(Hermond=Hoar month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans: back to classes

NOTE: Hmmm…there was a bit of lite snow this morning as I went to get Socks from the Haruc; however, not enough to effect class, I’m sure.

*Yup, as expected, the guy I voted for in the City Council race didn’t even come close  
http://www.kansas.com/2013/02/26/2693073/blick-leads-district-4-race-for.html .  Now I  have to choose between to Republicans.  I think I already know which one I’ll vote for in the general election, BUT, I bit more research is in order.  Yes, I vote in EVERY election!

AM Prayer: Wodanstac/Wednesday, we pray to Wodan, lighting a blue candle:
All-Father God!  Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! WODAN!! 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, Wodan, 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 HAIL, WODAN, as we honor the Wodan 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

AM Elder Rune: Algiz (neutral) so it could be either:
Algiz (U): Protection, Heimo (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of Ensiweg, the Rainbow Bridge, protection, expansion of consciousness, divine realizations, an awakening, drawing on the natural Will, invocation/supplication to the gods, AKA Elhaz, the Elk, or swan.

Or

Algiz (R): Outside the favor of Heimo, failure to integrate humanity with the Divine, without divine protection, possible dangers lurking, lack of preparedness, without the need for protection, the inability to see/understand/connect with what‘s coming, an aspect of death, helplessness.

Or both

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: Thorn:  Impermeable, will to act, power to become, Return, new emergence from what's apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, Return, formative power of the seed, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites.


Havamal 147.
A third I know: if sore need should come
of a spell to stay my foes;
when I sing that song, which shall blunt their swords,
nor their weapons nor staves can wound.

Interpretation: My protection is my own (Algiz) encouraged with the will to act (Thorn).

Outcome: Toby and I trudged-on despite the snow on the ground; still pretty deep in places.  Toby violated early, slowly came back for his face-to-face berating, then continued on with good behavior.

Good stuff in CNC Lathes

Home for lunch

Minor advances in CATIA Prismatic

My WINDERUL niece called me about someone wanting to give away a couch.  The “someone” is a lady for whom I preformed her wedding; one of my best weddings, too, I might add.  My niece Facebook emailed me a picture of it and OMGs…it’s green black and white; the colors of Rheinwood!

Yummerz dinner: ½lb hamburger steak, mashed potatoes with gravy and broccoli!

Otherwise uneventful

MISL (Major Indoor Soccer League) http://misl.uslsoccer.com/
Milwaukee Wave 12:8 Syracuse Silver Knights (uslnation.com)
Missouri Comets 8:6 Chicago Soul (in OT)(uslnation.com)

PM Prayer: Eger und Râhana:
Eger und Râhana, mysterious keepers of the deep hall at ocean’s bottom, host to the drowned and the sea lost. Your dwelling might be thought sad and gloomy, but you are known to be kind and hospitable ale givers. In your goodness then, cheer us when waves of misfortune pound our life’s fragile boats to the bottom. For even at the bottom, there is
warmth, cheer and hope. Be our assurance; be our inspiration to strive on despite the swells and swirls of fate. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, EGER UND RÂHANA, as we honor the Eger und Râhana that resides in us all!



 PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hermond=Hoar month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans: Unless “The Blizzard of Oz” intervenes, class

NOTES: First thing this morning, at 03:30/3:30AM, I was shoveling off the back porch so I could bring Socks in from his overnight stay in the Haruc.

*Yup, classes are canceled for one more day.  I can almost bet that WATC will want payback for these four days off because of snow; four days off being Thurs, Fri, Mon and Tues.

*On another kick this morning.  I want to learn and apply the metric (SI) system and have downloaded several PDF files on the subject.

AM Prayer: Ziustac/Tuesday, we pray to Ziu, lighting a purple candle (for honor):
Ziu, husband to Zisa, Great God of bravery, one-handed god, you
chained the Fenris Wolf that threatened the worlds. We can’t do that, but we can do other things, some ordinary, others heroic. Remind us of your bravery and your sacrifice. Give us the courage and strength we need to fetter our own Fenris. Keep us mindful of our duties, and help us keep our fears bound as
tightly as you bound old Slaver Mouth. Thus doing, may we share in your glory by imitating you.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, ZIU, as we honor the Ziu 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

AM Elder Rune: Berkana (neutral) so it could be either:

Berkana (U): The feminine, Frija, All-Mother, birth processes, rejuvenation, growth, nurturing, caregiver, mature wisdom, recuperation, purification, the birch tree, birth, becoming, life changes, the kind Mother, Frija at her most Motherly, healing, bringing into being, a significant life passage.

Or

Berkana (R): 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.

Or both

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: Sig:  Victory, success, gain, 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.


 Havamal 155.
An eleventh I know: if haply I lead
my old comrades out to war,
I sing 'neath the shields, and they fare forth mightily
safe into battle,
safe out of battle,
and safe return from the strife.

Interpretation: Any questions about growth (Berkana) will be met with victory (Sig)

Outcome: OMGs...Toby’s walk this morning was a simple 2-block roundy-roundy.  Trudging through that deep snow was a bitch!

Oh shit, I almost forgot about the City Council primary voting!  Off and running….or, today…sliding!  I’m sure the guy I voted for won’t win this primary, but I had to support the liberal cause as much as possible.  Whoever comes out on top and on to the general election will deserved my closer look.

Since there is no class I contacted the VA to get my chest x-ray and EKG done.  Good chest x-ray, good EKG (Man); at least I know I’m in pretty good health (Berkana).  MAN!  I have never seen the VA so void of human traffic!  It was so empty I got right in and out fairly quickly.

Napped

LOTS of frustrating conversation about gun rights on Facebook.

Uneventful evening…

I’ll check on the primaries tomorrow.

PM Prayer: Nirdu:
Nirdu, brother to Nirda, parents of the Wanâ; Ing-Fro 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 HAIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hermond=Hoar month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans: class

NOTES: Hmmm…Toby alerted me to emergency vehicles across the street first thing this morning.  I know she’s in advanced stages of cancer.  I hope she’s okay.
*No classes again today.  New blizzard-like conditions moving into the state.
  The  News is calling this winter storm “The Blizzard of Oz II”. 
*I went on a HUGE Herman the German kick this morning
** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arminius
** http://www.paganspace.net/profiles/blogs/day-of-remembrance-for-herman
** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherusci
** http://www.historyfiles.co.uk/KingListsEurope/BarbarianCherusci.htm
** http://www.livius.org/te-tg/teutoburg/teutoburg01.htm
** http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwPvAWMGYsk

AM Prayer: Manostac/Monday, we pray to Mano, male aspect and god of the moon, lighting a white candle (symbolic of the moon):
Greetings to you, Mano, glorious male aspect of the moon; silver messenger on high.  You’re the measurer and teller of time.  As you fly silently on your way reflect into our souls the glory of the High Ones that we might aspire to the realms of the gods.  Bathe our world in soft brightness, and whisper to our souls of joyous realms beyond our knowing. Mano let us see the goodness within us and without us, all the nights and days of our lives.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, MANO, as we honor the Mano 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

AM Elder Rune: Mannaz (R): 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: Fa:  Help, original fire, creative father principle,
guidance, Father-God principle.  Primal Fire, the power of spirit and change as well as the power of creativity, guidance, divine masculine principle, success, wealth, fire that acts creatively in love, will that spares manifestation down to the material levels, changes, new beginnings.


Havamal 145.
Those songs I know, which nor sons of men
nor queen in a king's court knows;
the first is Help which will bring thee help
in all woes and in sorrow and strife.

Interpretation: The challenges of social interaction (Man) will result in a new beginning (Fa).

Outcome: It’s gray, overcast and chilly, but no signs of this major winter storm as of yet.

Today was Toby’s first full one-mile walk since the snow.  I think it wore him out having to jump around in it.  His first distraction he handled well.  He saw it.  He froze, and started running towards it.  With very sternly worded voice commands he rightly came back.  I have no idea what the second distraction was and I don’t think Toby did either; however; he certainly took off like a rocket.  Once he finally responded to stern voice commands, which included a return command that told him he was in trouble.  He leisurely came back; in no hurry to get his verbal, face-to-face reprimand.

Why haven’t I worn these boots much lately; snow or no snow?

It’s taken all morning but it’s finally started; BRING IT ON, BLIZZARD OF OZ!

Prepared the Haruc for Socks’ possible overnight stay; by that I mean, food, water and litter box.

McDs for lunch; just an excuse to get out in this stuff.

Mensch!  It’s REALLY coming down!

Short-lived that it was…1 ½”…that’s all so far.

They say it’s simple physics.  A body in motion stays in motion.  A body at rest…z-z-z-z-z-z-z…

PM Prayer: Ostara:
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 HAIL, OSTARA, as we honor the Ostara that resides in us all!



PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hermond=Hoar month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans: on campus for CATIA

NOTE: I’ve had it!  I’m fed up.  I’ve given Socks the benefit of the doubt long enough.  I have to admit he can’t seem to be trusted overnight.  During the day I think he’s fine, but overnight there have been too many signs of misbehavior.  I have washed too any things at 03:30/3:30AM because of his bad behavior.

AM Prayer: Sunnastac/Sunday, we pray to Sunna, goddess of the Sun, lighting a yellow candle (symbolic of the Sun):
Greetings to you Sunna, in all your feminine, fertile glory; Lamp of Wodan, 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 HAIL SUNNA, as we honor the Sunna 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

AM Elder Rune: Teiwaz (U): The God Ziu, one handed god of war and honor, justice, valor, uncompromising in judgments, victory in conflict, the spiritual warrior, self-sacrifice, motivated by a sense of justice, law and order, bravery, honesty, evenhandedness, warfare as a part of evolution, mental and emotional order.



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: Sig:  Victory, success, gain, 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.


Havamal 155.
An eleventh I know: if haply I lead
my old comrades out to war,
I sing 'neath the shields, and they fare forth mightily
safe into battle,
safe out of battle,
and safe return from the strife.

Interpretation: Victory (Teiwaz) and victory (Sig)!!!!!!!!!!!!

Outcome: Out with Toby for his walk.  As the sidewalks are still impassable and is the dirt road I just kept Toby along the streets and well under control.  There was no traffic so it was easy.

On campus for CATIA went pretty well.

Coming home I see my J’sW buddy in his driveway while his FUCKING CUTE AS HEL granddaughter was trying to finish shoveling the driveway with a plastic snow shovel.   I took gathered up Toby, my steel snow shovel and went back to his house.  DAMN, daughter is even cuter than momma and momma is WOW!

Tried to cal Liut members…no one answered.

Heavy call to Oklahoma

A Liut member returned my call.  I’m glad I talked to Oklahoma first.  I’m expecting a return call to have a speaker phone conversation.   Truth be told, they really don’t need me.  I’m the one who needs them.

MY IRMINENSCHAFT BUDDY FROM MAINE CALLED!

 MISL (Major Indoor Soccer League) http://misl.uslsoccer.com/
Milwaukee Wave 8:9 Rochester Lancers
Wichita Wings 11:15 Missouri Comets (ho-hum)

Well, it’s going on 19:00/7Pm and no call from my Liut members.  Evidently my concerns must not be important enough to them.

PM Prayer: Wuldar:
Wuldar, glory-god, hunting-god, ski-god, dueling-god; Son of Sibba, step-son of Donar, you glide through the snow-clad forests bringing death to game and life to your people. Remind us that life feeds on life, and that the beauty of the prey is formed generation after generation by the culling ferocity of the predator. Let your Yew-bow be the great World-Yew under another guise.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, WULDAR, as we honor the Wuldar that resides in all of us!



 PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hermond=Hoar month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans: Rheinwood Nordliut Fertility Fagende

NOTE: A bit of online research first thing this morning.  In a Facebook group the subject of prayers came up: “This may sound like a random question but it keeps coming up in my mind. I wanted to ask the opinion of fellow heathens how they feel about prayer (not the christian form) and how they pray? I hear so many conflicting things that seeking the advice of other may be good. My family is respectful of my path and who I am, but they are most of them in christian religions. I also want to be able to teach my daughter all the ways she can to speak with our ancestors, and the gods.” 

My initial response was to give my list of prayers on the Rheinwood Nordliut website.  This morning, I recalled something that the now deceased Alsherjargodi Sveinbjörn Beinteinsson said, "Anyone can pray to the Gods in whatever manner he likes. Óðinn stands for Wisdom, the Imagination, and great Knowledge."  
http://www.angelfire.com/nm/seidhman/beinweb.html   It took some time to find it, but when I did, I wanted to keep it, so I not only responded to it on Facebook, I also made a similar entry onto the Rheinwood Nordliut website‘s prayer page.

AM Prayer: Saturn’s Day/Day of Fertility/Tag der
Fruchtbarkeit/Saturday, we pray to Sibba, and to Ing-Frô, lighting green candles (for fertility):

Sibba, Great Goddess of Fertility and Family, wife of Donar; let us see you in all the growing things that sustain our lives. Help us look beyond the packaging and promotion, to the richness of the Earth from which all bounty comes. When ordinary eyes see only corn, let us see your golden hair hid in its silk. When others see only bread, let us see the grain, beyond that, your smile and laughter. Feed our might and main, Holy Sibba, that we may do our work in the world. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, SIBBA, as we honor the Sibba 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 HAIL, ING-FRÔ, as we honor the Ing-Frô that resides in all of us!


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 (neutral) so it could be either:
Wunjo (U): Joy, pasture, joy attained with the fulfillment of a wish, the strong Clanic relationship, social contacts, fellowship, happiness, optimism, realization of true will, social and domestic harmony, good cheer, new social relationships, Fridu; within a secure setting, the good/bright side of Wodan.

Or

Wunjo (R): Sadness, disruption in the Clanic relationship, questionable social contacts, loser, miserable, loneliness, shunning, weakened family ties, social and domestic disharmony, the inability to attain a wish, strife, alienation, failed social relationships, Fridu is challenged, the shadow side of Wodan.

Or both, but I’m hoping for the former.

AM Armanen Rune: Eh:  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.



 Havamal 161.
A seventeenth I know: so that e'en the shy maiden
is slow to shun my love.

Interpretation: Joy/sadness (Wunjo) with love (Eh)…yeah okay..

Outcome: An abbreviated walk for Toby.  I know he wants more but that’s all he gets for now.

Aldi; damnit, forgot that Aldi doesn’t open until 09:00/9AM and it’s not even 08:00 /8AM yet.

Dillons for a few things for breakfast…NEVER go to a grocery store hungry.  I should know better.  I couldn’t resist these apple-cinnamon soft cookies.

Good slow morning…

Tried to call Liut member to verify but my efforts thus far are discouraging.

Napped

A bit of online research about gardening.

I had an interesting telephone conversation with someone running for City Council Dist 4 in which I am a resident.  Methinks I’ll probably vote for him.

Confusion around our Fertility Fagende…I just cancelled it…fuck it.

There is some serious disruption (Wunjo) happening within the Liut that may very well hamper any kind of increase (Eh) with Rheinwood.  Okay, a bit of confusion about Ostara, but today was supposed to have been our regular closed meeting.  Since I can’t seem to generate any interest, I just cancelled it.

Tried to take Toby out for a walk in the still deep snow.  MAN!  After two blocks I was pooped!

A bit of family time on the back porch.  I don’t have to worry about Essie running off with all this snow everywhere.  She hasn’t even ventured an attempt at the deep snow, so she stays in tracks and shallow snow.  It’s very easy to keep track of her this way.

Ya know I have to admit I’m pissed.  I have one Liut member who I think wants to come to things but can’t because of a new job.  I have another member who I think is borderline and rarely returns my calls.  I have a third who…well…I just don’t know what to think about that one anymore.  My problem today is that assumptions were made and what SHOULD HAVE been at least a closed meeting didn’t go off at all.  ARGH!

I must be one heluvan individual to get along with…I dunno…maybe I’m gullible.

MISL (Major Indoor Soccer League) http://misl.uslsoccer.com/
Milwaukee Wave 6:10 Baltimore Blast (battle of the MISL heavyweights!)

PM Prayer: Scata:
Scata, Winter goddess, fleet on your skis and let
me be the game you bag with you bow. Stun me with your grace and beauty, tuck me in the skin-sack at your side, and then take me to your home where wolves howl.
There, show me the crisp freedom of winter and wilderness.  Just as you were ready, willing and able to obtain your revenge on the Aesir for the killing of
your father, Thiazi, grant us the same ferocity in our lives.  Direct us to be strong, able and favored of you. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, SCATA, as we honor the Scata that resides in us all!



 PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hermond=Hoar month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans: classes

NOTE: What the hel am I doing awake so early?
*Classes cancelled again today.
**I’m worried about Socks.  He went out very early this morning and he hasn’t come back.  It’s 13F/-10.5C, way too cold for him to be outside for any length of time.  Since the snow he’s been, okay, let me out…for a while…then it’s hey, let me in.  He’s been out for several hours now.

AM Prayer: Frijastac/Friday, we pray to Frija, and Frouwa, lighting gold candles (for Frija’s spinning threads of gold, Frouwa’s golden tears):

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 HAIL, FRIJA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!

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 HAIL, FROUWA, as we honor the Frouwa 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

AM Elder Rune: Algiz (R): Outside the favor of Heimo, failure to integrate humanity with the Divine, without divine protection, possible dangers lurking, lack of preparedness, without the need for protection, the inability to see/understand/connect with what‘s coming, an aspect of death, helplessness.



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: Fa:  Help, original fire, creative father principle,
guidance, Father-God principle.  Primal Fire, the power of spirit and change as well as the power of creativity, guidance, divine masculine principle, success, wealth, fire that acts creatively in love, will that spares manifestation down to the material levels, changes, new beginnings.


Havamal 145.
Those songs I know, which nor sons of men
nor queen in a king's court knows;
the first is Help which will bring thee help
in all woes and in sorrow and strife.

Interpretation: No protection (Algiz) but there is help (Fa).

Outcome:  If Socks is in danger (Algiz) I want to help (Fa) him.

Looking back I don’t see that I’ve mentioned this, but my legs have been red between my knees and ankles.  A quick bit of research tells me that might be indicative of a circulation problem (Algiz), which would connect with my chest pains of a while back. My immediate response has been to start wearing again my support stockings, as suggested in my research.  I should also follow-up (Fa) as soon as I can with my doctor’s recommendation for an EKG and a stress test.  My doctor was a bit perturbed when the VA Emergency room didn’t do at least an EKG when I was there.  My protection in this is my own (Algiz) with help (Fa) from my doctor.

Once again I didn’t take Toby on his 1mile walk; still too much snow all around.

Pushed out two people who were stuck; one, who just happened to be a Mexican, barely a thank you.

Trip to Aldi for a few staple items.

I hope Socks is okay…

Worked on taxes @ turbotax.com; a bit of tax trouble (Algiz) with little help (Fa) from
turbotax.com.

Short nap…

I knew he was coming over, but my nap was pretty sound.  I didn’t hear the phone ring, which would have been four rings, all I heard was a “…we’re on our way” and I was up in a shot!  My wonderful nephew came over with a big-ass bucket tractor and cleared out my driveway!  Gotta love that boy!  In the mean time I visited with my WONDERFUL nice and great nephews!  Gotta love them all!

Where the hel is Socks??????????????

Socks finally showed up shortly after 7PM/19:00!  He looked pretty anxious about something.  I wish I could ask him where he’s been and what he’s been doing.  A while back when after his surgery he was gone for five days and finally came home I told myself I would never again worry about him.  I can’t help it.  He went outside into the frigid cold around 3AM and has been gone all day.  I worried.

MISL (Major Indoor Soccer League) http://misl.uslsoccer.com/
Wichita Wings 10:15 Syracuse Silver Knights (on uslnation.com)(hangs head)
Chicago Soul 13:2 Missouri Comets (woooooow…)

PM Prayer: Paltar:
Blameless Paltar, gloriously shining god, restoration god, beloved son of Wodan 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 this life a tragedy. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hermond=Hoar month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans: class

NOTE: Snow continued all night.  EASILY 7-8” accumulation thus far.
*THUNDERSNOW!

AM Prayer: Donarstac/Thursday, we pray to Donar, lighting a red candle:
Donar, Son of Wodan 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; 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 HAIL, DONAR, as we honor the Donar 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

AM Elder Rune: Laguz (U): A body of water, life ever-flowing; seen and
unseen, the leek (a healing herb) the feminine, Nirdu, Erda (Mother Earth), Ing-Fro and Frouwa, emotions intact, potential for life, magical workings, personal growth, the basic energy and secret source of organic life, feeling, intuition.



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: Thorn:  Impermeable, will to act, power to become, Return, new emergence from what's apparently old and dried-up, formative power of the seed, the thunderbolt, targeting goals, activity and the phallus, Return, formative power of the seed, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites.


Havamal 147.
A third I know: if sore need should come
of a spell to stay my foes;
when I sing that song, which shall blunt their swords,
nor their weapons nor staves can wound.

Interpretation: Growth (Laguz) in the form of a new emergence (Thorn)

Outcome: Classes cancelled for today.

Couldn’t take Toby for his 1-mile walk, but we sure had fun playing in the snow.  LOTS of pictures taken.  I don’t think Essie knew what to think.  Twice I took her out; once to the front porch and once to the back porch.  For some reason Essie copped an attitude with Toby to the point of lashing out at him.  Toby put up with it for a couple of times but soon got in her face.

Good online fun.  A Facebook friend who has an online store asked me if she got the color right for a Coast Guard sticker.  I did a quick search for a couple of examples of Coast Guard uniforms; did the same thing for the Air Force, Navy and Marines.  She very much appreciated my help.

Trip to Dillons for house cleaning stuff.  I had the opportunity to help a stuck person in the parking lot.

Socks has certainly been clingy today.

Car Payment

Return trip to Dillons

Two loads of laundry

Cleaned house

McDs for dinner…just an excuse to once again get out in the snow.

Last news report said 14.2 inches of snow since it began.

I took Toby out for a brief walk towards my J’sW buddy’s house.  It’s so freaking hilarious to see him having fun in it.  Come to find out that A_ is living in a duplex near the baseball stadium.  Actually it makes sense so she’s in close proximity to what I believe is still her work.  My J’sW buddy and his wife saw her and evidently talked to her at a local thrift store.

I’m sure it’s all about the snow, but Socks has had very little interest in going outside.  He might venture out a bit but soon enough is back at the door wanting inside.  He’s continued to be very clingy all day.

There!  I’ve mentioned all my furry babies.

As far as I know classes are back on for tomorrow.

PM Prayer: All you gods and goddesses bless and keep your Holy Folk. From the cold shadows of the glaciers to the colder shadows of space, always, we have been your people. Guide and guard your North folk as you did in ages past. Wodan, give wisdom and craft to wits shaped by ice and fire that our foes be foxed. Donar, give us strength and the will to use it. Ing-Fro and Frouwa, give full wombs so that bodies will be found for the souls of heroes. Let your Northern Folk grow in number and in power, so that our kind may live, love, survive and thrive, not just today, not for a millennium, but for ever and ever!


PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hermond=Hoar month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans: class

NOTE: First the cold, then the snow…

AM Prayer: Wodanstac/Wednesday, we pray to Wodan, lighting a blue candle:
All-Father God!  Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! WODAN!! 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, Wodan, 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 HAIL, WODAN, as we honor the Wodan 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

AM Elder Rune:
Berkana (R): 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.


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:  Male mysteries, 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.


Havamal 159.
A fifteenth I know, which Folk-stirrer sang,
the dwarf, at the gates of Dawn;
he sang strength to the gods, and skill to the elves,
and wisdom to Wodan who utters.

Interpretation: Where the female fails (Berkana) the male (Man) emerges.

Outcome: Toby did exceedingly well on his walk.  Ever since I incorporated the face-to-face berating I haven’t had to reuse it.  That’s a good thing.

The weatherman still insists were in for a winter whollop; it certainly doesn’t feel like it.

Flurries started on the way to class.

Actually made a part on the CNC Lathe…well, will plenty of help.  Thanks Spencer!

Plenty of snow today; couldn’t come home for lunch, too dangerous.  My brother was kind enough to come check on Toby.

Worked on the take-home CATIA quiz…I’m about to get swallowed up.

I don’t shovel off my driveway anymore.  It’s to pitted and cracked, but I DO clear my porch and steps, front and back.

MY MILEAGE CHECK SHOWED UP!

Bank https://www.emprisebank.com/ omgs she was cute AND friendly!

Dillons petrol

Officially 5” of snow reported with (supposedly) more on the way.

Some REALLY good online time

Berkana and Man?  Sometimes it’s not so clear, and neither is my brain this evening.

PM Prayer: Saga
You’re the goddess of history; part and parcel of our ever expanding past.  Whisper to our hearts of the stories about our gods, our ancestors, our heroes
and their glories.  Be the resource for our memories should we ever forget from whence we come.  Gently remind us that we all have a rich history from which to
pull.  For it is as we remember and respect the past can we deal with our present, knowing that we will some day have to deal with our spiritual debt.  We honor you, Saga, as a repository for the basis of all that we are, all that we are coming to be, and all that our offspring will inherit from us.  WE GIVE YOU
A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, SAGA, as we honor the Saga that resides in us all.


PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hermond=Hoar month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans: class

NOTE: Rough night…last night’s tacos kept talking back to me.

AM Prayer: Ziustac/Tuesday, we pray to Ziu, lighting a purple candle (for honor):
Ziu, husband to Zisa, Great God of bravery, one-handed god, you
chained the Fenris Wolf that threatened the worlds. We can’t do that, but we can do other things, some ordinary, others heroic. Remind us of your bravery and your sacrifice. Give us the courage and strength we need to fetter our own Fenris. Keep us mindful of our duties, and help us keep our fears bound as
tightly as you bound old Slaver Mouth. Thus doing, may we share in your glory by imitating you.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, ZIU, as we honor the Ziu 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

AM Elder Rune: (leaping from the Well) Pertho (neutral) so it could be either:

Pertho (U): Dice cup, the lucky roll of the dice, the presence of positive Wurt/Urlag (the ordeal of Humankind), the Wurtâ; Urda (that which was), Werdanda (that which is becoming) and Sculd (that which is owed), the realization of hidden potential, interwoven yet independent Wurt, good fellowship and happiness, secrets revealed, the Well of Knowledge for growth.

Or

Pertho (R): The presence of negative Wurt, an unlucky roll of the dice, bad luck, secrets remaining secret, delusions, fantasies, megalomania, outside the collective/individual consciousness, out of touch with reality, negative forces set in motion, the need to deal with uncertainty, unpleasant contractions of birth pains.

Or both

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:
Hagal:  The Mother of all Runes, the All-Mother, 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, Divine within, Rune of enclosure but contains a potential for growth, builder/architect of the worlds.


Havamal 151.
A seventh I know: if I see a hall
high o'er the bench-mates blazing,
flame it ne'er so fiercely I still can save it, --
I know how to sing that song.

Interpretation: My luck (Pertho) is my own with poetical for growth (Hagal).

Outcome: There was a bit of excitement on Toby’s 1-mile walk.  Immediately I could see from my house  police lights on McCormick street.  McCormick is always on the flip-flop so I knew I would eventually find out what was happening.  Sure enough, I see a car had slammed into a telephone pole, but the force was on the opposite side from where the car impacted it.  The telephone pole was broken at the bottom and barely hanging aright  by telephone lines.  So it looked like this:

Car -> // <- telephone pole and obvious impact direction; it made no sense.

CNC Operations Lathes couldn’t get over soon enough.  After class, I was lucky (Pertho) enough to make weekend arrangements with Sh_ for CATIA help.  With her help, there honestly IS potential for growth (Hagal).

Home for lunch

Made a phone call trying to find out what’s happened to Thea.

In CATIA Prismatic we got our “take home” quiz: JsMrFnChst!

Family time on the porch

Watched some WSU basketball on ESPN3.com
Wichita State Univ. 66/62 Indiana State

Worked a bit more on My Final Wishes document.

Fort Hays State Univ. called with a health survey.  I had a good time with it.

The weather is getting ready to change in an major way in Oz.

PM Prayer: Forsizo:
As the son of Paltar and Nanda, we call out to you in our time of legal need.  You’re the god of justice and reconciliation.  We know that justice is a double-edged ax.  On the one side, if our argument is right, grant us the proper conclusion.  On the other side, if our argument is fraudulent, meat-out justice accordingly.  Whether in the court of legal proceedings or the court of public opinion, grant us the justice according to the rightness of our deeds.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, FORSIZO, as we honor the Forsizo that resides in us all!



 PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Hermond=Hoar month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or
CE)

Plans: class

NOTE: Damn, that wind has been howling all night.  Certainly sounds like spring in Ks.

AM Prayer: Manostac/Monday, we pray to Mano, male aspect and god of the moon, lighting a white candle (symbolic of the moon):
Greetings to you, Mano, glorious male aspect of the moon; silver messenger on high.  You’re the measurer and teller of time.  As you fly silently on your way reflect into our souls the glory of the High Ones that we might aspire to the realms of the gods.
Bathe our world in soft brightness, and whisper to our souls of joyous realms beyond our knowing. Mano let us see the goodness within us and without us, all the nights and days of our lives.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, MANO, as we honor the Mano 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

AM Elder Rune:
Pertho (U): Dice cup, the lucky roll of the dice, the presence
of positive Wurt/Urlag (the ordeal of Humankind), the Wurtâ; Urda (that which was), Werdanda (that which is becoming) and Sculd (that which is owed), the realization of hidden potential, interwoven yet independent Wurt, good fellowship and happiness, secrets revealed, the Well of Knowledge for growth.


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: Two Runes

Fa:  Help, original fire, creative father principle, guidance, Father-God
principle.  Primal Fire, the power of spirit and change as well as the power of creativity, guidance, divine masculine principle, success, wealth, fire that acts creatively in love, will that spares manifestation down to the material levels, changes, new beginnings.


Havamal 145.
Those songs I know, which nor sons of men
nor queen in a king's court knows;
the first is Help which will bring thee help
in all woes and in sorrow and strife.


And

Yr:  Female mysteries, 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.



 Havamal 160.
A sixteenth I know: when all sweetness and love
I would win from some artful wench,
her heart I turn, and the whole mind change
of that fair-armed lady I love.

Interpretation: Luck (Pertho) will come in the form of help (Fa) from a female (Yr).

Outcome: Toby did pretty well on his 1-mile, rather windy, walk.

More hands-on with CNC Operations-Lathes.

Home for lunch

Minor advances in CATIA Prismatic

I’m lucky (Pertho) to have help (Fa) from this lady (Yr) in class.  Sure, I’m not the only one she helps.  She sticks around after her class to help a few of us who need it and are not being adequately services by the lab instructor.  I guess this class of students in Machine Technology is one of the largest if not THE largest they’ve ever had.  Help from this wonderful young lady is welcomed!

Oh freakin’ yum!  I make oneheluva homemade taco!  I made a pig of myself. 


Where does my energy go in the evening?  Maybe it was the taco gorging…HAHAHAHA.

MISL (major Indoor Soccer League) http://misl.uslsoccer.com/
Wichita Wings 10:11 Rochester Lancers (rolls eyes)(uslnation.com)
Milwaukee Wave 15:10 Chicago Soul

PM Prayer: The Wurtâ:
The 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” will form now in our deeds.
That which “is owed”, will be, but we cannot yet see,
We celebrate the Wurtâ, the Ladies Three, for all eternity.



 PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!