(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married to Maria Hildebrand 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
Gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Ks
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Ehwaz: Horse, the special, controlled relationship between a rider and a horse, absolute trust, taking control of relationships and with higher-powers, instinct, intuition, progress, working in tandem with another, toward a single goal, control of a situation, adaptability, two halves that make-up the whole, following one’s instincts, teamwork, trust, loyalty, partnership, cooperation.
Conversely:
The relationship of a horse and rider out of control, disharmony, quarrelsome tendencies, mistrust, betrayal, stranded, indecisiveness, false friends/unfriendliness, treachery, change and/or movement for the worse, loss, break-up of a relationship, disruption of relationships, reluctant to trust, friendless, blockage, treachery, indecision, an enemy comes to the gate.
*A3R3; Aett 3, root three, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Yr:
Havamal 161:
A sixteenth I speak if a maid is reluctant,
To wake her lust and desire;
I change the heart of the delightful woman,
Then to me her wishes turn.
 
Lust/desire, seduction, reluctance, influence, second thoughts, a change of heart, the waxing and waning moon, lunar-like mutability of the feminine essence, the error-rune, conquering resistance through confusion, eventual perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Column, well grounded, the carrier of genetic material, God-woman, femininity, desire, sensual love, passion, perfection, Mother, chaos from which creation emerges, female principle in the Cosmos, the night, death and instinct, anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions found in humankind, mystical union, night, moon, well grounded, roots of Irminsul from which all life springs, woman as the opposite/balance to man, the descending Divine Feminine being.
“Think about the end” (List, 63).
*H3R4; Halbdutzend 3, root 4, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Rune Lesson:  Trust is the hallmark of a good relationship.  Control within that relationship can be good or detrimental.  Think about it.  Pull too tightly on a horse’s bridle and that horse will fight.  Loving, gentle control and that horse will do anything you want it to do.  Sufficient control, sufficient trust can change the mind of most anyone.  Working in tandem with those in whom we trust, we have the ability to conquer any resistance.  We are a team!
*from re-creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 hrs of sleep, one wakeup, with no Lily cuddles
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A banana with morning meds
*an open-faced breakfast sandwich, the build from the bottom up:
*whole wheat toast
*potato sliced length-wise lightly fried
*two scrambled eggs mixed with garden fresh hot peppers, topped with shredded colby-jack cheese
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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Call into the VA to reschedule Oct 7th 11AM appoint because my work schedule is changing two-hours earlier; rescheduled for Oct for Oct 26th 1:30pm
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*comment not for public consumption”
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Toby and I out for a late midmorning, perfectly behaved, 5-block walk.  About ½ way thru, Toby found a squirrel cadaver.  He’s not worth a poop when he finds squirrel.  Squirrel is his favorite food.  He was good about keeping it in his mouth until we were done.  After he was in the back yard with his prize, I finished another block.
*sunny, mild, westerly https://wikidiff.com/westerly/west breeze
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Harvest a few green tomatoes from the straw bale garden, possibly the last, to ripen them in a paper sack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNYzYJMWGmU
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Ab Roller 3 sets of 25 reps unweighted
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Cleaned the front storm door glass that hasn’t been cleaned in I don’t know how long.
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Meatloaf https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-green-chile-pepper-jack-cheese-ready-to-cook-in-tray-meatloaf/0001111003488 topped with garden fresh hot peppers and catsup + a garden salad
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Removed the electrical tape adhesive from the hand-grip area on my bamboo walking stick and replaced it in more strategic areas.
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Online chat/phone call
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I never gave it a consideration that Alpha One Drop Zone would be a COVID casualty but evidently it is.  http://alpha1dropzone.com/
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McDs
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Toby’s afternoon eye goop
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Online chat
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WOW!  As much as I usually enjoy presidential debates, this was every bit NOT that.  CNN was right.  They called it a “shit show” and it was the American people who lost out in this.  I am just SICK!  https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/presidential-debate-coverage-fact-check-09-29-20/index.html
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Toby’s late evening feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Dark Shadows on the Decades Channel (OTA)
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night with good Lily cuddles.
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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: purposely on a home schedule to match my 1:30-10 schedule at work coming up Friday
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/An: Mani’s/Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married to Anna M. Schmidt 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; complications from M.S.
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; heart attack.
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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 Elder Rune: Thurisaz: Giant, Donar, the Strong One, defender of the Folk and Ensigart, strength, indelible raw masculine power/strength, reactive and directed force, courage, a breakthrough, self-empowerment, defense from within, defend against outside forces, breaking down barriers, self-defense, assertiveness, facing opposition, bravery, the ultimate mortal fighting force, fertility, fight or flight; choosing to fight.
Conversely:
Thorn, Outside the favor of Donar, the strong One, indelible weakness, powerless, beware of enemies from the outside, defenselessness, failure, disruptive opposition, lack of fertility, shadow of the unconscious, disease, explosive/mindless violence, an enemy’s victory, introversion, trouble, betrayal, physical abuse, cowardice, destruction, a loss of masculinity, fight or flight: choosing flight.
*A1R3; Aett 1, root 3, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Sig: 
Havamal 156:
This I know as an eleventh, when
I accompany my dear friend into combat;
I sing it into the shield, so that he triumphs in battle
And that luck and happiness surrounds him always.
 
Triumph, surrounded with luck and happiness, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, into the fray, blessing from above, successful fight, achieved goal, school, and salvation by light, inspiration, soul, and power of the sun, inspiration, soul, life force, wholeness, reliable success, healing, good luck, spiritual completion, and the path of the soul, Rune of the spiritual ray of inspiration, wisdom, and illumination.
“The creative spirit must conquer” (List, 57).
*H2R5; Halbdutzend 2, root 5, Irminsul’s root of destruction
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Rune Lesson:  One’s strength can accomplish so much.  Donar is all about raw, physical, masculine strength.  There is always a bit of anger connected to Donar, too.  With Thurisaz, we know there is a breakthrough!  That breakthrough will no doubt bring victory.  That breakthrough will surround us with luck and happiness.  That breakthrough will allow is to rest in well-being. 
*from creation to destruction
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 hrs. of sleep, two wakeups with Lily cuddles:
Jasmine atop her cat tree
Toby camped outside all night.
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A banana with morning meds
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Toby camped out all night.  It’s much cooler this morning.  When I went out to check on Toby, he was all snuggled into the fresh straw in his dog house.  He LOVES his fresh straw.
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Nothing says good morning like messing around with the toilet as it wasn’t shutting off.  I messed around with the float to no avail.  When I adjusted the flow to slow it down: SUCCESS!
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Took the inside collected recycling to outside separation
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Open faced breakfast sandwich, the build from the bottom up:
Whole wheat pan sized toast https://www.kroger.com/p/private-selection-100-whole-wheat-sliced-wide-pan-bread/0001111000197
American processed sliced cheese https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-american-cheese-singles-24-count-package/0001111059934
3 half slices of turkey bacon https://www.butterball.com/products/turkey-bacon/original-turkey-bacon, Jasmine got half a slice
Lightly fried potatoes sliced long-wise to better fit pan-size bread
2 scrambled eggs mixed with garden fresh hot peppers and pepper blend shredded cheese https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-shredded-hot-pepper-blend-cheese-bag/0001111050169
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, mid-morning, 6-block walk.
*surprisingly cool, sunny, north breeze.
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Toby’s next tube of eye goop arrived from Chewy
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Ordered a butt-end for my walking stick thru Museum Replicas https://www.museumreplicas.com/
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Toby’s late morning feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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CBD store
Dillons for pumpkins to complete my autumn porch display
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Rune work
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Leftover rice with Asian veggies from frozen with soy sauce
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Online chat/phone call
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Toby’s afternoon eye goop.
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Ok, the aforementioned veggies and rice didn’t last long…finished it!
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Cooked up Toby some chicken; okay, nabbed some for a salad.
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Garden salad with chicken
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The Last Kingdom S2 E4 on Netflix
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Online chat
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Ab Wheel 3 sets of 10 reps @ ½ rollout
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Toby’s late evening feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Dark Shadows on the Decades Channel (OTA).
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night with all sorts of Lily cuddles
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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: ???????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (picture source: The Mennonite Heritage and Agricultural Museum, Goessel, Kansas) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Sunnastag/Sunna’s Day/Sunday (2nd great grandparents) David   A. Schmidt (1822-1892) and Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
David A. Schmidt (1822-1892)
Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia
Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion County, Kansas, United States
*Married to Maria Nachtigal 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
•           no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
(photo added 3/26/2016)
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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; Aett 2, root 5, Yggdrasil’s root of destruction
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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; Halbdutzend 2, root 3, Irminsul’s root of destruction
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Rune Lesson:  Friedrich Nietzsche has been famously quoted as saying:
 
            “That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”
            https://www.goalcast.com/2018/05/07/21-friedrich-nietzsche-quotes/
 
Life brings difficulties and continual challenges.  We strive THROUGH those difficulties.  For that we might come out on the other side strengthened.  Further, Thomas Fuller, in a 1650 poem wrote;
 
            “It’s always darkest just before the day cometh.”
            http://www.upliftlife.org/no-its-not-darkest-before-the-dawn/
 
Or as we have paraphrased it in modernity, “It’s always darkest before the dawn.”  We struggle.
Yet, I think more than anything that pertains to this Rune lesson is a song I remember singing in High School Choir that absolutely resonates today, “You’ll Never Walk Alone.”
 
When you walk through the storm
Hold your head up high
And don't be afraid of the dark
At the end of the storm
There's a golden sky
And the sweet silver song of the lark
Walk on, through the wind
Walk on, through the rain
Though your dreams be tossed and blown
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone
Walk on, walk on, with hope in your heart
And you'll never walk alone
You'll never walk alone.         
 
https://genius.com/Wing-youll-never-walk-alone-lyrics
 
Be calm.  At the end of every storm, there are better and brighter days ahead.  What we’re are going through now is only temporary.  All we have to do is hold fast onto what we know to be good and proper, then goodness will come.
*from destruction to destruction
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Well SHIT!  Jasmine bolted out the back door.  She doesn’t belong out there so I had to get her calmed down enough to nab her.  Just when I thought I had achieved that, OMGs!!!!!!!  My right hand suffered a bit from her negative reaction but not badly. 
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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Three eggs sunny side up, diced potatoes lightly fried, four slices of turkey bacon, two whole wheat slices of bread for sopping.
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Online chat
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Toby’s late morning feeding, insulin, Apoquel and antibiotic
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Toby and I out for a later morning, mostly well behaved, 6-block walk.
*cloudy/damp, mildly warm/muggy, NNE breeze
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
Hoffenheim 4:1 München on ESPN+ (wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!!!)
Freiburg 1:1 Wolfsburg on ESPN+
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I almost went to Ol’ Crow Tattoo, but decided against it right now as finances are tight.
*ISO a better Fenris tattoo
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Naked turkey franks dipped in mustard with cheese curls and grapes
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Toby’s afternoon eye goop
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The Last Kingdom on Netflix S2 E3
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Online chat
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J-e to liquor store
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A sizeable freshly made garden salad with ham + 3 beef—n-bean burritos from frozen
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
DC New 1:2 England on ESPN+
NYRB 41 Montréal on ESPN+
Chicago 2:0 Atlanta
Philadelphian 3:0 Miami on ESPN+
Toronto v Columbus
*@ the half Toronto 1:0 Columbus
*End of match Toronto 3:1 Columbus!  Good job you Reds!
Minnesota 0:0 Salt Lake
Dallas 0:0 Orlando
Vancouver 0:1 Portland
LAG 1:3 Seattle
LAFC 1:2 San Jose 
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Online chat
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Toby’s late evening feeding, insulin and the last of his antibiotic
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night.  First, Jasmine love then Lily cuddles.
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​God/dess Meditation: (alternate Sunnastag) Paltar (An: Balder), 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!

(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: (photo source: Ancestry.com) (Gravesites @ Mennonite Brethren Church Cemetery, Lehigh, Kansas)
Frijastag/Frija’s Day/An: Frigga’s Day/Friday (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932) 
David D. Schmidt
Birth 11 June 1852
Death 18 March 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married to Elizabeth Zülke 22 February 1876
Elizabeth Zülke (1856-1932)
Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Laguz: A body of water, the necessity of water as a life source, life well-lived, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, fluidity, the leek (a healing herb) the feminine, Nirdu, Erda (Mother Earth), Ing-Frô and Frouwa, emotions intact, potential for life, magical workings, conform with emotions, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, the deep minded Spirit, intuition.
Conversely:
A dried-up body of Water, the struggles of life, swimming upstream, difficulties with relating to the feminine, manipulation, lack of moral fiber, emotions out of control or suppressed, shallow minded, deception, unsympathetic, totally void of growth, failing to go with the flow, frivolity, immaturity, depression, inability to formulate with the emotional world, unstimulated, sinking/drowning, disconnect with the Inner Self.
*A3R5; Aett 3, root 4, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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; Halbdutzend 3, root 2, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
*same Rune different system
Rune Lesson:  Fluidity in life is the name of the game.  Through that fluidity, we become self-aware in ways that may not have been afforded otherwise.  We may struggle in life, be we become determined to live life to the fullest.  We grow.  We learn.  We live life well and sing before the All our greatest of appreciation, because we KNOW we can live in harmony with all that is seen and unseen.  We are in a constant state of re-creation.
*from re-creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6hrs. of solid sleep, ½ hr. of loving on Lily on the bed, Toby at the foot of the bed, Jasmine atop her cat tree, another hour of sleep.  PERFECT!
*I woke up hugging tightly onto my new king-size pillow with my face deeply snuggled.  PERFECT!
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*comment not for public consumption*
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A banana with morning meds
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Toby and I out for an 8:30am, PERFECTLY behaved, 6-block walk.
*sunny, mild, south breeze.
*OMGs, my new orthotic shoes, coupled with my new compression socks…PERFECT!
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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So far, it’s been a PERFECT morning.  I hope that’s not ruined.
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Made bacon for J-e and me.
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Two eggs scrambled mixed with garden fresh hot peppers topped with hot pepper blend shredded cheese https://www.kroger.com/p/kroger-shredded-hot-pepper-blend-cheese-bag/0001111050169  diced potatoes lightly friend, three slices of bacon, whole wheat toast with apple jelly.
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Toby’s noon hour feeding, insulin, Apoquel and antibiotic
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COVID haircut #4; ahead of the haircut game, now.
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Goofed around with my shotgun.  I could SWEAR it held more than two shells.  It looks like I’m wrong.
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Toby’s afternoon eye goop.  Ordered Toby more eye goop from Chewy..
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Online chat/phone call
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Leftover Hamburger Helper from yesterday
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga
*caught the tail end of this match on ESPN+ 
H. Berlin 1:3 Eintracht Frankfurt
*this one too on ESPN+
EFL https://www.efl.com/ ????????????????????????? 
Huddersfield 1:0 Nottingham Forrest
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Online chat
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Grilled cheese sandwich with Cheetos and a sliced Roma tomato
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Online chat
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The Last Kingdom S2 E1 on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80074249
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Online chat
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Toby’s late-night feeding, insulin, antibiotic and eyedrops
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Dark Shadows on the Decades Channel
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Ab-Wheel 3 sets of 10 reps @ ½ rollout
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Midnight nighty night with all sorts of Lily cuddles.
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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Flags:

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

Donarstag/An: Thor’s Day/Thursday (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) and Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Peter Reimer (1868-1937)
Birth 17 July 1868 in, Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia
Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern County, California, United States
*Married to Eva Hiebert 9 April 1893
Eva Hiebert (1874-1929)
Birth 13 Jan 1874 in, Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia
Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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; Aett 3, root 7, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Thorn: 
Havamal 148:
A third I take, when danger threatens,
To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus, I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.
 
Donar, deflecting an opponent, making ineffective, protection from danger, enemies bound through magic, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, power to become, Return, new emergence from what’s apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, a constant renewal of life in rebirth, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.
“Preserve your ego” (List, 51).
*H1R3; Halbdutzend 1, root 3, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson:  Our enlightenment provides for a deflecting of an enemy.  We are awakened to what it takes to protect ourselves from outside forces that mean our harm.  New information tells us we now have the power to turn any outcome into our favor.  WE SING BEFORE THE ALL IN GRATITUDE!
*from re-creation to creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8hrs of sleep, one wakeup and Lilly cuddles
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A banana with morning meds
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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Got right onto trying to deal with my paycheck shortage.  I called my manager who gave me a phone number; called it, only to be told they were closed due to COVID and to email, did.  In the email I was asked if I check it.  My response was I was at home and didn’t think I had access to my stub.  Payroll sent a second on how to access it from home.  Yup, I only got paid for 56hrs instead of 80.  This was confirmed by payroll who suggested my manager can fix it.  I was 206,673 steps ahead of her on his.
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“Don’t worry Little Brother, there are more.”
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Woke up to a dog kibble mess.  Because I know how rambunctious Jasmine can be, I know it was her who accidentally sent Toby’s kibble FLYING, even into kitties’ water.
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“Don’t worry Little Brother, there are more.”
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When I went out to feed the strays, I saw the paper recycling container up-over-end which required attention.  Looking farther, the recycling area is almost full.  I don’t MIND throwing out paper as long as it’s NOT in a plastic bag.  Paper will biodegrade easily, plastic and cans not so much.
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“Don’t worry Little Brother, there are more.”
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JsFnChst the sprinkler in Agathagart was on ALL NIGHT!  FUCKING WATER BILL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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“That is all” but isn’t that e-fucking-nough to start the morning?
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Toby’s late morning feeding, insulin, Apoquel and antibiotic
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Brunch;
2 eggs scrambled mixed with a bit of garden fresh chopped hot peppers
Potato coins
3 slices of turkey bacon
Whole wheat toast with apple jelly
A WHOLE LOTTA YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Toby and I out for an early afternoon, somewhat stubborn, 3-block walk.
*sunny, warm/very warm, south breeze
*finished ½ mile on the treadmill.
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Paycheck shortage fixed.  Now it’s just a matter of finding out how soon I can get my money.  It may take to the next paycheck.  I have an email into payroll to find out for sure.
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Spirit payroll has said they can cut me a paper check for the partial and have it mailed.  Why they can’t send the entirety of it, I have no idea.  At this point, I’m glad to get this much satisfaction.
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Online chat/phone call…TWICE!
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Toby’s afternoon eye goop
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Ab-Roller 3 sets of 25 unweighted
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Hamburger Helper Beef Pasta https://www.instacart.com/products/16484035-hamburger-helper-beef-pasta-5-9-oz  with veggies from frozen and garden fresh hot peppers added; YUM!!!!!!!!!!
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Dillons for a few things, but with the soft fruit on sale this week, ok, I added a few more.
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Online chat
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Toby’s late evening feeding, insulin, antibiotic, and eye drops
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Dark Shadows on the Decades Channel…stupid fucks are moving it to 4am here.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night
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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/An: Odin’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married to Mary Goertz 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Laguz: A body of water, the necessity of water as a life source, life well-lived, life ever-flowing; seen and unseen, going with the flow, fluidity, the leek (a healing herb) the feminine, Nirdu, Erda (Mother Earth), Ing-Frô and Frouwa, emotions intact, potential for life, magical workings, conform with emotions, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, the deep minded Spirit, intuition.
Conversely:
A dried-up body of Water, the struggles of life, swimming upstream, difficulties with relating to the feminine, manipulation, lack of moral fiber, emotions out of control or suppressed, shallow minded, deception, unsympathetic, totally void of growth, failing to go with the flow, frivolity, immaturity, depression, inability to formulate with the emotional world, unstimulated, sinking/drowning, disconnect with the Inner Self.
*A3R5; Aett 3, root 4, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Thorn: 
Havamal 148:
A third I take, when danger threatens,
To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus, I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.
 
Donar, deflecting an opponent, making ineffective, protection from danger, enemies bound through magic, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, power to become, Return, new emergence from what’s apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, a constant renewal of life in rebirth, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.
“Preserve your ego” (List, 51).
*H1R3; Halbdutzend 1, root 3, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson:  We can either struggle thru life, or we can go with the flow.  Going with the flow of life can give anyone the ability to deflect an opponent.  Staying fluid forces the enemy to constantly reevaluate their position.  Thru the feminine we work he magik to confound and render the enemy ineffective. 
*from re-creation to creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of sleep with one wakeup and REALLY GOOD lily cuddles.
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A banana with morning meds
An open-face breakfast sandwich, the build:
Whole wheat toast
Sliced cheese product
Four half slices of turkey bacon
Long-sliced potato
Two scrambled eggs with hot peppers  
…AND A WHOLE LOT OF YUMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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Appointment at Mid-Star Lab went well.  I came out with two pairs of orthotic shoes and six pairs of compression socks.  I’ll return at 1pm so they can file down my other pair of orthotic insoles.
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Toby and I out for a six block, well behaved, late morning, walk.
*cloudy/overcast, mild/muggy, slight south breeze.
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Toby’s later morning feeding, insulin, Apoquel and antibiotic
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Made up some chicken for Toby’s later feedings.
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Two return trips to Mid Star Lab because:
1. I took in the wrong insoles that were two left feet.
2. Pulled the correct insoles out from my work-boots.
Both were successfully ground down for extra room in the toes and notation made on file.
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Call into Blair Doon Veterinary Hospital to make the next appointment for Toby’s eye pressure check: 11/16
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Online chat/telephone call
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 Last of the rice mixture for a late lunch
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Ab Wheel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t84ypSAY-98 3 sets of 10 @ ½ rollout
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Sent a Fb email to Ol’ Crow Tattoo
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Watered Agathagart, set timer for 45min
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/ a full mid-week slate 
New England Revolution 3:1 Montréal Impact on ESPN+
*Montréal head Coach Thierry Henry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thierry_Henry  who has a RICH history as a world class international player, certainly hasn’t translated well into being a good head coach.  A quality player does not necessarily equate into good coaching, for some reason.  Case in point; Kim Roentved https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_R%C3%B8ntved , who was an EXCELLENT international player with the Wichita Wings of the indoor game, certainly did not do well by the Kansas City Comets either.
Atlanta 1:0 Dallas
NYCFC Toronto on ESPN+
*@ the half 0:0
*90th min GOAL TFC (PK)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match
*NYCFC 0:1 Toronto!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chicago 4:0 Houston
Cincinnati 0:0 Philadelphia
Columbus 2:1 Minnesota
Sporting Kansas City Orlando on FS1
MEGA plate of oven baked French fries done!
*36th min goal orlando
*38th min goal orlando
*@ the half SKC 0:2 Orlando
*53rd min GOAL SKC!!!!!!
*end of match
*SKC 1:2 Orlando
Miami 1:4 NYRB
Nashville 1:0 DC
Colorado 5:0 San Jose (WOW!)
Salt Lake 2:0 LAG on ESPN+
Portland 1:0 Seattle
LAFC 6:0 Vancouver (WOW!)
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Online chat
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Toby’s late-night feeding, insulin, eyedrops and antibiotic
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Dark Shadows on the Decades Channel (OTA)
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Well SHIT, paycheck is short and I don’t know why.  Phone calls in the morning.
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Midnight nighty night with good Lily cuddles
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​God/dess Meditation: Alternate Wodanstag (An: Odin) Heimo/An: Heimdall/ HEAR ME!  Gellanhorn’s god, son of nine mothers and whitest of all gods.  You’re the genetic link between the gods and humankind. From your home in Himilberg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard Ensigart, the world of the gods. As you stand so alert for the approach of giants, remind us that we must also watch for our own encroaching evil. Let weakness, cowardice, lies and dishonor be barred from Ensiwëg, the Rainbow Bridge, leading to our heart’s abode. Be a model for vigilance, that we may rise to the best that is in us, and someday join the Noble Gods in their shining homes. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, HEIMO, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Autumnal Equinox
https://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-fall-autumnal-equinox
https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/everything-you-need-to-know-september-equinox
https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/fall-equinox-2020-trnd-scn/index.html
Winter Finding
https://www.rationalheathen.com/category/winter-finding/
https://www.definitions.net/definition/winter+finding
https://www.rationalheathen.com/2019/09/08/september-holiday-winter-finding-or-fall-feast-haustblot/
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Plans: fur babies, dental, after that, who knows?
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Ancestor Meditation: Dienstag/Thing Day/Tuesday (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) and Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) (Gravesites at Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Kansas).
Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967)
Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant County, Oklahoma, USA
Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey County, Kansas, United States
*Married to Maria Hildebrand 2 June 1920
Maria Hildebrand (1894-72)
Birth 30 Dec 1894 in Marion County, Ks, USA
Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey County, KS, USA
Gravesites @ Alexanderwohl Mennonite Church, Goessel, Ks
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Naudiz: The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ Rune, forced friction, a stress indicator, opportunity for change, urgency, a generating force for the greater good, friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, perseverance to endure, eventual peace within the Self, accept the unchangeable, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.
*A2R2; Aett 2, root 2, Yggdrasil’s root of destruction
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Yr:
Havamal 161:
A sixteenth I speak if a maid is reluctant,
To wake her lust and desire;
I change the heart of the delightful woman,
Then to me her wishes turn.
 
Lust/desire, seduction, reluctance, influence, second thoughts, a change of heart, the waxing and waning moon, lunar-like mutability of the feminine essence, the error-rune, conquering resistance through confusion, eventual perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Column, well grounded, the carrier of genetic material, God-woman, femininity, desire, sensual love, passion, perfection, Mother, chaos from which creation emerges, female principle in the Cosmos, the night, death and instinct, anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions found in humankind, mystical union, night, moon, well grounded, roots of Irminsul from which all life springs, woman as the opposite/balance to man, the descending Divine Feminine being.
“Think about the end” (List, 63).
*H3R4; Halbdutzend 3, root 4, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Rune Lesson:  Naudiz is a stress indicator; however, it’s an indicator of stress for the greater good.  With this kind of stress, it can bring forth something for the good.  It’s good when there can be influence that brings a change of heart.
*from destruction to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of sleep, one wakeup, with Lily cuddles
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A banana and watermelon with morning meds
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J_e to Family Dollar.
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An open-faced breakfast sandwich, the build:
Whole wheat toast
Processed sliced cheese product https://www.bonappetit.com/story/what-is-processed-cheese
Canadian bacon
2 scrambled eggs mixed with chopped hot peppers
FUCKING YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Toby’s late morning, insulin, Apoquel and antibiotic
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Toby and I out for a 2-block walk just to get it out of his system.
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Dental went fine.  This may be my last visit there at Riverside Dental due to loss of dental insurance.
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Toby and I back out for a 5-block well behaved, noon hour walk.
*cloudy, misty, no breeze
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Leftover rice/chicken/veggies mixture with two eggrolls from frozen https://www.kroger.com/p/pagoda-chicken-egg-rolls-8-count/0007218067773
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Toby’s afternoon eye goop
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OMGs, have I really fucked off all afternoon?
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A bit of online chat/phone call
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Two turkey hotdogs stovetop grilled, French fries in the air fryer, steamed cabbage.
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I’m glad I picked up this unfamiliar telephone call.  I am ALWAYS ready to give my political opinion. 
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I think Jasmine had another mouse!  Good job, girl!
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Online chat
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The Last Kingdom on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/80074249 completed Season 1
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Toby’s late-night feeding, insulin, eyedrops, Apoquel and antibiotic
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Ab-Roller 3 sets of 25 unweighted
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Dark Shadows in the Decades Channel (OTA)
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night with Lily cuddles
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/An: Mani’s/Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-2018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married to Anna M. Schmidt 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; complications from M.S.
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; heart attack.
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Ansuz: In favor of the gods, Wodan specifically, the Divine Father, Wodanic wisdom, Divine communication, the Athem - Divine/vital breath, the force of creation, taking inventory of one’s Tru Spirit and spiritual balance, a higher source of inspiration, communication skills and divine ancestry, higher consciousness, mental stability, self-discipline, the loving/bright/compassionate Alle-Vater, spiritual balance.
Conversely:
Outside the favor of Alle-Vater Wodan vital/divine breath and the ancestral/Wodanic wisdom/Divine communication, separation from one’s true Spirit, spiritual imbalance, spiritual shunning, neurotic compulsive liar, exercise caution with communication and dealings including intelligence; a lack of inspiration, tough-love Fathering, the absent All-Father, the shadow/dark/mysterious side of Alle-Vater Wodan.
*A1R4; Aett 1 root 4, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Tyr:
Havamal 157:
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.
 
Rebirth, renewal, rising from the ashes, excitation, revelation, mysteries revealed, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, generation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, spiritual understanding, the power of regeneration, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).
“Fear not death - it cannot kill you (List, 58).
H2R6
3rd Halbdutzend (3rd half-dozen), Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Rune Lesson:  Anytime we think about Wodanic wisdom we also must consider the price that must be paid for that wisdom.  Couple that with the Ziu/Tyr’s sacrifice.  Life simply demands sacrifice.  We cannot glide thru life expecting anything from it without sacrifice.  Wodan and Tyr are the two amazing male architypes from the Norse pantheon.  Some think that Tyr was first followed by Wodan, which makes sense; in that, it shows progression from the simple warrior mind to the warrior/ intelligent mind.   We use the Wodanic mind to rise from the ashes of Tyr.
*from creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep (not sure what I dreamt) and good Lily cuddles.
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A banana with morning meds
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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Cooked some pork for Toby
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Breadless breakfast sized and shaped as if it WERE going onto bread, the build:
Canadian bacon
Hashbrowns
Two scrambled eggs
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Toby’s morning feeding, insulin and Apoquel a bit early to facilitate his Blair Doon visit.
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Toby’s eye pressure check went swimmingly well!  Toby’s right eye was at 15 and his left eye was at 17.  Both are well within the normal range of 10-20.  As Blair Doon was not as friendly as in times past, I called both Air Cap Vet and K-State with the results.
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*comment not for public consumption*
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Leftover ranch Style Beans https://www.instacart.com/products/2177705-ranch-style-beans-beans-with-jalapeno-26-oz with turkey kielbasa and onion added.
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Foodie experiment with chicken fried rice.  There was one major ingredient I THOUGHT I had but didn’t so had to improvise.  It wasn’t great but edible.
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Call into the graduate school at Wichita State.  The person/s I need to talk to are working, of course, remotely.  I will call after 12:30pm tomorrow.
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Online chat/phone call
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Toby’s afternoon eye-goop
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My ducky package to the UK has departed Chicago and is on its way across the pond.
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As the autumnal equinox is tomorrow @ 8:30am I thought I would be pro-active and put out my autumnal porch decorations this late afternoon.
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Mixed nuts and watermelon for supper
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Online chat
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Toby’s late evening feeding, insulin and eye drops
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Ab wheel 3 sets of 6 at ½ rollout
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Caught the tail end of Dark Shadows on the Decades Channel OTA
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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12:30am nighty night with good Lily cuddles
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​God/dess Meditation: Alternate Manostag/An: Mani’s Day, Nirdu/An: Njord/ brother-husband, to Nirda/An: Nerthus/ parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Frô/An: Frey and the Frouwa/An: Freya, beloved god of harbors and seas close to land; help us to remember the cargoes of wealth that float to our doors daily from the wonderful Universe in which we live. Though our misfortunes may rise and fall like the tides, the chance of prosperity, like the eternal sea brimming with fish, is still there. Like the salt-sea spray, awaken us to the possibilities that surround us, so that our nets may be cast wide and return full of life’s gifts. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Nirda/An: Nerthus/ sister-wife to Nirdu/An. Njord.  We give thanks to the Great Goddess Nirda, Goddess of the land, of soil, and growing things.  Goddess, too, of the scythe and of the sacrifice.  Beautiful and terrible.  Wise in Your power.  We praise you…HEIL NIRDA, Mother of the Wanâ, sister-wife to Nirdu.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, NIRDA, as we honor the Nirda that resides in us all!  HEIL NIRDA Divine Queen! HEIL!  HEIL! HEIL!
*source: combination http://www.odins-gift.com/poth/P/prayertonerthus.htm and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson.
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Alaf Sal Fena!

(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 to Maria Nachtigal 15 November 1849
Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911)
Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia
Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion County, Kansas, United States
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
•           no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
(photo added 3/26/2016)
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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.
Conversely:
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; Aett 1 Root 1, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Os: 
Havamal 149:
The fourth one I know, when a foe has tied up
My arms and hands;
The fetters fall from my leg, when I chant that song,
And off my hands the ropes come.
 
Freedom from bondage, the power of speech/song, mouth, arising, ashes, that which is offered, Wodanic energies, leadership, mouth, speech, the effort to convince, deed following the word, the Divine Breath, kingship, discussion, idea of that which is given/evolving, the spiritual power that is gained through speech, it is the breath of the world, its voice, strength that a person needs to rise-up in power, freedom from the bondage of the material world.
“Your spiritual force makes you free” (List, 51).
*H1R4; Halbdutzend 1, root 4, Irminsul’s root of creation
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Rune Lesson:  So, a new day has begun free from the cares of the world.  We rise from the ashes like a Phoenix!
*from creation to creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 8 ½ hrs. of sleep one wakeup and WONDERFUL Lily cuddles
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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A banana and a few pieces of cantaloupe with morning meds.
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Cooked some chicken for Toby
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Breakfast; the build:
Potato craving, two potatoes diced
Turkey kielbasa coins
Three eggs sunny side up
Whole wheat toast with apple jelly
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Online chat…someone has copied her account.
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Toby’s late morning feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, well behaved, later morning walk.
*sunny/smoke haze, mildly warm, fairly stout south wind
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Computer/online goofing off
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Backyard: DONE
Watered the strawbale garden; sweet pepper and hot pepper plants are DONE.  Tomato plants are mostly done, but keeping them moist to harvest the last of the tomatoes.
2 loads of laundry
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Walmart Neighborhood Market
Dillons
Dillons petrol
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Set the sprinkler in Agathagart for 45min
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Cleaned the yard debris from the street.
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*comment not for public consumption*
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A triple meat, turkey bologna with cheese in a whole wheat tortilla and sliced tomato and chips added
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Montréal 1:4 Philadelphia
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Ab-Roller 3 sets of 20 reps unweighted
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Toby’s late-night feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight nighty night and all sorts of Lilly cuddles.
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(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End Month)
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Plans: ?????????????????????
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Ancestor Meditation: (grave-sites @ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Goessel, Ks and Medford Oklahoma Mennonite Cemetery respectively)
Saturday/Saturn’s Day, Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (UPG) Day of Fertility/Saturday (UPG) (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) and Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Peter A Reimer (1832-1905)
Birth 17 Sept 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Sept 1905 in Goessel, KS
*Married to Agatha Dirksen 22 September 1858
Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905)
Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia
Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
*no doubt the ones who brought the family over from Europe.
*offered up some tobacco for Granny Aggie.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Uruz: The Auroch beast, the primal instinct, life force, survival, endurance, the ability of action, creation taking shape, expansion, tenacity, vital strength, instinct of survival, stability, raw physical power, taking risks, stick-to-itiveness, foundation, a stabilizing effect, moral strength, healing, good health, rejuvenation, energy levels, rage, health and energy, primal drizzle.
Conversely:
A weakened position, deprivation, out of sync, an impulse towards inaction, chaos, a severe lack of foundation, energy at low levels, illness, reduction, instability, elasticity, uncontrolled rage, without the will to survive, misdirected force, taking no risks at this time, weakness; either physical or emotional, illness, the inability to overcome obstacles.
*A1R2; Aett 1, Root 2, Yggdrasil’s root of creation
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: 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; Halbdutzend 3, root 2, Irminsul’s root of re-creation
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Rune Lesson:  Once stability has happened; determination is sure to follow.  We know that survival will be based on what we know and how to move forward.  We make our plans and act accordingly.  For it is as we have the ability to act do we SING BEFORE THE ALL with gratitude! 
*from creation to re-creation
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. of sleep, one wakeup and OMGs the Lily cuddles
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Sent on email to Dr. via My HealtheVet canceling my telephone appointment next week; don’t need it.
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Finally got around to fixing my ceramic Dala horse with the super-glue
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My health by the numbers:
Weight: 257
Glucose: 112
BP: 125/68
Pulse: 85
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Toby’s morning eyedrops
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My best attempt at an English style breakfast
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Toby’s feeding, insulin and Apoquel
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Call in from Blair Doon confirming Monday’s appointment.
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, noon hour, 5-block walk.  I kept a close eye on him.  After 4-blocks he appeared to be doing well enough to carry on.  The 5th block was a bit tough for him.
*partly cloudy, surprisingly mild, south breeze
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Made fruit smoothies
Cut up some cantaloupe.
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BUNDESLIGA https://www.bundesliga.com/en/bundesliga IS BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
München 8:0 Schalke
Frankfurt 1:1 Bielefeld
U. Berlin 1:3 Augsburg
Köln 2:3 Hoffenheim
Bremen 1:4 H. Berlin
Stuttgart 2:3 Freiburg
Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Monchengladbach
*35th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*@ the half BVB 1:0 M’Gladbach
*54th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*77th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match Borussia Dortmund 3:0 Borussia Monchengladbach
*BVB WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Mowed front yard and backyard to Agathagart
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Toby’s afternoon eye goop
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Edged front yard
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Pizza Hut
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MLS https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Sporting Kansas City v Dallas
*42nd min goal dallas
*@ the half SKC 0:1 dallas
*48th min goal dallas
*53rd min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*83rd min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*86th min goal dallas
*end of match; SKC 2:3 dallas
*SMFnH
New England 0:0 NYCFC
Atlanta 1:2 Miami
NYRB 0:1 Cincinnati
Columbus 2:0 Nashville
DC 2:2 Toronto on ESPN+
Orlando 4:1 Chicago
Houston 2:2 Minnesota
Salt Lake 1:2 Vancouver
LAG 0:2 Colorado (good job Colorado!)
San Jose 1:6 Portland on ESPN+ (woooooooooooooooow!)
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Toby’s bedtime feeding, insulin and eyedrops
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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11:30pm nighty night with all sorts of Lily cuddles
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