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1st check on all fur-kids
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Plans: work 8 hrs
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Frijastag (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) and Elisabeth Zülke (apx1856-1932)
David D. Schmidt
Birth abt 1852 in Russia
Death 19 JUN 1924 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas, USA
Married 22 February 1876
Elisabeth 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 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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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.
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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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Havamal 152.
An eighth is mine, to all the Folk
Useful to know in their suffering;
Where hatred rises-up between man and man,
This I can settle fast.
Distress, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, understanding suffering, settled calm, mind over matter, necessity of fate, misery and death, change of luck as necessity, decision of the Wurtâ, Wurt/Urlag paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wurt/Urlag, That which cannot be averted, the Ur-law that is active in every creature, stress, karmic debt, karmic need, but with outlook for change of karma, banishing ill fortune by means of accepting karma and karmic law, Skuld, Divine justice that balances.
“Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55).
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Interpretation: Alle-Mutter (Berkana) leads to a settled calm (Not).
*indeed
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Outcome: bitterly cold; hel, if it’s going to be this cold we need snow to justify it.
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A banana
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Toby will NOT be outside while I’m at work. I’ll just have to take that chance. It’s cruel to have him outside in anything like this. Yes, he has his dog house with straw, but he was shivering when I came home last night.
*Berkana/Not
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Socks tried going outside, but was soon ready to go back into his house.
Essie was not interested in staying outside.
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Cheese omelet, leftover potatoes, 3-slices of deli-ham.
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White Dove http://www.whitedove-wichita.com/
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30min on the treadmill
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Bench
- Chest press 3 sets of 8, 2/30lbs
- Chest fly 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
- Overhead pull 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
- Bent row 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
- Reverse back-fly 3 sets of 8, 2/15lbs
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Lunch from a can, whole-wheat rolls with butter
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Good 8hr shift @ work, but the workload is practically eliminated.
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Toby did pretty well in the house for 9 hrs with only a couple of pee spots, no poop spots. He did, however, find some chocolate I had on a lampstand. He appears none the worse for wear.
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I went onto the porch to fidget with the porch light, and OMGs there was Long-tail just-a-crying! I quickly got him some food on a plate, but TWICE he pushed his way past me, through the front door and into the house. I think he was just damned cold with no place to go! Long-tail simply made himself right at home. He even crawled up into my lap on the couch. Well hel, it seemed we have an overnight guest. I made a trip out to the garden shed to bring in a cage I’ve had since Meeka. With food, water, litter-box, place mats down to cover the floor, and a bit of a perch-spot, that’s about the best I could do for right now. He’s safe. Everyone is safe.
*The Havamal can also pertain to kitties:
Fire is needful for someone who’s come in
And who is chilled to the knee;
Food and clothing are necessary for the man (or kitty)
Who has journeyed over the mountains (Strophe 3, parenthetical added).
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You’re welcome here, Long-tail.
*Berkana/Not, right here.
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Nighty-night
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Frija, Great Alle-Mutter; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home, wife to Alle-Vater Wotan. 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!
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Comments: last check on all fur-kids
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Alaf Sal Fena!