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November/Nebulmânôd 30, 2018 Frijastag

11/30/2018

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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, chiropractic, 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: Othilla: Home and heritage (spiritual or mortal); the strong family, the home within, nobility, the sacred enclosure, spiritual heritage, ancestral spiritual power/favor, true kinship; kinship with humanity, genetic, cultural and spiritual inheritance, ancestry, loyalty to family - tribe or village, group prosperity, order, interaction, or freedom, union/connection with the family of humankind.
Conversely:
Problems in relating to home - heritage - spiritual heritage, and ancestors; Family difficulties, difficulties at home, shunning, unbalanced kinship, chaotic home-front, loss of property/land, genetic disconnection, slavery, homelessness, disruption of family ties - race - culture and the environment, racialism, alienated/disconnected with the family of humankind.
A3R8
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Bar: 
Havamal 158:
A thirteenth I mention, when I sprinkle the son,
The young one, with holy water,
If once he faces the foe, then he cannot fall,
No sword can wound him so he collapses in the dust.
 
Blessing, shielding, inspiration, encouragement, security, impending accidents that effect fate, life, birth: birth of the future life that is preordained for us, becoming, being projected, help in birth, son, bread, song, fountain, mountains, meaning of life on this planet/in this world, the power of becoming, reconstruction, Rune of continuous transformation, death and rebirth metamorphosis, return to the Mothers; the fountain as female symbol, the eternal spring of humans.
“Thy life strands in the hand of God, trust it in you” (List, 60).
H3R1
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Interpretation: Heritage (Othilla) brings blessings (Bar).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs of sleep with one wake-up and an EXTREMELY slow get up.
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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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Breakfast from frozen; two burritos and a hashbrown.
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Chiropractic visit; he told me I had a TREMENDOUS amount of arthritis in my neck.
Light manipulation
Decompression
Stimulation
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Toby and I out for a perfektly behaved, noon hour, 30min walk.
*cloudy, cool, NNE breeze.
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Follow up email into the VA about my chiropractic visit.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Düsseldorf 0:1 Mainz on FS2/Sling-TV
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Chicken patties from frozen topped with cheese, corn from frozen, homemade cheesy mashed potatoes from wifey, for lunch.
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One order of 4 parts on the bag press; that was it all night @ work, but that was okay.  I wanted to watch indoor soccer anyway.  I just had no idea I’d be able to watch the whole game.
*thunder, lightning, rain.  Hela, I even took time out from work to step outside.
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MASL https://www.maslsoccer.com/ opening 2018-19 season
Orlando 4:4 St. Louis on MASL-TV/YouTube on phone while at work.
*OT4:4/Shootout; Orlando 1:2 St. Louis
Ontario v Turlock on MASL-TV/YouTube
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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2am, nighty-night.  My wifey’s kitties are needing her in her office tonight.
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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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Alaf Sal Fena!
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November/Nebulmânôd 29, 2018 Donarstag

11/29/2018

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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, 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: 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: Eh: 
Havamal 162:
A seventeenth I know, through a wise law
To join two lives in love;
And everyone is willing, no virginal woman
Will leave me lightly after this.
 
Dedication, faithfulness, fidelity, warns against frivolous, transient love affairs, the legal bond between man and woman, lasting love, two bound together by the primal law of life, unification, sanctity of marriage, the cross of wedlock, fulfillment, maintaining strict morals within the bonds of legal marriage, love, duality, bound by primal law, love, trust and marriage. Soul-mates, wedding, partnership, permanent bond, binding decision, hope, duration, horse, permanence and marriage as a law, unity of ego and you, sister souls, soul-love, God-Man-Woman, ideal love, twin souls, two made one, success, increase.
“Marriage is the raw-root of the Aryans” (List, 63).
*H3R5
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Interpretation: Growth (Berkana) brings determination (Eh).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: Just shy of 7hrs of sleep with only one wake-up.
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Good morning conversation with wifey.
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Spent most of the morning creating our first Yule card as a family.  It’s finished and looks good!
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 30min walk.
*mild, partly cloudy, slight north breeze.
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Icepack therapy as per chiropractor instructions.
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Steak-bites, leftover cheesy potatoes and okra from frozen for lunch.
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I had to send Marius’ gift NOW!  There was only one left on Amazon.
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Work went well enough.  36 parts; trim unnecessary tabs, debur, hydro-form took most all night, but had some good down time.\
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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MLS Conference championships https://www.mlssoccer.com/ monitored from work.
Eastern Conference
NYRB v Atlanta (aggregate 0-3)
           1:0
Atlanta advance to the MLS Cup on aggregate 1:3 https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2018-11-29-new-york-red-bulls-vs-atlanta-united-fc/recap
Western Conference
Sporting Kansas City v Portland (aggregate 0:0)
                                  2:3
Portland advance to the MLS Cup https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2018-11-29-sporting-kansas-city-vs-portland-timbers/recap
The MLS Cup will be held Dec 8th in Atlanta
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Vikings S5 E11 https://www.history.com/shows/vikings
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2am, shower, nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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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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November/Nebulmânôd 28, 2018 Wodanstag

11/28/2018

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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, chiropractic, work 8hrs.
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​Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Fehu (U):  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, 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, 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: Is:  
Havamal 154:
A ninth one I sing, when dangers at sea forces me
To protect my ship from the stormy waves;
The storm I calm down, no matter how billowing the sea,
And I cradle the waves to sleep.
 
Calm in the face of distress, comfort, hypnotic power of the forceful will, course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, confidence, determination, extension of the Divine center, the upright human being, the awakened Self, influence, personal power, magical power, power to banish evil, unity in the Universe, duration, action in the Cosmos, activity, will, self-domination, influence, personal power, self-discipline, unity in the Universe, duration, magical powers, axis/column/Irminsul of the world, action in the Cosmos, elimination of that which is unnecessary, calm.
“Win power over yourself and you will have power over everything in the spiritual and physical worlds that strive against you” (List, 56).
H2R3
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Interpretation: Personal power (Fehu) brings calm (Is).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: just shy of 7hrs od sleep with one wake up.
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Good morning conversation with wifey.
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Breakfast sandwich + a banana
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Back to the chiropractor, Northwest Chiropractic:
Evaluated
Electronic neck decompression
Electronic neck stimulation
Next appointment Friday
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, early afternoon, 30min walk.
*mild, partly cloudy, south breeze.
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Leftover steak bites, leftover corn and leftover cheesy mashed potatoes for lunch.  
*still yummy
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Well hela, that shot my day.
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There was a bit of everything tonight at work; a bit of bag-press, a bit of hand-forming, and a bit on the extrusion duplicator.  Not to mention a bit more of listening to his stories, but that’s okay, whatever it takes to get along with people.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks out, Socks back inside.
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2am, nighty night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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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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Alaf Sal Fena!
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November/Nebulmânôd 27, 2018 Dienstag

11/27/2018

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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs.
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November/Nebulmânôd 25, 2018 Sunnastag

11/26/2018

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(Nebulmânôd = Mist 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 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: Isa: Ice: dormancy: a calming, self-preservation, self-centeredness resulting in a lack of change, reflective influence, stilling effect: self-control: the concentrated self: ego, das Ich (the unified, whole, principle or force), the composite plurality of Ich, be still and gain control of the Self (in all its forms): grounding, a lowering of vibration levels, patience, frigidity, and the loss of momentum.
*A2R3
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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
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Interpretation: Calm (Isa) brings freedom (Os).
*got it.
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1st check on all fur-kids.  Socks’ house is delightfully warm.  With today’s weather turning colder, Socks elected to stay inside.  Smart Socks.
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Outcome: 7hrs of solid sleep…NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Weather has turned cold and the wind is stout from the north.  The outside artificial tree blew over.  I placed more solid stakes on two legs and put the two others back on.  It didn’t take long for it to once again low over.  Resolute, I got two flat bricks from the recycling area and placed them around the base of the tree.  So far so good.  Fingers crossed.
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Minimal, safe, conversation with wife.
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Three whole grain pancakes and scrambled eggs with cheese.
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Toby and I out for a four block roundy-roundy.  I was dressed appropriately, but was concerned for his safety.
*cold, cloudy/lite-snow, hela stout NNW wind.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Freiburg 1:1 Bremen
M’Gladbach 4:1 Hanover FS2/Sling-TV
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Dillons
*OMGs!  I found the PERFEKT gift for the Jarl of Hammerstorm!
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MLS Conference Championship Playoffs https://www.mlssoccer.com/
Atlanta 3:0 NYRB ESPN/Sling-TV
<a load of laundry>
Portland v Sporting Kansas City FS1/Sling-TV
*@ the half 0:0
*end of match 0:0
*that’s okay lads…let’s take it home to KC.
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Serious hodgepodge for dinner.
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NFL https://www.nfl.com/
Green Bay Packers @ Minnesota Vikings https://www.nfl.com/gamecenter/2018112510/2018/REG12/Packers@Vikings
                    GBP  17:24  MV
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Toby and I out for a bedtime potty walk.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  At 15degF Socks is NOT getting the option of coming out from his house.
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Midnight, nighty-night.  I get t sleep with my wife.
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God/dess Meditation: Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wodan, newly risen! Hail to you who is the counterpart to Mano, male aspect of the Moon.  You have shown on all our ancestors, you shine on us, and you will yet shine on our decedents yet unborn. Share with us some of your light, your energy, your power, so that we might better fight our battles and attain our goals. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL SUNNA, as we honor the Sunna that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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November/Nebulmânôd 26, 2018 Manostag

11/26/2018

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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, well shit…back to work.
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Ancestor Meditation: Manostag/Mano’s Day/Monday (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) and Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994), Jewell F. Reimer [(sister) (1947)], Michael L Reimer [(brother) (1948-1997)], Beth Ann Reimer/Hinkle [(sister) (1956-12018)].
Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963)
Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler County, Kansas, USA
*US Navy veteran, Joint Intelligence Center, Pacific Ocean Area (JICPOA)
**Naval Intelligence Office, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii.
*Married 23 June 1946
Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; complications from M.S.
Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994)
Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kansas, USA; heart attack.
I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: 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: 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: Fertility (Inguz) brings learned knowledge (Laf).
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1st check on all fur-kids.  Socks out briefly, quickly back in.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. of solid sleep.
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Got up immediately to start my crock-pot chicken.
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Good morning conversation with my wife.
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Call into Mid Star Labs asking them to change cell phone contact to home phone contact, and leave cell phone for texting only.
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Breakfast sandwich + banana.
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OH MY!  You should smell that chicken!
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Toby and I out for a well behaved, late morning, 40min walk.  The snow is mostly gone, but there is still quite a bit of ice on the sidewalks.  I had to be quite deliberate about my steps.
*mildly cold, sunny, slight north breeze.
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Mopped kitchen floor.
Vacuumed carpeted floors.
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 OMGs!  The slow cooked chicken and potatoes were EXCELLENT, IMO.  It got a passing grade from wife, but she still ate a piece of it.
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It was a fairly busy night at work.  Between the bag press and hand forming, I think I stayed busy until 9:30. After that, I had to listen to story after story from my shop colleague.  Hey, whatever it takes to get thru the night.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks outside; Socks inside.
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Shower, 2am, nighty-night.  I get to sleep with my wife.
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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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Alaf Sal Fena!
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November/Nebulmânôd 24, 2018 Tag der Fruchtbarkeit

11/24/2018

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(Nebulmânôd = Mist 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) 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: Sowulo: The Sun, Sunna, a lightning bolt, victory, success, feminine life force, lighting the way to new ideas, vitality, confidence, action, wholeness, optimism, the clear light of day, can be a destructive lightening flash (clearing), the will to victory, life purpose, cosmic energies effecting life, appearance of a guiding principle, guidance in journeying, spiritual guidance, leadership.
*A2R8
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Eh: 
Havamal 162:
A seventeenth I know, through a wise law

To join two lives in love;
And everyone is willing, no virginal woman
Will leave me lightly after this.
 
Dedication, faithfulness, fidelity, warns against frivolous, transient love affairs, the legal bond between man and woman, lasting love, two bound together by the primal law of life, unification, sanctity of marriage, the cross of wedlock, fulfillment, maintaining strict morals within the bonds of legal marriage, love, duality, bound by primal law, love, trust and marriage. Soul-mates, wedding, partnership, permanent bond, binding decision, hope, duration, horse, permanence and marriage as a law, unity of ego and you, sister souls, soul-love, God-Man-Woman, ideal love, twin souls, two made one, success, increase.
“Marriage is the raw-root of the Aryans” (List, 63).
*H3R5
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Interpretation: Guidance (Sowulo) brings faithfulness (Eh).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 6 ½ hrs. of solid sleep, but when Essie wants outside first thing, I’m not going back to sleep.
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Started reviewing S1 E1 of The Last Kingdom on Netflix to remember some things.
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Troubling (not so good) morning conversation with my wife: fine then.
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Three eggs sunny side up, hashbrowns, four slices of deli ham with wheat bread for sopping.
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Soon into Toby’s late morning walk, Mr. Opportunist surfaced quickly.  I had to be sterner than Mr. Opportunist.  Once that was achieved, the walk went without incident.
*mild, partly cloudy, slight south breeze.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Mainz v BVB
*at the half 0-0
*66th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*70th min tor/goal mainz
*76th min TOR/GOAL BVB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*end of match; Mainz 1:2 BVB
*BVB WINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Munich 3:3 Dusseldorf on FS2/Sling-TV
*wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!
Leverkusen 2:0 Stuttgart
Augsburg 1:3 Frankfurt
Berlin 3:3 Hoffenheim  
Wolfsburg 1:0 Leipzig
Schalke 2:0 Nurnberg on FS2/Sling-TV
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Ice cubes
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Separated recyclables.
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Made co-pays with the VA.
Cancelled upcoming cataract surgery as I’m just spending too much in medical,
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It’s been two or three days since we have caught a mouse.  I’m declaring the live mouse capture project a success and shutting it down.  Cleaned around the Lazy Suzan and replaced items.
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Triple decker, double cheese, fried bologna sandwich with bbq sauce and onion rings.
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A load of laundry
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Picked up my red Lightvessel jacket from Hollywood Alterations.
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Target to get my money back on a tree-topper that simply too heavy for the new tree.
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Designated Survivor S2 E7 on Netflix
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Being alone this evening doesn’t bother me.  I’ve been alone most all my life.
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Das Boot (The Boat) on YouTube; a 3 ½ hr. movie…gave up about halfway thru it.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  All fur-kids are in warm shelter.
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Midnight, nighty-night, it looks like I’m sleeping by myself tonight.  Why?  Because fact, like truth, is always relative.  It looks like Sowulo/Eh has struck.
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God/dess Meditation: Frouwa & Ing-Frô:
Frouwa, most lovely of all goddesses; who could not love you?  Women as their own inner glory and highest attainment as the self-made woman, men for your beauty, passion and strength. Praise to you for the gift of life, and for the love that makes life worth living. Remind us always that it is the strong who love the best and the most, and that only the mighty can truly be gentle. Fill our lives with passion and lust that we may live our lives to the fullest. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Ing-Frô, you’re the Great God of Fridu (all-encompassing safety and protection), Ar (peace, good seasons), the good harvest and prosperity: you are indeed the god of this World. When the day to day wears us down remind us of pleasures and joys. Help us recall the wonderful excesses that brought our lives into being and which sustain the human spirit during good times and bad. Without you, there would be no life and certainly little delight. Thank you, Ing-Frô, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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November/Nebulmânôd 23, 2018 Frijastag

11/23/2018

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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, Yule decorations up.
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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: Sowulo: The Sun, Sunna, a lightning bolt, victory, success, feminine life force, lighting the way to new ideas, vitality, confidence, action, wholeness, optimism, the clear light of day, can be a destructive lightening flash (clearing), the will to victory, life purpose, cosmic energies effecting life, appearance of a guiding principle, guidance in journeying, spiritual guidance, leadership.
*A2R8
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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: Success (Sowulo) brings an awakening (Thorn).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hours of sleep with one wake-up, but I think my wife is getting up for Toby.
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Breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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Toby and I out for an EXTREMELY misbehaved walk.  He took off, rounded a corner and disappeared.  I called him once, twice, a few times to no response.  When he finally surfaced, he KNEW I was angry.  On the retractable, he kept looking up at me apologetically.  Softie that I am, he came off soon enough, but his behavior was so much better.  THEN, he misbehaved AGAIN in front of a neighbor…JsFnChst!
*sunny, mild, slight south breeze.
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It’s a beautiful day to put up Yule decorations.  Busy at it until mid-afternoon.
*wife approved.
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Bundesliga https://www.bundesliga.com/en/
Leverkusen 2:0 Stuttgart on FS2/Sling-TV
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Lowe’s
Target
Kwik Shop Petrol
Smoke shop for wifey
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It was a 4-hour binge to finish season 3 of The Last Kingdom on Netflix…WOW!  Now I’m hoping against all hope for season 4.
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Toby and I out for a bedtime potty walk.
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Last check on all fur-kids.  Socks is not getting the option to come out as there is a sizable dog running lose.
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God/dess Meditation: Frija:
Frija, Great 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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Alaf Sal Fena!
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November/Nebulmânôd 22, 2018 Thanksgiving Day, Harvest Feast Day

11/22/2018

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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
History of Thanksgiving:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving_(United_States)
https://www.history.com/topics/thanksgiving/history-of-thanksgiving
https://www.historyextra.com/period/modern/thanksgiving-history-facts-first/
https://www.npr.org/2018/11/22/670258035/what-educators-need-to-know-about-teaching-thanksgiving
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Plans: my love my wife, Niece’s
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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: Berkana: The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, maturation, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
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Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, degradation, immaturity, deterioration, contamination, needlessly clinging, tough love Mothering, in need of Mothering, missing/ignoring a significant life passage.
*A3R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Hagal: 
Havamal 152:
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning
With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To actively protect/enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
*H2R1
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Interpretation: The feminine (Berkana) brings active protection (Hagal).
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1st check on all fur-kids.
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Outcome: 7hjrs of UNDISTURBED sleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My wife is so smart.  She wants to create an app that lets others help the homeless.  LOL…when she wants to find out if what she’s thinking can be used by the general public, she comes to me…wait…
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It was an EXCELLENT time over at my niece’s!  It always is.
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WOW!  How long has it been since I actually napped?
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The binging is on!  FIVE HOURS!  The Last Kingdom https://winteriscoming.net/2018/11/21/wic-binges-the-last-kingdom-season-3-netflix/ Eps 2-6 on Netflix.  Four more to go.
*wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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God/dess Meditation: Donar:
Donar, Son of Wodan and Erda, husband to Sibba with the Golden Hair, wielder of Malant and Great God of thunder, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, encourage us to advance. When we would be weak, hearten us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, inspire our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Excite our growth from strength to strength; teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who oppose our will. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, DONAR, as we honor the Donar that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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Alaf Sal Fena!
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November/Nebulmânôd 21, 2018 Wodanstag

11/21/2018

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(Nebulmânôd = Mist Month)
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Plans: my love my wife, work 8hrs.
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Ancestor Meditation: Wodanstag/Wodan’s Day/Wednesday (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1957) and Mary Goertz (1888-1983) (Gravesites at Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery).
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Teiwaz: The God Ziu, one handed god of war and honor, valor, uncompromising in judgments, personal management, a higher rationality, dedication to an ideal, balanced, victory in conflict, the spiritual warrior, self-sacrifice, spiritual birth/rebirth, motivated by a sense of justice, law and order, bravery, honesty, even-handedness, warfare as a part of evolution, mental and emotional order.
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Outside the favor of Ziu; the god of honor, dishonor, without victory in conflict, injustice, imbalance, mismanagement, failure, unbalanced, dishonesty, naiveté compromised judgments, defeat, warfare without purpose, disengagement with the sacrificial Self, spiritual death, legal dilemma, disorder/chaos, cowardice, the inability to fight for what’s right, void of the will to succeed, double standards.
*A3R1
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Hagal: 
Havamal 152:
A seventh I learned, if the hall is burning

With fire around bench and comrades;
However bright it burns, I will banish the blaze,
As soon I sing the magic chant.
 
To actively protect/enclose/destroy, danger brought under control, introspection, awareness, eternal change, the Mother of all Runes, the cohesion of the world, die (pronounced ‘dee’ German for ‘the’) Alle Mutter, Frija, that which cares and maintains, protects, and preserves; that which is motherly; wisdom, harmony, salvation, blessing, protects from hail and fire, eternal change, caring and maintaining principle in the Universe, Higher Self, the perfect human being, Divine within, the Rune of humanity, married to the World, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds, the macrocosm of the world itself.
“Harbor the All in yourself, and you will control the All” (List, 54).
*H2R1
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Interpretation: Spiritual rebirth (Teiwaz) brings active protection (Hagal).
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1st check on all fur-kids.  Socks elected to stay inside.
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Outcome: 7 ½ hrs. of sleep with ZERO wake ups…YAY!
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Fun conversation with my wife.
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Breakfast sandwich + a banana.
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Call into Mid Star Lab; appts Nov 27th and Dec 17th.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved, 40min walk.
*sunny, mild, south wind.
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Quick run to Dillons
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Oven baked turkey meatballs in sweet peppers and onions, with a baked potato.
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Paid mortgage thru bank
Paid loan with bank
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When I got o work there was NOTHING on the bag press.  There was NOTHING in hand-forming.  There was only ONE order in routers.  Eventually, 5 one part orders showed up in hand-forming.  I checked my ETO balances and I had 114hrs.  Keeping in mind the necessary time off coming for cataract surgery, taking 4hrs of that to start a four-day weekend was doable.  Left work @ 7:30pm.
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 Love my wife!
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Finished watching S3 E1 of “The Last Kingdom” on Netflix https://winteriscoming.net/2018/11/21/wic-binges-the-last-kingdom-season-3-netflix/.  OH YES!  It’s the order for the four-day holiday weekend!
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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God/dess Meditation: Wodan; Alle-Vater god!  Wandering god!  Rune god! Wolf god! Raven god! Wodan!! Husband to Frija, the Alle-Mutter.  Son to Paru and Bezzia, brother to Willo and Wîh; We call out to you, not as slaves or on bended knee, but on our feet and open-armed as befits your offspring. Watch us as we struggle, but the fight and fame must both be ours! Grant us that victory which we win by OUR might and mane! After a life battle-worn, Wodan, grant us access to our Great Ancestral Hall, where we may feast, drink the glorious mead and be merry with our heroes and our Altmâgâ. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, Wodan, as we honor the Wodan that resides in us all!
*source: combination AFA Book of Uncommon Prayers, and C.Reimer/V.Elmersson
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