into the set-back plate which made it damned near impossible to remove.  I enlisted the aid of a maintenance mechanic to remedy the set back guide/plate situation.  I left the problem order of parts and the accompanying SHF up near the 1st shift lead-man’s desk.  I also sent the 1st shift lead an email enumerating my concerns.  We shall see if my concerns were legitimate.
*Algiz/Bar
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Awwwwwwww…my wife assembled the new bathroom/toilet shelf thingy.  Thank you honey.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, 02:00 nighty-night, I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-12018)].
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; 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: 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: Not: 
Havamal 153:
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
 
Distress, suffering, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
*H2R2
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Interpretation: Enlightenment (Dagaz) brings suffering (Not).
*well scheisse.
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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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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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Breakfast sandwich plus a banana.
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, late morning, noon hour walk.
*mild, cloudy, slight breeze.
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To Air Capital Veterinary to pick up a few days of Toby’s Rx.
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Call into my WONDERFUL niece to talk about brother who wastes money and cousin whose health is bad. 
*I don’t think it’s a matter of IF my cousin is going to die but a matter of when.  When he does, I’m sure they will ask my former and most evil christian brother to preach his funeral.  After all, they are quite the Dennis-ites.  Dennis will pump and pound his chest with pride.  Oh, I will go to the funeral, just to witness the spectacle of it all, and to witness stupidity.
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Call into New Day USA to discuss escrow before they sell my account.  NOW I understand what an escrow account is and how it protects me.
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Pork fritters from frozen topped with cheese, and a garden salad for lunch.  Yeah, my wife cringes at some of the things I eat, but to me, it’s yummy!
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Not a horrible night at work.  Enough said.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, 02:00 nighty-night I get to sleep with my wife.
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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) (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 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.
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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: Ar: 
Havamal 154:
A tenth 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: Movement (Raido) brings Dangers calmed (Ar).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7 ½ hours of sleep with…oh hela, not really sure about the wake-ups.
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 252
Glucose: 137
BP: 147/78
Pulse: 86
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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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Morning chat with my Irminenschaft brother.
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Three-egg omelet with ham and cheese plus diced potatoes for breakfast.  Okay, it may not have come out LOOKING like it was supposed to look, but OMGs it sure tasted good.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Leverkusen 1:0 Mainz
Frankfurt 1:1 Leipzig on FS1/Sling-TV
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Toby and I out for a noon-hour, well behaved, 30min walk.
*mild, mostly cloudy, south breeze.
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Philly v Sporting Kansas City on ESPN/Sling-TV
*@ the half, 0:0
*71st min goal philly
*89th min goal philly
*end of match, Philly 2:0 SKC
*SKC COULD’VE sealed their place in the playoffs…but noooooooooooooooooooo…
Other MLS scores https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/schedule/2018-09-23
Playoff standing at this point: https://www.mlssoccer.com/standings
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Excursion:
Kwik Shop
Bed Bath and Beyond
Dillons
*since I was up @ 21st and Maize for BB&B, I shopped at the Dillons there to do my grocery shopping.  It’s one of those HUGE Dillons Super-Stores.  As I used to work @ Dillons years ago, OMGs, I knew SO many people there it was like a little Dillons family reunion; store manager, assistant manager, floral, and the produce manager who wasn’t there but notes were left.
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My wife offered to put my new bathroom fixture together if I gave the bathroom a good scrubbing; done and done gladly.
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3 loads of laundry
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Large plate of garden salad topped with turkey kielbasa.
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Designated Survivor S2 E6 on Netflix
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WTF just happened?
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Every fur-kid is under shelter.
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24:00 nighty-night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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​(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
The Autumnal Equinox/Winter Finding/Oktoberfest
Autumnal Equinox
https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-fall-autumnal-equinox
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/autumnal-equinox.html
Winter Finding
http://www.anindependentasatru.com/-blog/autumnal-equinox-haustblot-winter-finding-etc
http://events.eventzilla.net/e/winter-finding-2138954370
Oktoberfest
https://www.mybucketlistevents.com/event-detail/about-oktoberfest-faqs/
https://www.oktoberfest.de/en/article/Oktoberfest+2018/About+the+Oktoberfest/Dates,+Opening+Times+and+General+FAQs/751/
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Plans: ??????????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite respectively) Tag der Fruchtbarkeit/Day of Fertility/Saturday (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: Eihwaz: Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, inner strength, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it! “, temporary cosmic consciousness, stability over external circumstances, resilience, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All.  “That which does not kill us makes us stronger” (Friedrich Nietzsche).
*A2R5
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Laf: 
Havamal 159:
A fourteenth I sing to the assembled Folk
When naming the divine names;
The Aesir and Alves and their various kinds
No one can spell out without learning.
 
Determination, learned knowledge, singing before the All, presentation, Urlag; life fate and destiny, life as law, life following the law, experience, test, temptations by life-circumstances, water, sea, good management, test of life, school of the lives, relations, defeat and the laws of nature, life and primal law, psychic & spiritual awareness, cosmic flow, seeds of thought, the etheric part of the body, initiation that experiences life on earth as a continuous process of initiation, The Cosmic Ocean.
“First learn to steer, then dare the sea-journey” (List, 60).
H3R2
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Interpretation: Inner strength (Eihwaz) brings determination (Laf).
*
In my meditation today, once again 2nd Great Grandmother Agatha came thru loudly and clearly.  She let me know that they (the collective ancestors) may often times seem silent, but they are all present; they are all in my corner.  She said the ancestral collective come to her to understand the things I do.  I was practically in tears.
*Therein lies my inner strength (Eihwaz).  Therein lies my determination (Laf).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep with one wakeup; Essie on my chest either demanding attention or making sure I was okay.  Love that kitty.
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Good morning conversation with my wife; she’s a bit down.
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An extremely slow wake-up morning.
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It’s a beautifully cool Autumnal Equinox/Winter Finding day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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4-eggs sunny side up, wheat bread for sopping, diced potatoes, 6 ham slices.
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Windows cracked, front storm door wide open, ceiling fan in reverse.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Nürnberg 2:0 Hanover
Augsburg 2:3 Bremen
Berlin 4:2 M’Gladbach
Wolfsburg 1:3 Freiburg
Hoffenheim v Borussia Dortmund
*44th min tor/goal Hoffenheim
*84th min TOR GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match, 1:1
Schalke 0:2 München on FS2/Sling-TV
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MLS today’s scores https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/schedule/2018-09-22
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BK for my wife; I wasn’t hungry as I finished breakfast a only few hours ago.
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, mid-afternoon, 30min walk.
*mild, sunny, east breeze.
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Leftover burrito mix and refried beans for lunch.
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Bored…
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Nothing on the tele that interests me.
*Bundesliga is done for the day.
*No MLS on any channel I get.
*Nothing on Netflix to hold my interest.
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Two loads of laundry.
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Separated an overflowing recycling corner.
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I may have to watch the 13th Warrior for the 121st time.  It’s been WAY TOO long; almost two years to be exact.
*done and done
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FUN TIME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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McDs for a late snack so I can take meds.  Took Toby with me.  That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  I always feel so much better knowing they are all under shelter.
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01:30 nighty-night, I get to sleep with my wife.
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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)


Frijastag/Frija’s Day/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 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: era: Harvest, 12th Rune of the Futhark, the number 12, cycles, a turning point, cause and effect, the Rune of return, two halves of a cyclic whole, harmony-in-movement-in-balance, improvement, expansion, growth, progress, patience, fruition of plans, the mystic union between Earth and the Cosmos, the result of a previous action, appropriate reward for the right (or wrong) action.
*A2R4
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Hagal: 
Havamal 152:
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning
With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To actively protect/enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother 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: Harvest (Jera) brings active protection (Hagal).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 8 ½ hours of restless sleep. Up @ 9am?  WTF?
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The morning is already shot!
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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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Two homemade breakfast burritos.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, 30min walk.  Toby needed to be reminded the importance of simple voice commands.  He was doing fine for most of the walk, but when he mistakenly THOUGHT he was going to get a treat from a neighbor he just wouldn’t listen.  He finished the walk on the retractable.
*WONDERFULLY cool, cloudy, nice north breeze.
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Sheriff Deputy Kunze was laid to rest today amid a HUGE outpouring of love and honor:
https://www.ksal.com/fallen-sedgwick-co-deputy-to-be-laid-to-rest/
https://www.facebook.com/KAKETV/videos/506167843127732/UzpfSTEwMDAwMzcwNTMzMzA3ODoxNDg2Njg1NTIxNDY0OTQ1/
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/ on FS2/Sling-TV
Stuttgart 0:0 Düsseldorf
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Meat burritos and refried beans with cheese.
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It was a good night at work.  My bread-n-butter parts #1 showed up just after the dinner break, which gave me 8hrs + whatever I turned in prior; so easily a 9hr night for an 8hr shift.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Nighty-night, I get to sleep with my wife.
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