Plans: work 8hrs, tattoo
Frija, Great All-Mother; caregiver of Family, Hearth and Home. 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!
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

Fehu (U): Cattle, wealth, Ing-Frô; the god of abundance, the ability to create and maintain wealth and the accompanying power, creative forces, Odhumbal, the primeval bovine, fire, new beginnings, productivity, positive energy, life force, self-respect, personal power, generosity that needs to come with the social responsibility of wealth.
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

Havamal 158.
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, 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.
Interpretation: Positive energy (Fehu) leading to determination (Laf).
Outcome: With the change in the weather, I think Essie is more interested in outside.
Good AM work
Stayed at work for lunch for pizza.
Good PM work
Right to Ol’ Crow Tattoo http://www.olcrowtattoo.com/ , but J_ was still working on a client. I asked the counter person if he’d call when ready. he said he would. TWO HOURS LATER I got the call; then, two hours in the chair. Pretty fucking intense. Around the spine, doable, but the more he went out towards the sides of the back…wow. After all was said and done, I asked myself, “WHY THE HEL DO I DO THIS?” Answer, the journey was started long ago and must be finished.
*Fehu and Laf right here!
2 loads of laundry
Lowe’s for a 29cent washed to fix the cat tower. Now well see what Essie does with it.
OMGs! The cold front has definitely moved in.
Tilapia and a garden salad.
Toby out for a 1-mile, after dark, walk. I knew Toby would enjoy it. I knew I would enjoy it, too. There were even a few sprinkles. Loved it!
Put Socks to bed in his Cat House, light, cool rain, shirtless…WOW!
A/C off for the first time in MONTHS, a few windows open, fan in window…VERY nice!
Genug.
Nighty-night
PM Clarification Rune: none
Comments: last check on animals
Alaf Sal Fena!