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(Aranmânôd = Harvest month) Stubby and Fish to utilize the two-tier feeding system…WORKS! Plans: work 10hrs AM Ancestor Meditation: Ziustag (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant, Oklahoma, USA Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey, Kansas, United States <> Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) Birth abt 1895 in Kansas Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey, KS, USA <> I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me. I’m grateful for the heritage you provided . 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 AM 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, nature wisdom, sacrifice for the positive, completion of one stage and progressing to the next, internal growth, enhancing male energy. 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 AM Armanen Rune: Yr: Havamal 160. A sixteenth I speak if a maid is reluctant, To wake her lust and desire; I change the heart of the delightful woman, Then to me her wishes turn. The waxing and waning moon, lunar-like mutability of the feminine essence, the error-rune, conquering resistance through confusion, eventual perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Column, the carrier of genetic material, God-woman, femininity, desire, sensual love, passion, perfection, Mother, chaos from which creation emerges, female principle in the Cosmos, the night, death and instinct, anger, falsehood, error and the oppositions found in humankind, mystical union, night, moon, well grounded, roots of Irminsul from which all life springs, woman as the opposite/balance to man, the descending Divine Feminine being. “Think about the end” (List, 63) Interpretation: Fertility (Inguz) that leads to eventual perfektion (Yr). Outcome: nice and cool this morning! Good AM work; workload overflowing It‘s pretty nice out,..@ home for lunch, but didn’t stop. I was concerned I left the backyard gate open, but all was well. As I was a bit early going back from lunch, I stopped into BK for a cheeseburger…YUM! Good PM work; Friday is looking promising. Dillons, cat food for porch cats…and Reese’s Pieces…and Chinese Deli…and Sushi. Dillons’ Chinese Deli is always yummy! Family outside time…LOTS of energy placed on managing fur kids; Essie, Socks, Toby, Stubby and Shade…JEEZ! A silent house Call in from OKC; heart-to-heart *damnit Okay, now what do I do? Shower and bed…nighty-night PM God/dess Meditation: Ostara, trustworthy goddess; keeper of the golden apples of youth and eternal life, keep us young inside. When we are starving for laughter, hungry for the lightness that comes with having few years on our shoulders, slip us one of those gleaming fruits that we may see the world through youthful eyes. Let springtime be in our steps, love in our hearts and a song on our lips. Change us to the core! Fill us with optimism and dreams for the future. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HEIL, OSTARA, as we honor the Ostara that resides in us all!
Comments: last check on all fur-kids Alaf Sal Fena! (Aranmânôd = Harvest month) MAJOR thunderstorm. Checked on Socks. Essie is VERY upset. Toby won’t leave my side. Plans: work 10hrs AM Ancestor Meditation: Manostag (parents) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963), Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994) Elmer H. Reimer (1924-1963) Birth 24 October 1924 in Whitewater, Butler, Kansas, USA Death 10 October 1963 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA <> Anna M. Schmidt (1926-1994) Birth 20 January 1926 in Lehigh, Marion, Kansas, USA Death 23 September 1994 in Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas, USA <> I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me. I’m grateful for the heritage you provided. 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 AM Elder Rune: Laguz (Inv): A dried-up body of Water, swimming upstream, difficulties with relating to the feminine, manipulation, lack of moral fiber, emotions out of control or suppressed, shallow minded, fear, deception, unsympathetic, totally void of growth, failing to go with the flow, frivolity, immaturity, disconnect with the Inner Self. 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 AM Armanen Rune: Ka: Havamal 150. 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. The world tree, preservation of tribe or race, that which is existing, defense, reversal of fortune, 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). Interpretation: Suppression of emotions (Laguz) leads to preservation (Ka). Outcome: WOW! The thunderstorm still rages! No triple digit temps all week!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Emotions ran WILD @ work, but all is preserved: AM work; workload overflowing *talked with the guy for whom I did my last wedding, asking for the platforms for which he agreed to build and for which I gave him a reduced fee. Neither platform is fully ready…EVEN AT THIS POINT! I told him I wanted them soon. *Goddamn Thai woman immediately to my right has been sneezing and has a sore throat. I’m IMMEDIATELY DOWNWIND from her…from the fan! Her germs are blowing DIRECTLY my way! *Bonus checks…YAY…wait...oh…no…disappointing…VERY disappointing. Good @ home for lunch; all fur kids cooperated…even Stubby. Good PM work; mandatory emergency all-Weaver-South-hands meeting. Our parent company, PCC; Precision Castparts Corp, , has been acquired by the Berkshire Hathaway Group, A WILLIAM BUFFET COMPANY! Yes, that’s right, I’m officially working for William Buffet! http://www.biography.com/people/warren-buffett-9230729 This HAS to be a good thing! The article: http://www.wsj.com/articles/in-precision-castparts-deal-warren-buffett-finds-his-type-of-ceo-1439243049 WOW, lots of tree debris; nothing major, however. There only seems to be LOTS of little things; well, all but for a good sized limb in the back yard. Hurried home to call Cablecom to set a time for whole-house TV antenna installation; the 28th, afternoon. Bank Call into niece; LOVE HER! Call in from brother; LOVE HIM! Tilapia, with garlic seasoning, and a garden salad for dinner…OMGs YUM! *OMGs…too much! I REALLY need to stop this. Methinks Essie and I will forgo outside time. While I don’t MIND taking care of Stubby, I really wish his original human would do it instead of me. Yeah, I’ll have to have a word with her soon enough. Today, I don’t mind inactivity. Look at that! LOOK AT THAT! The days are becoming noticeably shorter and the nights are becoming noticeably longer! EXCITEMENT! Shower and bed. PM God/dess Meditation: Paltar, blameless god, gloriously shining god, restoration god, beloved son of Wotan and Frija. Let your goodness and your reconciliation smooth our paths on Earth. When our days here are over, light up death’s darkness with the promise of rebirth. Help is to avoid evil, and seek the good. Inspired by you, we will keep our reputations spotless that our lives be proclaimed a victory of the Spirit, and our leaving his life a tragedy. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!
Comments: last check on all fur-kids Alaf Sal Fena! (Aranmânôd = Harvest month) Good morning Stubby! Good morning Fish! Plans: work 10 hrs AM Ancestor Meditation: Wotanstag (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1952) Mary Goertz (1888-1983) David F. Schmidt (1895-1952) Birth 28 Feb, 1885 in Kansas Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas <> Mary Goertz (1888-1983) Birth 17 March 1888 in Kansas Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas <> I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me. I’m grateful for the heritage you provided . 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 AM Elder Rune: Hagalaz: The cosmic seed of potential, a sacred enclosure/shell, shaping, evolution, protection within, holiness, destruction/regeneration, evolution, destructive elements, unavoidable unpleasantness, pruning, potentially destructive but change will occur on its own given time. 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 AM Armanen Rune: Bar: Havamal 157. 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. Inspiration, 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). Interpretation: Evolution (Hagalaz) that leads to a life that is preordained (Bar). Outcome: VERY nice, cool morning! 69F/20C Sushi for breakfast didn’t hit the spot like I thought it would. Good AM work; workload questionable Good @ work lunch; continued Secret of the Runes…WOW Good PM work; workload better I GOTTA keep walking: Toby and I out for a 3/5 mile walk; Shade was good to follow for most of it, but peeled off at the apartments along McCormick St. Essie out for equal time. ½ mile on the treadmill Loose dog got the attention of the neighborhood, but it evidently belonged to the same house where Stubby is supposed to live. <> I finally had a chance to talk to the neighbor about Stubby; not with the momma, but with the daughter. Now I understand why Stubby comes here; because there are too many animals across the street, to the tune of 2 dogs and three kitties. Stubby probably comes here for solitude. At least now I know I don’t have to feed him. The daughter is pretty cool. She assured me Stubby (aka Puffin) was okay. Eh, he’s still Stubby. The remainder of the Sushi (eel roll), cucumbers and my last Klondike Bar. MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/ (home/away) Montréal v Vancouver (Cascadian Cup, MLS Live) Philly v Chicago (US Open Cup Semifinal YouTube.com/USsoccer) Sporting KC v Salt Lake (US Open Cup Semifinal YouTube.com/USsoccer) ,/ *24th min goal RSL *35th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *@ the half, 1-1 <> the last couple of overnights have been quite cool. Several windows are open to take advantage of it tonight. *80th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *85th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! End of match Sporting KC 3-1 Real Sal Lake Sporting KC are in the final for the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Philly 1-0 Chicago The final for the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup is set; Sporting KC v Philadelphia Union Essie and Toby…SO loveable! Shower, bed, nighty-night. PM God/dess Meditation: 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!
Comments: last check on all fur-kids Alaf Sal Fena! (Aranmânôd = Harvest month) Long-tail, Stubby’s brother, here now, too? Okay, what’s going on across the street? Plans: domestic stuff AM Ancestor Meditation: Sunnastag (2nd great grandparents) David A. Schmidt (1822-1892) Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911) David A. Schmidt (1822-1892) Birth 19 May 1822 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna South, Russia Death 18 Dec 1892 in Marion, Kansas, United States <> Maria Nachtigal (1828-1911) Birth 23 Jan 1828 in Majdan Królewski, Podkarpackie, Duchy of Poland, West Prussia Death 01 Apr 1911 in Goessel, Marion, Kansas, United States <> I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me. I’m grateful for the heritage you provided . 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 AM Elder Rune: Eihwaz: Irminsul, the Cosmic pillar, stress and difficulties, overcoming obstacles, need to have backbone to get through, inner strength, endurance, “Shit happens, get over it!“, temporary cosmic consciousness, inner stability over external circumstances, the Shamanic link of experiences within the All. 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 AM Armanen Rune: Bar: Havamal 157. 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. Inspiration, 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). Interpretation: Inner strength (Eihwaz) leads to security (Bar). Outcome: Okay, things are much better. The A/C seems to be working properly. Toby and I out to Meeka Park, plus 3/5 of a mile. *Today, while at Meeka Park, I noticed a Gnome’s Door on a tree. Now, how long have I been going to Meeka Park? YEARS? I’ve never noticed this Gnome’s Door; that is, until today! Toby and I out to McDs for breakfast QT for a few buck of petrol. Overcast? Thunder? Sprinkling? SHIT! I left my electrical yard implements out. GOTTA HURRY! I asked Granny Aggie to hold off the rain until I could have everything under shelter. I kid you not, just as I placed the last thing, the electrical chord, in the shed, the deluge started! Grannie Aggie, you’re amazing! A load of laundry Dillons Dillons petrol Tobacco store *coming out from the tobacco store, I heard, very clearly, my Grannie Aggie’s say, “I would like some tobacco”. OMGs! I laughed uproariously, right there in front of the tobacco store! REALLY, GRANNIE AGGIE! My impression was that she enjoyed an occasional smoke. She couldn’t do it very often because her husband, G-G-Grandpa Peter wasn’t crazy about the idea of her smoking. *Once home, I fired up the charcoal and offered her some. I know she fully enjoyed it. I also fully believe, I FULLY BELIEVE she was directly over my right shoulder taking it all in! I made my offering of candy, tobacco and mile at the Gnome’s Tree in Meeka Park. A second load of laundry Trash over to brother’s; nice visit Morning Star Farms Buffalo Wings https://www.morningstarfarms.com/products/details/morningstar-farms-buffalo-wings-product.html, 2 ears of corn and potato coins for dinner. I’ve heard if one hasn’t worn something in a year, get it out from the closet. LOTS of clothes removed. Getting rid of the clothes will be a three-step process: 1st to my brother 2nd to a neighboring family 3rd remaining to a thrift store. Family outdoor time *Poor Stubby; freak from across the street, his home, called Long-tail inside but nary a consideration for Stubby. Methinks he’s more mine than I realized. Kitty-kat boxes A small, final load of laundry MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/ LA 3-1 Seattle NYRB 2-0 NYCFC (the battle of New York) Shower and bed PM God/dess Meditation: Sunna, goddess of the Sun:
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wotan, newly risen! Hail to you who has shown on all our ancestors, who shines on us, and who 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! Comments: last check on all fur-kids Alaf Sal Fena! (Aranmânôd = Harvest month) Plans: dunno, Social Group Munch AM Ancestor Meditation: Tag der Fruchtbarkeit (2nd great grandparents) Peter Amos Reimer (1832-1905) Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905) Peter A Reimer (1832-1905) Birth 17 Sep 1832 in Ohrloff, Molotschna, South Russia Death 3 Sep 1905 in Goessel, KS <> Agatha Dirksen (1840-1905) Birth 07 Apr 1840 in Sparrau, Molotschna, South Russia Death 3 Apr 1905 in Medford, OK <> I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me. I’m grateful for the heritage you provided . 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 AM Elder Rune: Gebo: The mystical union of gift and giver, repay gift for gift, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that accompanies it; freely exchanged, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are willing to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources. 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 AM Armanen Rune: Eh: Havamal 161. 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. 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 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). Interpretation: A gift (Gebo) that leads to fulfillment (Eh). Outcome: Relatively cooler, breezy, let’s try a walk, Toby. Toby and I out for a 1-mile walk; slow response to voice commands equates to retractable time. Essie for equal outdoor time; no Stubby, no Fish, no Shade, nice! *Stubby and I must be connecting on some level, no sooner was I thinking about Stubby when here he comes around the north tree-line. Banana waffles, a 3-egg omelet with cheese and veggie sausage…OMGs YUM! 9:30AM call in from O_. He was calling from Money Town Pawn suggesting I come see this weapon. Saw it. Liked it. Bought it! It’s a Wasserman-10, looks and operates like an AK, made in Romania; O_ says it’s considered an AK-M. I can hardly wait to shoot it! Started mowing front yard *quick run to the bank Finished mowing and trimming front yard Tree trimming guys showed up. I thought for sure they’d wait until Monday, but NOOOOOO… *They did a damned good job clearing the neighbor’s trees away from my house and opened up a shot for TV broadcasting signals for my TV antenna. To Hephner TV to by the necessities for TV antenna installation. *$100 under budget between materials and labor…EXCELLENT! ISO a replacement TV for the kitchen. Why? A few months ago, when I was battling gnats in my kitchen, I accidentally sprayed the TV screen…FOOM…gone! Best Buy Wal-Mart McDs for a late lunch Back to Best Buy because Wal-Mart only beat them by $1. LOL, Best Buy price matched…LOL MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/ (home/away) Toronto v Sporting KC *22nd min goal Toronto *22nd min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *29th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! @ the half, Toronto 1-2 SKC *87th min GOAL SKC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! *end of match; Toronto FC 1-3 Sporting Kansas City *SKC WINS! SKC WINS! SKC WINS! SKC WINS! SKC WINS! <> Oh fuck! The fan speed on the A/C unit was WAY too slow and the filter was in need of cleaning. No wonder it’s almost 80F in here. Fan speed corrected, filter cleaned. <> Orlando 0-0 Philly (on MLS LIVE) Montréal 0-1 DC (on MLS LIVE) Houston 2-1 San Jose Colorado 1-2 Columbus Vancouver 4-0 Salt Lake (woooooooooooooooooow…) NOW WTF? Is the A/C really going to go on the fritz? It couldn’t have done this yesterday. I would have forgone a couple of things. This after I’ve spent: *clearing of trees; $500, paid from emergency fund. *purchasing and budgeting for a whole-house TV antenna, apx $400 paid from the emergency fund. *kitchen TV replacement; paid from the under budgeted antenna project. *AK-M, $500, paid from a prior gun sale. We’ll see how overnight goes with the A/C. I have it set at 60deg, with the kitchen A/C on full, and fans placed so all breeze goes forward toward the living room A/C to help it cool down. Right now the house is at 80deg. Between all bank accounts, I have access to $200 more if the A/C is in need of service. Needless to say I didn’t make the Social Group Munch. *nighty-night PM 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! <> 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! Comments: last check on all fur-kids (Aranmânôd = Harvest month) It was a good night’s sleep, but for the leg cramps. Plans: work 10hrs AM Ancestor Meditation: Donarstag (great, grandparents) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) Eva Hiebert (1874-1929) Peter Reimer (1868-1937) Birth 17 July 1868 in Kleefeld, Molotschna, Russia Death 12 Jan 1937 in Kern, California, United States <> Eva Hiebert (1874-1929) Birth 13 Jan 1874 in Alexanderwohl, Molotschna, Taurida, Russia Death 20 Aug 1929 in Fresno, Fresno, California, United States <> I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me. I’m grateful for the heritage you provided . 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 AM Elder Rune: Mannaz (Inv): Problems relating with Heimdall and humanity, without cooperation between people, the inability to work within a social structure in an effective way, intellectual arrogance, bigotry, closed mindedness, failed social interaction and disorder; anti-social behavior and lack of Divine structure. 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 AM Armanen Rune: Man: Havamal 159. A fourteenth know Volkrast, the dwarf, Sings early at the gates of dawn, To strengthen the Aesir, to empower the Alves, But to myself, Allfather, to gain wisdom. Propagation of the human race, encompasses both the exoteric and the esoteric concepts of humanity, great gain, empowerment, strength, male mysteries, male leadership, pulling down the spiritual into material form, human/humanity, increase, masculinity, health, plenty, magic, spirit, truth, God-Man, male principle in Cosmos, birth, health, increase, maleness and man, Divine man, male principle in Cosmos, magic power, thaumaturgy, true self, the resurrected god, the upper part of the world tree, Irminsul, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers; the sacred Rune of humankind encouraging us to be human. “Be a man” (List, 61). Interpretation: Social disorder (Mannaz) that leads to male leadership (Man). Outcome: It’s WONDERFULLY cool out for an August morning. Good AM work; workload full; Friday OT is approved @ work for lunch; it’s not even 90F, Toby will be fine. *continued Secret of the Runes and the hidden meanings within heraldry Good PM work; raises with retro pay finally in paycheck. After my annual review, my lead suggested I approach the production super with my desired amount for a raise. I did, and he said it was out of his hands. Nonetheless, the amount I petitioned for was the exact amount of my raise. I wasn’t horribly disappointed. *applied for a couple of open positions. The final pieces of my great nephew’s b-day present arrived!!! Paid bills…GODS, I totally blew off last month with a couple of bills…WTF? Morning_Star_Farms_Buffalo_Wings https://www.morningstarfarms.com/products/details/morningstar-farms-buffalo-wings-product.html and a salad for dinner. *I’m sold on this stuff Family outside time *Socks was content being a slug in his house. *I love how Essie keeps Stubby under control *Toby cruised back and forth Shower and early to bed. PM God/dess Meditation: Donar:
Donar, Son of Wotan and Erda, husband to Sibba, 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! Comments: last check on all fur-kids Alaf Sal Fena! (Aranmânôd = Harvest month) Plans: work 10hrs AM Ancestor Meditation: Wotanstag (grandparents, Mother) David F. Schmidt (1895-1952) Mary Goertz (1888-1983) David F. Schmidt (1895-1952) Birth 28 Feb, 1885 in Kansas Death 1 Oct 1957 in Marion County, Kansas <> Mary Goertz (1888-1983) Birth 17 March 1888 in Kansas Death 27 Dec 1983 in Marion County, Kansas <> I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me. I’m grateful for the heritage you provided . 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 AM Elder Rune: Ansuz (U): In favor of the gods, Wotan specifically, issues concerning: Wotanic wisdom, the Athem - Divine/vital breath, the force of creation, taking inventory of one’s Tru Spirit and spiritual balance, a higher source of inspiration, communication skills and divine ancestry, higher consciousness, mental stability, self-discipline, spiritual balance. 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 AM Armanen Rune: Not: 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 is can settle fast. Distress, compulsion of fate, separation, confrontation, understanding suffering settled, calm, 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 stem yourself against it. “Use your fate, do not strive against it” (List, 55) Interpretation: Favor (Ansuz) that leads to Fate (Not). Outcome: Fish AND AN OPOSSUM for feeding. Storms are moving into Wichita for the morning. Toby will be inside. *5:30AM…wind is increasing. Good AM work; workload full; Friday is looking promising *rained aheluvalot Good home for lunch; Socks was ready for his house, Toby was ready to pee, Stubby was ready for food, Essie was ready for loving. Good PM work; power outage, I had two lead persons watch as I moved pallets with the forklift in an effort to become certified. 89F on the way home Boston Market frozen, fresh zucchini, and blueberry pie alamode for dinner. Family outside time; Essie was all over. She was in the front yard. She was in Socks’ house. She was in the back yard. Jeez… *Stubby’s appetite is insatiable. I’ve never seen anything like it. Dilemma; now Stubby is keep Shade at bay. I fed Shade on the sidewalk. Surprisingly, Shade let me pick him up; a bit unhappy about it, to take him to the upper tier of the feeding system. Stubby and I had a good talk. Otherwise uneventful. Shower, bed, nighty-night. PM God/dess Meditation: Wotan:
All-Father God! Wandering God! Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! Wotan!! 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, Wotan, 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, Wotan, as we honor the Wotan that resides in us all! Comments: last check on all fur-kids Alaf Sal Fena! (Aranmânôd = Harvest month) Plans: work 5-8 hrs AM Ancestor Meditation: Frijastag (great grandparents) David D. Schmidt (1852-1924) Elisabeth Zielke (apx 1856-1932) David D. Schmidt Birth abt 1852 in Russia Death 19 JUN 1924 in Lehigh, Marion, Kansas, USA <> Elisabeth Zielke (1856-1932) Birth 4 JAN 1856 in Waldheim, Molotschna, South Russia Death 19 JUN 1932 in Lehigh, Kansas I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me. I’m grateful for the heritage you provided . 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 AM Elder Rune: Mannaz (U): The human, Heimo; our genetic connection, issues concerning; cooperation between people, the special human, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, social structure, the ability to work well within a social structure in an effort be effective within it, social interaction and order, perfected intellect, attract support from your peers, Divine structure. 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 AM Armanen Rune: Os: Havamal 148. 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. Mouth, arising, ashes, the power of speech, that which is offered, freedom, Wotanic 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). Interpretation: Cooperation (Mannaz) that leads to freedom (Os). Outcome: Warm today, hot weekend, but then…OH YEAH! Stopped off at QT just to have something different for lunch today, AND for petrol. Good AM work; working 7hrs @ work for lunch; read most of the newspaper instead of Secret of the Runes Good, short, PM work LOTS of online catch-up! Breakfast for dinner…YUM! Contact from Sacerdotal Services of Wichita; I may have a wedding coming up in October! Cablecom over to tell me how much their labor is to put in my whole-house TV antenna. Audell’s Tree Service over to tell me how much it will cost to clear a whole in my north tree-line. *Jeez, this is turning out to be oneheluva project. *Mannaz/Os right here! Thursday CONCACAF Champions League (home/away) LA Galaxy 5-1 Central FC (Trinidad and Tobago) http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2015-08-06-la-galaxy-vs-central-fc/recap Today MLS http://www.mlssoccer.com/ (home/away) Portland 1-0 Chicago Nighty-night PM God/dess Meditation: Frija:
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! Comments: last check on all fur-kids Alaf Sal Fena! (Aranmânôd = Harvest month) Plans: work 10hrs AM Ancestor Meditation: Ziustag (grandparents) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) Henry E. Reimer (1898-1967) Birth 15 May 1898 in Medford, Grant, Oklahoma, USA Death 26 Mar 1967 in Hesston, Harvey, Kansas, United States <> Maria Hildebrand (1895-72) Birth abt 1895 in Kansas Death 22 Jul 1972 in Newton, Harvey, KS, USA <> I honor you this day, and I honor every bit of you that resides in me. I’m grateful for the heritage you provided . 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 AM Elder Rune: Wunjo (U): Joy, pasture, happiness attained with the fulfillment of a wish, the strong Clanic relationship, social contacts, family ties, fellowship, happiness, optimism, realization of true will, social and domestic harmony, good cheer, new social relationships, Fridu attained within a secure setting, an attitude of Wotan exposed. 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 AM Armanen Rune: Eh: Havamal 161. 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. 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 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). Interpretation: Joy (Wunjo) that leads to marriage (Eh). *well? Outcome: Hm…no sign of Stubby this morning. Good AM work; workload full Good @ work lunch; Secret of the Runes; NOW List gets into the hidden meanings in heraldry. *overcast Good PM work; workload remains full. 83F on the way home; perfekt! THERE’S Stubby! Immediately on the phone to start the process of TV antenna installation. Family outside time Toby and I out for a 3/5 mile walk. Ya know, with inserts, these steel-toed work shoes aren’t horribly uncomfortable. The walk was very doable, however intense. Separated recyclables Properly seared tilapia seasoned with garlic and a garden salad; FUCKING YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It could be a stormy night. Shower, bed, nighty-night. |
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AuthorCarroll E.H. Reimer |