September/Skeidentimânôd 5, 2018 Wodanstag

(Skeidentimânôd = Summer’s End 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)
David F. Schmidt (1895-1957)
Birth 28 Feb 1885 in Lehigh, Marion County, Kansas
Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas
*Married 22 October 1922
Mary Goertz (1888-1983)
Birth 17 March 1888 in Kismet, Kansas
Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas
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I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me.  I’m grateful for the strong German heritage you’ve provided. I look forward with eager anticipation to the great family reunion on the other side.  I offer you my undying love, honor, respect, and gratitude.
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Elder Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Elder Runes in your way
Advise the mortal man today
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Elder Rune: Berkana: The feminine, Frija, Alle-Mutter, maternal instincts, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, compassion, nurturing, caregiver, maturation, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, life anew, now is the time, a fresh perspective, sanctuary, all forms of Mothering, Frija at her Most-Motherly, healing, bringing into being, life passages.
Conversely:
Problems with relating to the feminine, the maternal influence and the feminine mysteries, void of growth and caring, deceit, degradation, immaturity, deterioration, contamination, needlessly clinging, tough love Mothering, in need of Mothering, missing/ignoring a significant life passage.
*A3R2
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Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today
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Armanen Rune: Not: 
Havamal 153:
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, suffering, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, strife settled, 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).
*H2R2
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Interpretation: Growth (Berkana) brings distress (Not).
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1st check on all fur-kids
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Outcome: 8hrs of sleep with only one post-sunrise wake-up.
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Good morning hugs with my wife.
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Breakfast sandwich.
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I NEVER thought I’d get this muddy/dirty just changing Toby’s water…jeez.
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GODS lemme tell ya…I tried to call the post office to check on my German brother’s package status in Germany.  EVERY 800-number on my receipt for the post office is automated and FRUSTRATING!  I had to go online to find the ACTUAL number to the local postal station.  After FINALLY talking to a human, I found out that the customs in Germany is probably backlogged and his package should eventually get to Marius.
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Toby and I out for a late morning, well behaved.
*30min walk; mild/muggy, overcast, no breeze.
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I responded affirmatively to Hammerstorm’s invitation to dinner at the Breadbasket in Newton for the 6th.  My wife isn’t going due to travels the following Monday.
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Dillons
BK for both of us.
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It was one of my better nights at work.  I turned in just over 10 ½ hrs. for an 8hr. shift.  Time allotments don’t mean shit any more.  I’m done caring.  This job is easier when one doesn’t care.  My give a shit got up and went several days ago.  My Super is a thankless bastard.  Don’t get me wrong, I will always do the best job I can, but I won’t ever again get all wound-up if I time allotments go against me.
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WOO-HOO!  My wife reminded me to take our trash to the curb.
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Arranged bill pay with my bank.
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A few stretches.
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Last check on all fur-kids.
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Shower, 02:00 nighty night I get to sleep with my wife!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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God/dess Meditation: 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!