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September/Skeidentimânôd 30, 2019 Manostag

9/30/2019

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(Aranmânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 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: Mannaz: The human, Heimo; our genetic connection to the gods, humankind, social interaction, cooperation between people, the special human, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, social structure, the ability to work well within a social structure in an effort be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers, attainment of common goals, Divine structure.
Conversely:
Problems relating with Heimo and humanity, without cooperation between people, w/o social interaction, the inability to work within a social structure in an effective way, self-delusion, intellectual arrogance/ignorance, bigotry, inability to make peace with others, destructive social nature, closed mindedness, failed social interaction and disorder; anti-social behavior and lack of Divine structure.
*A3R4
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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: Social interaction/lack thereof (Mannaz) brings imperviousness (Ka).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs. of solid sleep!
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Wifey conversation; she has a sore throat.
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Leftover pasta and a couple of sunny side up eggs for breakfast.  Hey, I HATE throwing out food.
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DAMN!  Veterinary is closed until tomorrow, but the fur kids’ medicines will be fine.
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Bank
Family Dollar
Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, 11:30am, 30min walk.
*mildly warm, partly cloudy, stout south wind.
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Exercises:
Biceps/triceps dynamic tension 3 sets of 10 reps
Pushups from knees 3 sets of 10 reps
Setups on the Ab Roller weighted 10lbs. 3 sets of 25 reps
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Double-decker, well-dressed salami sandwich + curly fries + a caramel sundae.
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For a Monday, it was an UNUSUALLY busy night at work.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am 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 29, 2019 Sunnastag

9/29/2019

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(Aranmânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, GPRF
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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: Hagalaz: The cosmic seed of potential, a sacred enclosure/shell, shaping, evolution, sacred protection within, holiness, a type of Godotuom; destruction/regeneration, evolution, destructive elements, unavoidable unpleasantness, pruning, potentially destructive but change will occur on its own given time.  Embrace the necessary destruction.  Don't rail against it.  Benefit from it.
*A2R1
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Fa: 
Havamal 146:
The first one promises to help generously

In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth
From death to new creation.
 
Generous help, luck, eternal change, forward motion, binding, life/death/life, new creation, property, to grow, to wander, to destroy, to shred, guidance, Father, potential change reflected in a beginning; preface of that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father principle, Alle-Vater principle.  primal Fire, the power of spirit and change as well as the power of creativity, the Divine Masculine Principle, success, pure, generated fire that acts creatively in love, will that spares manifestation down to the material levels, necessity of change.
“Generate your luck and you will have it” (List, 49).
*H1R1
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Interpretation: Evolution (Hagalaz) brings great help (Fa).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of sleep with two wakeups.
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Wifey conversation; she woke up with a headache.
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2 eggs scrambled and folded + hand-shredded hashbrowns.
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Separated the burgeoning household recyclables.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Düsseldorf 1:2 Freiburg FS1/Sling- TV
Köln 0:4 H. Berlin
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Two loads of laundry
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NFL
Minnesota Vikings @ Chicago Bears
1st: 0:7
2nd: 0:3
3rd: 0:6
4th: 6:0
Final: Viks 6:16 Bears
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Family Dollar
Bank
It was another excellent time at the GPRF https://www.greatplainsrenfest.com/.  Wifey and I actually stayed pretty close, which was a move forward (Fa) and a beneficial change (Hagalaz) from last time.  
*met up with Heathen brother who made the trip in from SW Kansas.
*met up with niece because she wanted to pay back her loan.  YAY!
*Hagalaz/Fa all the way around!
*Facebook pics: https://www.facebook.com/caroll.reimer/media_set?set=a.1819210298212464&type=3
BK for dinner.
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Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
Dillons petrol.
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Columbus 2:0 Philly
Montréal 1:1 Atlanta 
New England 2:0 NYCFC
NYRB 0:0 DC
Colorado 3:0 Dallas
Sporting KC v Portland on FSKC/Sling TV; final home game of the season for SKC.
*29th min goal Portland
*30th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*36th min red card Portland; Portland with 10 men
*38th min red card SKC; SKC playing with 10 men
*@ the half 1:1
*46th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*84th min red card SKC; now down to 9 men
*85th min goal Portland
*end of match, 2;2
*smh
LAG 3:4 Vancouver
Minnesota 1:1 LAFC
Salt Lake 2:1 Houston
San Jose 0:1 Seattle
Current standings for playoffs: https://www.mlssoccer.com/standings
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Not a great weekend for sports; not that it really matters much:
Borussia Dortmund (Bundesliga) only tied and does not have a great start on the season.
Minnesota Viking (NFL) lost.
Sporting KC (MLS) can’t seem to win a game to save their lives AND are eliminated from playoff contention.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Sunnastag) 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 28, 2019 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit

9/28/2019

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(Aranmânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, GPRF, Union Picnic, Oktoberfest @ Prost.
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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: 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, the end, 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: Fertility (Inguz) brings an awakening (Gibor).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6hrs of sleep with two wakeups, then just did NOT want to crawl out of bed for another hour.
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Wifey conversation.  Wifey is choosing to go the GPRF tomorrow instead of today due to storm chances.
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2 eggs sunny side up, diced potatoes, whole grain toast with strawberry jelly.
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As I was making breakfast it started thundering.  Essie was outside and Socks had yet to go into his house.  Luckily, one call and they both came running.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Leipzig 1:3 Schalke
Hoffenheim 0:3 M’Gladbach
Mainz 0:1 Wolfsburg
Augsburg 0:3 Leverkusen
Paderborn 2:3 München (last few minutes on FS1/Sling TV)
Borussia Dortmund v Bremen  FS 1/Sling V
*8th min tor/goal Bremen
*9th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*41st m in TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half BVB 2:1 Bremen
*55th min tor/goal Bremen
*end of match, 2:2
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What an EXCELLENT day!
*on the way to the GPRF, I stumbled upon the Union picnic, thinking it was further north in the park.  Nonetheless, I stopped and had a couple of hotdogs, chips and water, along with EXCELLENT conversation.
*EXCELLENT time at the GPRF https://www.visitwichita.com/event/great-plains-renaissance-%26-scottish-fall-festival-2019/29091/.  EXCELLENT time with friends who have become family.  I found an AWSOME Autumnal wreath.  More to come tomorrow.
*EXCELLENT time at Prost restaurant https://www.prostwichita.com/ as part of my Oktoberfest celebration.  OMGs, they were über busy!  It’s so amazing how far they’ve come from their food truck beginnings.
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Toby and I out for an early evening, perfektly behaved, 30min walk, home just prior to sunset.
*partly cloudy, mild, slight breeze.
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Mama https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2023587/ loaned to me by a work colleague…WOOOOOOOOOOOOW!!!!!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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1am nighty night.
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God/dess Meditation: (alternate Tag der Fruchtbarkeit) Saga, glorious goddess of history, we greatly honor you as 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 27, 2019 Frijastag

9/27/2019

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(Aranmânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, 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: Fehu:  Cattle, wealth, Ing-Frô; the god of abundance, Audhumla; the primal bovine, the ability to create and maintain wealth and the accompanying power, creative forces, financial security, good financial management, Odhumbal, the primeval bovine, fire, beginnings, productivity, positive energy, life force, self-respect, personal power, one’s condition in life, generosity that needs to come with the social responsibility of wealth.
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The negative blessing of prosperity, stagnant finances, lack of creative energies, productivity failure, and the inability to and/or create wealth, greed, financial insecurity, improper financial management, disconnected from the life source, fear of failure, an ending, an unfortunate condition, fiery powers extinguished, atrophy/decline, failed ambition, lack of self-esteem, an ineffective beginning and an irresponsible misuse of power.
*A1R1
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Fa: 
Havamal 146:
The first one promises to help generously

In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth
From death to new creation.
 
Generous help, luck, eternal change, forward motion, binding, life/death/life, new creation, property, to grow, to wander, to destroy, to shred, guidance, Father, potential change reflected in a beginning; preface of that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father principle, Alle-Vater principle.  primal Fire, the power of spirit and change as well as the power of creativity, the Divine Masculine Principle, success, pure, generated fire that acts creatively in love, will that spares manifestation down to the material levels, necessity of change.
“Generate your luck and you will have it” (List, 49).
*H1R1
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Interpretation: Positive energy/lack thereof (Fehu) brings eternal change (Fa)
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 1/2hrs. of sleep with 3 wakeups.
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Wifey conversation.
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My small food processor has bitten the dust, so I chopped some hot peppers in the blender.
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2 scrambled eggs + chopped peppers and cheese in a whole wheat tortilla + an apple.
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Toby and I out for a fairly well behaved, 11:30am, 30min walk.
*partly cloudy, mildly warm, stout south wind.
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Well here she and I go again.  Comment not for public consumption.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
FCU Berlin 1:2 Frankfurt
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Made VA copay.  My FSA is dwindling quickly.
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Exercises:
Biceps/triceps dynamic tension, 3 sets of 10 reps.
Pushups from knees 3 sets of 10 reps.
Setups on the Ab Roller 3 sets of 25 reps weighted 10lbs.
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Breakfast from frozen for lunch, because I just didn’t feel like cooking.
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The best night at work all week.  Just shy of 9hrs turned in for an 8hrs\. shift.
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Bank ATM.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Nothing says “welcome home” like cleaning up dog shit in the bathroom.
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2am nighty night.
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God/dess Meditation: (alternate Frijastag) Heil to you, Forsizo, son of Paltar and Nanda!  You’re the god of justice, and reconciliation.  You sit in judgment of the right and wrong of all arguments.  We see you as god of the Thing.  We call out to you in our time of legal need.  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 26, 2019 Donarstag

9/26/2019

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(Aranmânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Flags:
  1. Holy Roman Empire German/Austria until 1711-1740
  2. Kingdom of Prussia 1701-1918
  3. US flag 1850 31 stars
  4. Oklahoma state flag
  5. California state flag
Donarstag/Donar’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married 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: 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.
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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: Fa: 
Havamal 146:
The first one promises to help generously

In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth
From death to new creation.
 
Generous help, luck, eternal change, forward motion, binding, life/death/life, new creation, property, to grow, to wander, to destroy, to shred, guidance, Father, potential change reflected in a beginning; preface of that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father principle, Alle-Vater principle.  primal Fire, the power of spirit and change as well as the power of creativity, the Divine Masculine Principle, success, pure, generated fire that acts creatively in love, will that spares manifestation down to the material levels, necessity of change.
“Generate your luck and you will have it” (List, 49).
*H1R1
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Interpretation: Divine realization (Algiz) brings generous help (Fa).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs f sleep, 2 wakeups, and an I REALLY don’t want to get out of bed getup.
*kink-in-neck.
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Early trip to Dillons because I knew wifey was out of creamer and I was out of energy drinks.
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Two scrambled eggs with chopped hot peppers and cheese in a whole wheat tortilla + an apple.
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Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, 11:30am, 30min walk.
*for the first time in a VERY long time I can actually say it was MILD, partly cloudy, NNE breeze.
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Removed all journals from the computer for safekeeping but for #11 I’m using now and put them on flash drive.
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Exercises:
Deep squats/extended toe raises unweighted 3 sets of 10 reps.
Setups on the Ab Roller 3 sets of 25 reps weighted 10lbs.
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I made a pasta dish from the remaining pork and corn from last Sunday’s Sumble; not horrible.
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Work was not as boring as yesterday.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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God/dess Meditation: (alternate Donarstag) Die [(German for feminine “the”) (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 25, 2019 Wodanstag

9/25/2019

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(Aranmânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 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.
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: Fa: 
Havamal 146:
The first one promises to help generously

In sorrow, sickness and pain;
In eternal change, man goes forth
From death to new creation.
 
Generous help, luck, eternal change, forward motion, binding, life/death/life, new creation, property, to grow, to wander, to destroy, to shred, guidance, Father, potential change reflected in a beginning; preface of that which is becoming, being and passing away; procreation, creative father principle, Alle-Vater principle.  primal Fire, the power of spirit and change as well as the power of creativity, the Divine Masculine Principle, success, pure, generated fire that acts creatively in love, will that spares manifestation down to the material levels, necessity of change.
“Generate your luck and you will have it” (List, 49).
*H1R1
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Interpretation: Growth (Berkana) brings generous help (Fa).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 1/2hrs. of sleep with one wakeup.
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Wifey conversation.
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2 eggs sunny side up + 10 kielbasa coins + an apple with peanut butter.
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Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, 11:30am, 30min walk.  Nice conversation with my J’sW neighbor.
*mildly warm/muggy, partly cloudy, slight south breeze.
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A load of laundry + pillows ran thru the dryer so they stink-better.
Wifey to Wal-Greens
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Exercises: Biceps/triceps dynamic tension 3 sets of 10 reps.
Pushups from knees 3 sets of 10 reps.
Setups on the Ab Roller 3 sets of 25 reps weighted 10lbs.
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Sumble leftovers for lunch.
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Boring, boring, BORING night at work.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
NYCFC 4:1 Atlanta
Canadian Championship:
*Toronto 1 (1) Montréal 0 (3)
*Montréal wins the Canadian Championship on PKs. 
*evidently leg one was Toronto 0:1 Montréal
Minnesota v Sporting Kansas City
*7th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half Minnesota 0:1 SKC
*70th min goal Minnesota
*90th min goal Minnesota
*final; Minnesota 2:1 Sporting KC
*yup, SKC’s season might as well be over.  This is the WORST season they’ve had since I’ve been following them, actually since they were the KC Wizards https://www.sportingkc.com/club/history.
Salt Lake 1:2 LAG  
LAFC 3:1 Houston
Portland 2:2 New England
San Jose 1:2 Philly
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Wodanstag) Heimo, HEAR ME!  Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods.  You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart, the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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September/Skeidentimânôd 24, 2019 Dienstag. National Voter Registration Day

9/24/2019

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(Aranmânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Voter Registration Day:
https://nationaldaycalendar.com/national-voter-registration-day-fouth-tuesday-in-september/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/09/23/heres-what-know-national-voter-registration-day/2424979001/
https://www.newsweek.com/national-voter-registration-day-how-register-vote-1460674
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, 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: 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 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: Mothering (Berkana) brings dangers calmed (Ar).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: NINE HOURS of sleep with one pre-sunrise wakeup, a post-sunrise wakeup with Lily, and a slow wakeup with Essie.
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Got online immediately to start looking for my healthcare options; no luck thus far.
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Brief wifey conversation.
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Two eggs sunny side up + a dozen turkey kielbasa coins; just because they need to be eaten soon.
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Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, 11:30am, 30min walk.
*cloudy, mild, slight south breeze.
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Setups on the AB Roller 3 sets of 25 reps; that’s all I have in me today.
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Sumble leftovers for lunch.
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Not a horrible return to work; Super/Manager was way cool and supportive; thunderstorm on the way home.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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God/dess Meditation: (alternate Dienstag) Ostara, trustworthy goddess; wife to Brego (who is 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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September/Skeidentimânôd 23, 2019 Manostag, the Autumnal Equinox/Winter Finding

9/23/2019

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(Aranmânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Autumnal Equinox:
https://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/autumnal-equinox.html
https://www.vox.com/science-and-health/2019/9/20/20874986/fall-equinox-2019-september-23
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/fall-equinox-2019-trnd/index.html
Winter Finding:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Winter_Finding
http://www.theasatrucommunity.org/winter-finding
https://wildhunt.org/tag/winter-finding
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Plans: fur babies, wifey, finish cleaning up celebration, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 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: 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: Ur:
Havamal 147:
Another I name, that all need to have
Who officiate as curing healers;
Know yourself, and you will know the world,
And learn to discern between evil and its causes.
 
Self-knowledge/awareness, all-knowing, discernment, witches/shamans/doctors/healing, causality, the primordial, eternity, primal fire, primal light, primal, primal bull, recognize the cause of an event, healing. that which is grasped or permanent, medical help, the healing powers of medical drugs, nurturing at the original basis, original cause, origin, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, contact with the transcendent, contact with the dead, life after mortal death, Mother-God, Creative Mother Principle, a physician’s rune and represents resurrection, eternity, and continuity, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, root of eternity, causality; the origin of time, cause and effect in the eternal power of becoming.
“Know yourself, then you will know all” (List 50).
*H1R2
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Interpretation: Divine wisdom/lack thereof Kenaz) brings Self-awareness (Ur).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8 ½ hrs. of sleep with one wakeup and an extremely slow wakeup with Essie.
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1 egg with chopped hot peppers atop whole grain toast + an apple with peanut butter.
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Toby and I out for a pretty well behaved, 11:30am, 30min walk.
*mildly warm, partly cloudy, slight south breeze.
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Wifey conversation.
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Finished cleaning and reorganizing the patio and finished dishes from last night.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Wolfsburg v Hoffenheim
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Yeah, I don’t even feel like exercising beyond the walk.
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No lunch.
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As time grew closer to going to work, it became obvious I was in no shape to go into work.  I messaged both lead person and supervisor advising them of this.
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Leftovers from Sumble for dinner.
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Exhausted.
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I just got a bill from the VA for $327.  Calling KC only to find out my Medicare card is no good at the VA.  They said that would be the government paying the government and they can’t do that.  NOW WHY THE FUCK DID NO ONE THERE AT THE WICHITA VA TELL ME THIS???????
*call into WageWorks about my flexible spending account (FSA).  At least THEY cooperated and made a payment to the VA.
*GODS I AM JUST SO LIVID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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I am going to have to leave the VA…in search of other doctors, now.
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Ya know this is just unnerving me.  Checking my journal, back on April 5th (thank the gods for a searchable journal), I called the VA about going on Medicare.  They told me everything would be covered but for dental.  We may have misunderstood each other, but that was the information I received and that was the information on which I operated.
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There has been no sign of Socks all day.  I’m glad he showed up right after dark wanting into his house.
Last check on all fur-kids.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Manostag) Nirdu, brother-husband, to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô and the Frouwa, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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​Nirda, sister-wife to Nirdu.  We give thanks to the Great Goddess Nirda, Goddess of the land, of soil, and growing things.  Goddess, too, of the scythe and of the sacrifice.  Beautiful and terrible.  Wise in Your power.  We praise you…HEIL NIRDA, Mother of the Wanâ, sister-wife to Nirdu.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDA, as we honor the Nirda that resides in us all!  HEIL NIRDA Divine Queen! HEIL!  HEIL! HEIL!
*source: combination http://www.odins-gift.com/poth/P/prayertonerthus.htm and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson.
 
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September/Skeidentimânôd 22, 2019 Sunnastag

9/22/2019

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(Aranmânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: Hammerstorm here.
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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: 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: 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: Balance (Dagaz) brings learned knowledge (Laf).
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8 ½ hrs. of sleep with one wakeup.
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Breakfast burrito from frozen + a banana.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
M’Gladbach 2:1 Düsseldorf 
Frankfurt v Borussia Dortmund
*11th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*44th min tor/goal Frankfurt 
*at the half 1:1
*66th min tor/goal Frankfurt
*88th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match, 2:2
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Got right onto prepping the pork chops; yep, gonna need a 2nd crock pot.  My WONDERFUL nice so graciously agreed to let me use hers.
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Quick trip to niece’s house.
*oh yeah, it looks like clouds are clearing.
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Toby and I out for a perfectly behaved, 12:30pm, 30min walk.
*clear west/clouds east, fairly mild, nice north breeze.
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It seems the gods have shown favor and we’ll have a nice outdoor Sumble.
Prepped patio.
Prepped and arranged tables.
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OH MAN THE AUROMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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NFL
Raiders @ Vikings
*0:7
*7:14
*0:7
*7:6
Raiders 14: 34 Vikings
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2 scrambled eggs folded with chopped hot peppers + diced potatoes for a late lunch.
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Lowe’s
Bank
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Okay, I think all is ready!
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EXCELLENT time with a few members from Hammerstorm and my best friend Ob-Meister!
Fb pics: https://www.facebook.com/caroll.reimer/media_set?set=a.1812655688867925&type=3
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Portland 0:0 Minnesota
Dallas 1:1 NYCFC
NYRB 2:0 Philly
DC 2:0 Seattle
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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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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September/Skeidentimânôd 20, 2019 Frijastag

9/20/2019

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(Aranmânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: fur kids, wifey, taking the day off from work.
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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: 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: Thorn: 
Havamal 148:
A third I take, when danger threatens,

To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus, I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.
 
Donar, deflecting an opponent, making ineffective, protection from danger, enemies bound through magic, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, power to become, Return, new emergence from what's apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, a constant renewal of life in rebirth, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.
“Preserve your ego” (List, 51).
*H1R3
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Interpretation: Growth (Laguz) brings an awakening (Thorn).
*The female (Laguz)/male (Thorn) dichotomy.
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: Just shy of 7hrs of sleep with a wakeup by Essie.
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Wifey conversation.
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1-egg open faced breakfast sandwich topped with chopped hot peppers and cheese + a banana.
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Toby and I out for a 12:30pm, well behaved, 30min walk.
*overcast/drizzle, mild, S/SE breeze.
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Despite the lite rain, I got on the yard.  For the first time with this mower, I’m utilizing the bag so I might use the grass clippings as mulch for the front yard shrubs.
*done!
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3/4lb of turkey bacon; some just plain eaten, some in a whole wheat tortilla, some SERIUOUS fullness!
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Schalke 2:1Mainz
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Call into and trip into the local tag office to get a Coast Guard decal for my Veteran tag; quick and friendly!
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Fruit smoothie made for wifey and me.
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Edged the front yard and the patio.
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Two hotdogs (naked), baked potato, garden salad for dinner.
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Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
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Exercises:
Biceps/triceps dynamic tension 3 sets of 10 reps,
Pushups from knees 3 sets of 10 reps,
Setups on the Ab Roller 3 sets of 25 reps weighted 10lbs.
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¾ of the way thru A.X.L. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5709188/ on Netflix
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God/dess Meditation: Frija, Great Alle-Mutter, MY Alle-Mutter; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home, wife to Alle-Vater Wodan.  Teach us to be patient but not passive; wise but not haughty in our wisdom; far-seeing yet not blind to that which is before us. May we nurture life, increase life, and live our own lives more fully. Through you we give honor to our human mothers. Through you we see all the beauty that surrounds us as well. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, FRIJA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!  HEIL ALLE MUTTER HEIL!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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