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Plans: fur babies, not sure after that
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Thus ends the season of Yule as we prepare for the upcoming year. Take time to remember from whence you came, as well as a time to make plans for the near future. Raise your horn high to honor your gods and ancestors. Honor each other and the inner workings of your relationships. Take oaths on oath rings. Make promises to yourself and others. Read the Runes for a glimpse into next year (may we suggest the three-Rune Norns spread).
In our lore, Var is a hand-maiden of Frija. In the Prose Edda (pg. 46), it is said she listens to people's oaths and private agreements that women and men make between each other. Thus, these contracts are called varar. She also punishes those who break them.
Hold inventory within yourself or your group so you know your present position in relation to where you want to be. Continue to build the weavings of your Wyrd positively. The luck within you depends on it. Remember, "Luck often enough will save a man (or woman) if his (or her) courage holds” (The 13th Warrior, parentheticals added).
“Yuletide festivities conclude on Twelfth Night. Many modern Heathens will sync this with New Year’s Eve. It’s the last big party to celebrate a new year, celebrate the passing of the darkest (and in theory coldest of times) and to look forward to the lengthening days and warming temperatures.”
https://www.deviantart.com/paganarts/journal/12-Days-of-Yule-Mother-s-Night-12th-Night-274797220
RAISE YOUR HORN! TIP YOUR GLASS! GIVE HAIL TO 12TH NIGHT AND THE NEW YEAR!
(C.Reimer/V.Elmersson).
Ancestor Meditation: Flags:
- Holy Roman Empire German/Austria until 1711-1740
- Kingdom of Prussia 1701-1918
- US flag 1850, 31 stars
- Oklahoma state flag
- California state flag
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: 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; Aett 3, root 6, 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: 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: With Ing-Fro, with the god of this world, we are driven to victory. We know that there is fridu (an all encompassing, all cooperating peace), and we are surrounded with luck and happiness. Our personal development is such that we glean blessings from above.
*from re-creation to destruction
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1st check on all fur-kids: food, water, litterboxes, shelter.
*strays and squirrels
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Outcome: 5hrs of some of the shittiest sleep I have EVER had
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jwlr chat
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a banana + AM meds + a small apple
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Toby’s 8am glucose check: 155 WOO-HOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Toby’s 9am feeding, insulin, Apoquel and eyedrops
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Call into K-State to keep them in the loop. The were more than willing help find appropriate food.
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Breakfast sandwich
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A load of laundry
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Toby and I out for a noon hour, well behaved 3-block walk. I let Toby tell me when he’s ready.
*partly cloudy/high clouds, a bit chilly, north breeze
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Call into Elite Renovations; about $1k to enclose the breezeway and fix the floor.
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jwlr phone call x 2
*one video chat
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Fish from frozen + mashed cauliflower from frozen + fries made in the air fryer
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Wanting to open up my bedroom, so I moved one of the two dressers into the new mater bedroom. Yeah, I know, it’s not good furniture, easily removable, but it’s time to start clearing things out.
Toby’s 3pm glucose: 488
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Cleared the wood chips away from my south boundary. There are still A LOT of wood chips.
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Jwlr phone call x 2
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MY SATURN IS READY! Trip to All Angles https://allanglescollisionrepair.com/all-angles-locations/all-angles-546-s-west-st-wichita-ks-67213/ My Vue is BEAUTIFUL again!
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Bank
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Call in from Dr. E_ at K-State veterinary.
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Call in from my sister’s ex...I LOVE HIM AS A BROTHER, ALWAYS HAVE!!!!!!!!!
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jwlr chat
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9pm
Toby’s glucose: 489
Toby’s feeding, insulin and eyedrops
11pm
Toby’s glucose: 479
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New Years Eve Rune Reading using the Norn’s Spread https://tikkiweb.net/2005/08/three-rune-spread-description/#:~:text=The%20three%20rune%20spread%20is%20also%20known%20as%20the%20Norns.&text=According%20to%20myth%2C%20the%20three,present%2C%20and%20Skuld%20the%20future.
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
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/Center of the Rune Tree, 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; Halbdutzend 2, root 1, Irminsul’s root of destruction
Elder Rune: Teiwaz: The God Ziu, one handed god of war and honor, valor, highest ideals, 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.
*A3R1; Aett 3, root 1, Yggdrasil’s root of re-creation
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
Havamal 151:
A sixth one is mine, if a man wounds me
With the root of a trunk still with juice;
Then I am unscathed, the man himself is consumed
By the evil with which he threatened me.
Imperviousness, a reversal of fortune, the world tree, preservation of tribe or race, ancestors/ancestry, loyalty, that which is existing, defense, the polarity of the male/female principle in the Universe, opposing energies, earthly love, as executive power of balancing justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child, force, that which is established, World Tree/the Irminsul/the All, power, generation, ability and artfulness, sensuality, higher consciousness, return.
“Your blood, your highest possession” (List, 53).
*H1R6; Halbdutzend 1, root 6, Irminsul’s root of creation
Interpreted:
This has been a tough year, but strength is derived from it. Thanks to the blessings of the All-Mother, all danger is brought under control. At present, however, honor is in tact. Dedication to an ideal gives victory. Success is predicated on the presumption of maintaining a dedication to the highest ideal. Furthermore, it may be necessary to temporarily separate from society in order to achieve loyalty in others. It may be necessary to prove that what has been accomplished is worthy of note.
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Mead buzz
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Midnight:30 nighty night.
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God/dess Meditation: Alternate Donarstag/An: Thor’s Day/Die [(German for feminine “the”) (pronounced “Dee”)] Wurtâ/An: the Norns:
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!