(Ostarmanod = Ostara/Blissful month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: trip to bank to consolidate MS Walk money

NOTE:  MAJOR cat confrontation on the porch over the food bowl; that’s NO WAY to start a morning.  Sometimes I get so fed up with her insistence on keep a food bowl on the porch.

AM Prayer: Friday/Frijastag, 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 A 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 physical man the day

AM Rune: Uruz (U): The Auroch beast, the primal instinct, survival, an
impulse towards action, creation taking shape, expansion, tenacity, vital
strength, instinct of survival, taking risks, stick-to-itiveness, foundation, a stabilizing effect, moral strength, healing, rejuvenation, good health and energy, primal drizzle.


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 Rune: Ka:  Female principle in the universe, as executive power of
balancing justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child, force, that which is established, World Tree, power, generation, ability and artfulness, executive power of balancing
justice, sensuality, higher consciousness.



Outcome: Okaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay…HAIL the physical strength and HAIL the Divine
Feminine!

Lots and LOTS of job apps; at least 13 today, I’m even considering hiring agencies and I never would have considered them previously.  Yes, I’m getting that desperate.

Grocery excursion
*Bank
*Aldi
*Walmart Neighborhood Market
*Dillons
*Dillons petrol

Power napped

Team Rheinwood Mt Hope came thru with $117 for the MS Walk tomorrow!  Total, we raised $485!

Weight-bearing, low weight-high-reps, workout…and it was a good one!

Major League Soccer (MLS) Match http://www.mlssoccer.com/
DC United 4:1 FC Dallas http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2012-03-30-dc-v-dal/commentary

WOW!  The Rheinwood website http://rheinwood.weebly.com has a new high for hits in one day: 529!  The average is about 100-150, but for some reason today went BOOM!  

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 Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Ostarmanod = Ostara/Blissful month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than
BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: ?

AM Prayer: Thursday/Donarstag, we pray to Donar, lighting a red candle
Donar, wielder of Mjolnir and Great God of thunder, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, let us advance. When we would be weak, help us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, sharpen our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Help us grow 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 A 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 physical man the day

AM Rune: 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/Frith is challenged, the shadow side of Wodan.


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 Rune: Ur:  That which is permanent, medical help, healing powers, original cause, origin, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, contact with the transcendent, contact with the dead, life after physical death, Mother-God, Creative Mother Principle, a physician’s rune and represents resurrection, eternity, and continuity, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, root of
eternity.


Outcome: Ya know, I have to admit disappointment (Wunjo (R))with Team Rheinwood and the MS Walk.  They just haven’t come thru like I had hoped they would.  However, my spirit continues to believe in the root of all that is good (Ur) about them.

I just finished my first bowl of hot cereal EVER!  While I am intrigued about the concept of hot cereal I’ve struggled with a way to tolerate it; even more so now that I have to make some dietary changes.  I can’t deal with oatmeal.  I just cant get past the texture.  HOWEVER, this morning I finished a bowl of Malt-o-Meal!  My first two efforts failed miserably.  The first effort was extremely lumpy.  The second effort with honey and milk added just didn’t trip my trigger.  Today, I made it with artificial sweetener and fruit with milk on the side.  Not bad at all!  I also had a couple of nuked cheesy-eggs.  Hey, I’m
tryin’…

Spent the rest of the morning and into the afternoon re-doing the yard.  I even attempted to rebuild the cat-cemetery area, but my knees hurt from re-working the burms around the baby-trees.

Okay, I can officially start bitching today.  It’s already officially 80F/27C.  Hanging on for a few more days when the temps are supposed to drop 20 degrees.

Audie and I have absolutely NOT been on the same page at all day today; some serious alienation. 


Das ist gut genug…

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 worthy of you. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, SCATA, as we honor the Scata that resides in us all!


PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Ostarmanod = Ostara/Blissful month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than
BC, AD, BCE or CE)


Plans: ?

AM Prayer: Wednesday/Wodanstag, we pray to Wodan, lighting a blue candle
All-Father God!  Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! WODAN!! We call
out to you, not as slaves or on bended knee, but on our feet and opened-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 one of the Great Halls where we may feast, drink and be merry with our heroes and our ancestors until the time comes to live or fight once more. 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 physical man the day

AM Rune: Naudiz (Irreversible): The Rune of Need (whether physical,
emotional, spiritual), a Norn Rune, force friction, a stress indicator,
opportunity for change, urgency, a generating force for the greater good,
friction, transformation, resistance leading to strength, an evolutionary change toward a more holistic state, Fate.


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 Rune: Ar:  Leadership, all that which is beautiful and Sun-like, change to good, virtues, honor, glory, rewarding work, completion, light, Divine spirit, power contained in light that washes away darkness, wisdom, beauty, virtue, trust, honor, fame, Rune of the initiate, Symbolism of the Solar child that returns home from darkness Rune of the explorer.


Outcome: This is so amazing!

Two-mile walk; the 1.7 mile walk took right at 40 min, now, the two-mile walk takes the same amount of time.  I’m so impressed with me!

MY buddy put more on the links page on the Irminenschaft website about “Days of Remembrance“; however, without the info as to WHY they need to be remembered.
I asked him if I could find info and place links with his Days of Remembrance.  He agreed.  I quickly found out some of the info was hard to find and questionable at best.  I made sure to take the best of what I could find; that really took some time.  No to mention most of the links didn’t work even after I double-checked them.  So, I made a note of the necessity to copy/paste the link.

Audie got a call from her buddy who PRESUMES she’s out of gas; barely making it to work.  I grabbed up the gas container, put it a couple gallon’s worth and headed of to her aid.  It worked.

McDs for lunch.


I got tired of dealing with HP and that damned printer; returned it to Office Depot.

More work on the Irminenschaft page; I became enthralled in what I was finding about Herman the German, the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest and the halt of Roman expansion eastward thru Germany.

Audie off to neighbor’s house

Audie off to Momma’s house

I got a call from Liut/Kindred brother.  It seems Team Rheinwood has mostly fallen apart in relation to the Walk MS thing.  One has had surgery, two others have to work; cant fault them there.  However, they’ve collected no more money from when I was out there to get them started (Naudiz).  It looks like I must carry on alone (Ar) as Team Rheinwood for the MS Walk.

Me alone in my house…it’s okay, I don’t mind

PM Prayer: Paltar
Blameless Paltar, gloriously shining 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 Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Ostarmanod = Ostara/Blissful month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than
BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: ?

AM Prayer: Tuesday/Ziustag, we pray to Ziu, lighting a purple candle (for honor)
Ziu, Great God of bravery, 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 out 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 MOST A 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 physical man the day

AM Rune: Sowulo (Irreversible): The Sun, Sonne/Sunna, a lightning bolt, victory, success, life force, confidence, optimism, the clear light of day, can be a destructive lightening flash (clearing), the will to victory, appearance of
a guiding principle, guidance in journeying, spiritual guidance, success and leadership.


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 Rune: Ar:  Leadership, all that which is beautiful and Sun-like, change to good, virtues, honor, glory, rewarding work, completion, light, Divine spirit, power contained in light that washes away darkness, wisdom, beauty, virtue, trust, honor, fame, Rune of the initiate, Symbolism of the Solar child that returns home from darkness Rune of the explorer.


Outcome: It doesn’t get any better than this!

I got onto the printer project; now that was frustrating as it could be!  Not even Office Depot, where I bought the damned thing, could be of any use.  Now HP customer service in India is telling me I need a router password to get past my router so the computer and printer can communicate.  WTF?  I so ready just to get my money back.

Got onto the Wîhstat project.  Now THAT was fun!  First, I took pictures of the new growth on the baby trees and posted them online.  Then, I weeded around the around the rest of the trees and rebuilt the burms around them.  I was so impressed with myself I took pics of the whole finished project.  Ya know, I don’t get in a hurry with my outdoor projects.  There’s just no need to.  Sure they take me a while, but what else do I have to
do?

Weight-bearing workout; light weight, high rep, three sets each.

Off to Dillons http://www.dillons.com/Pages/default.aspx for milk.

Audie to Momma’s

Relaxing…

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 Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Ostarmanod = Ostara/Blissful month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than
BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: ???

AM Prayer: Monday/Day of the Moon/Tag der Mondes, we pray to Mano, 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.  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 physical man the day

AM Rune: Mannaz (U): The human, Heimdall; our genetic connection, cooperation between people, the human intellect, awareness, kinship, the ability to work well within a social structure and 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 Rune: Ar:  Leadership, all that which is beautiful and Sun-like, change to good, virtues, honor, glory, rewarding work, completion, light, Divine spirit, power contained in light that washes away darkness, wisdom, beauty, virtue, trust, honor, fame, Rune of the initiate, Symbolism of the Solar child that returns home from darkness Rune of the explorer.


Outcome: I am SO amped!

2-mile morning walk

Audie and I replanted her tulips in front of the house; a better place for them.

LOTS of yard work all day.  It took quite a bit of extra mowing because everything has sprouted so early and so ferociously:
*front yard, mowed and edged.
*backyard, game area mowed closely, Wîhstat trimmed, edged and looking good, hind-forty mowed a bit higher due to the massive growth.
*All this took several hours.  The front yard was done easily enough; but in the backyard, breaks became more frequent and longer.  I’m not a spring chicken any more.

BUSHED!

Audie to Momma’s

I’m in the process of changing over the Rheinwood website to reflect a more Irminist flavor.  Hel, that’s a bigger job than I expected.

Too much time on my hands…

PM Prayer: Forsizo
As the son of Paltar and Nanda, we call out to you in our time of 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 Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Ostarmanod = Ostara/Blissful month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: Rheinwood Nordliut open meeting in Mt Hope

AM Prayer: Sunday/Sunnastag, we pray to Sonne/Sunna, goddess of the Sun, lighting a yellow candle (symbolic of the Sun).
Greetings to you Sonne, in all your feminine, fertile glory, Lamp of Wodan/Odin: 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 A HEART-FELT HAIL, SONNE/SUNNA HAIL, as we honor the Sonne 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 physical man the day

AM Rune: Isa (irreversible): Ice: dormancy: a calming, reflective influence, stilling effect: self-control: the concentrated self: ego, das Ich (the unified, whole, principle or force), the composite plurality of Ich, be still and gain control of the Self (in all its forms): grounding, a lowering of vibration levels, and the loss of momentum.


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 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.


Outcome: Control the physical, the spirit soars!  This whole Irminenschaft thing in relation to Rheinwood has been and is an exciting journey!

It’s too bad Audie doesn’t like 1. Waffles and 2. Blueberry anything.  I made the BEST blueberry waffle for me and boring little French toast for her; of course, we DO agree on bacon.  Hey, this is my eat-anything-you-want weekend.  Back to diabetic healthy meals on Monday.

More tweaking of both the Rheinwood Facebook page and the website.

Grocery excursion
*Aldi http://aldi.us/index_ENU_HTML.htm
*Walmart neighborhood Market http://www.walmart.com/cp/grocery/976759
*Dillons http://www.dillons.com/Pages/default.aspx

Napped

Major League Soccer (MLS) http://www.mlssoccer.com/
NY Red Bulls 4:1 Colorado Rapids (on ESPN television)
http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2012-03-25-ny-v-col/recap
Sporting Kansas City 2:1 FC Dallas (Sporting wins!  Sporting wins!)
http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2012-03-25-kc-v-dal/recap

We had an excellent open meeting, AND we had our visitor as expected.  He’s a friend from my childhood abd someone I’ve been hoping he would take the plunge.  With what I saw and heard tonight, I’m sure he’s going to do just that.  He wants to meet a couple more times at open meetings before he does make that step.  I’m okay with that.  I’m thinking he wants his wife to meet us, too.  Nonetheless, we had some excellent from-the-grill pork steaks and excellent conversation!

PM Prayer: The Norns
The Norns, all three, are present at birth
To weave our Fate from merriment to dearth.
Urd, Verdandi and Skuld, 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 Norns, the Ladies Three, for all eternity.

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Ostarmanod = Ostara/Blissful month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than
BC, AD, BCE or CE)

 NOTE: At 2:30 this morning I get up to do the old man potty thing.  When one is used to white noise and nightlights, to wake up to total darkness and silence, it’s a bit unnerving.  First, I check to make sure Audie’s in bed; she is.  Then I get up and slowly examine the house; which is secure.  I go to the front door and there is no light outside.  Opening the door, I discover there has been a neighborhood power-failure, and it was fairly sizeable.  I got in my car and drove around to get a feel for this thing.  The power failure was from Seneca to past Meridian, from south of McCormick to north of Kellogg.  I even stopped at an intersection to ask a cop was happened but he didn’t know.  He
only knew the power had been off since 2AM.  Everything came back on shortly after 3AM.

Plans: Mt Hope mid afternoon

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

Fro/Freyr, you’re the Great God of “Ar”, the good harvest and prosperity: you are
indeed the lusty enlarger of life. 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, Fro/Freyr, for the rushing life spirit and the eternal play of passions that make our lives fruitful.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, FRO/FREYR, as we honor the Fro that resides in us all!

Sibba/Sif, Great Goddess of Fertility, wife of Thunar, 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/Sif, that we may do our work in the world. WE GIVE YOU MOST A HEART-FELT HAIL, SIBBA/SIF, as we honor the Sibba 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 physical man the day

AM Rune: Pertho (U): Dice cup, the lucky roll of the dice, the presence of
positive Wyrd/Orlog (the ordeal of Humankind), the Norns, Urdr, Verdandi and Skuld, the realization of hidden potential, interwoven yet independent Wyrd, 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 Rune: Nod:  Necessity of fate, decision of the Norns, Wyrd/Orlog paid-for, cause-effect relations, capability to restructure Wyrd/Orlog, That which cannot be averted, separation, 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.


Outcome: Working on it!

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhh…my freedom weekend and I will eat lavishly!

Went to McDs to p/u coffee for Audie and Momma.  Audie took it over and visited…and visited… annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd visited…

????????????????????

OMGs!  I had a GREAT time in MT Hope collecting for the MS Society.  One Kindred sister couldn’t help because she worked a double shift at work.  My Thauling admitted he has been hesitant to go out asking for money.  Lemme tell ya, all it took was for him to get out there and get his cherry popped.  He saw how easy it was.  We weren’t out an hour and between us we collected $45.  HE WAS PUMPED!  He’s took the rest of the paperwork for MS and promised to get it done thru the week.  I’m gonna hold him to that.  Then he and I sat down and just jabber-jawed endlessly.  Our lives parallel for frequently it’s scary.  It really is like we were fated to meet.  I remember the first time
I met him face-to-face was when he was working a liquor store in North Wichita.  Then, he was wearing a Pentagram AND a Hammer.  I told him, when you decide to get serious about that Hammer, you let me know, as I handed him my card.  The rest is history…and luck.  We talked for hours and could have talked for hours more.  Before we knew it, it was 7PM.  He and his family had someplace to go; I had to get home.  He and I really ARE such brothers!

OH YEAH, Rheinwood Hearth Kindred is SERIOUSLY moving forward to become Rheinwood Nordliut.  I think in a lot of ways the change has already happened.  Now we just have to make it official.  It’s an exciting time to be a member of Rheinwood Nordliut.

Came home to an empty house.  Audie is across the street at Momma’s.  

Major League Soccer (MLS) http://www.mlssoccer.com/ matches
Toronto FC 0:3 San Jose Earthquakes
Columbus Crew 2:0 Montreal Impact
New England Revolution 1:0 Portland Timbers
Chicago Fire 1:0 Philadelphia Union
Real Salt Lake 0:1 Chivas USA
Vancouver Whitecaps 0:0 DC United

BOOM!  BOOM!  Out go the lights!

PM Prayer: Bragi
Husband of Iðunn, and the long-bearded god: You’re the god of poetry and eloquence; the adherent god of skalds.  As a son of Wodan and Frigg; husband of Idun, you have the Runes carved on your tongue.  Your inspiration is enhanced by a drink from the glorious mead.  Our oath to you, as we partake upon your silver cup called Bragarfull; we swear our never-ending faith and allegiance to the gods and ways of our ancestors.  We stand firm with them as we live our lives to the fullest.  WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, BRAGI, as we honor the Bragi that resides in us all!

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

(Ostarmanod = Ostara/Blissful month)(ERE = Eternal Roman Empire; rather than
BC, AD, BCE or CE)

Plans: ?

AM Prayer: Friday/Friggastag, we pray to Frija/Frigga, Froja/Freyja,
lighting gold candles (for Frija’s spinning threads of gold, Froja’s golden
tears)

Frija/Frigga, 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 A HEART-FELT HAIL, FRIJA/FRIGGA, as we honor the Frija that resides in us all!

Froja/Freyja, 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, FROJA/FREYJA, as we honor the Froja 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 physical man the day

AM Rune: Othilla (R): Problems in relating to home - heritage - spiritual
heritage, and ancestors; Family difficulties, difficulties at home, shunning, unbalanced kinship, genetic disconnection, disruption of family ties - race - culture and the environment, racialism, alienated/disconnected with the family of humankind.


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 Rune: Man:  Man, 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 Yggdrasil, Rune of spiritual powers, of directing Manna powers.


Outcome: Well hel, now THAT’S confusing…

What’s that out East?  OMGs…it’s the Sun.  Looking out West, oh good, it’s still overcast out that way.  WHEW!  There’s still hope…

Off to the VA first thing this morning.  There was no chip with the test-strips for my glucose meter so I had to go back for an exchange.

Today I upped the 1.5 mile training walk to 2 miles.

Well, it looks like the clouds are breaking a bit and the rainy period may be over: DAMN!

Retrieved the mower from the repair shop

Separated recyclables

Bored, I went and tinkered around Lowe’s http://www.lowes.com/ for a bit.  After which, I went to Pizza Hut http://www.pizzahut.com/ in Delano http://historicdelano.com/ in an effort to push it a bit.  Come to find out my old boss from years ago was still at Pizza Hut up north is still there.  Tried to call, but he had already gone home for the day.

Back into “Northern Wisdom” http://www.eoghanodinsson.com/my-books/northern-wisdom.html and I’m just going to say it’s “okay”.  If I want a “modern rendition” of anything in the Poetic Edda I turn to the Poetic Edda translated by Carolyne Larrington http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Poetic_Edda.html?id=nBzuQZ4MCPIC.  The “Northern Wisdom” book may have the Havamal; only a PART of the Poetic Edda, but Carolyne has the whole enchilada!

ARGH!  I HATE it when the subject of blood sacrifices come up on the internet.  Someone contacted me about gaining information on the subject and here were my responses:
*“Purely and simply, I do not participate in blood sacrifices; which is the basis for the word "blot". I do not find them a necessary part of my Heathen experience.”

*“Let me explain. I'm a modern heathen. I am not a reconstructionist. I am not going to pretend I can relive the ways of those hundreds of years ago. I take was IS known and I live in today. I cannot provide you with the information you need because I have never been interested in the subject, nor have I ever researched it. I just simply don't know and would never encourage anyone to participate in a blood sacrifice. Hel, for that matter, people were sacrificed to Wodan and hung in trees but I am pretty sure we can't do that any more. Nope. Don't know a thing about sacrifices.”

*“I hope I'm not coming off as rude because that is never my intention.  This is one practice I abhor!

As a matter of fact, I was invited to a Theodish Yule several years ago. I accepted. It was only after I accepted did they tell me of their doing an animal sacrifice. I then told them I wasn’t coming and there has been bad feelings between us ever since.”

Any kind of sacrifice outside of a libation poured, actual food items or trinkets left makes no sense to me.  Others may do it and that’s up to them.  I will never (and some say “never say never“) participate in it.

Major League Soccer http://www.mlssoccer.com/ match
Seattle Sounders FC 2:0 Houston Dynamo

PM Prayer: Era/Eir
Era/Eir, herbal healing goddess, Menglöð’s handmaiden; whose loving hands and sweet breath brings healing and health, PRAISE YOUR NAME AMONG NORTH-FOLK! We thank
you for your gentle caress, your soft ministrations and your care. When stress, strains, aches and pains plague is, you come with your herbal medicines and compassion to ease our distress. Eir, goddess holy and wise, we honor you. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL ERA/EIR, as we honor the Era that resides in us all!


PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

NOTE:  I LOVE rain on my face as I go out to get the newspaper.

Plans: ?

AM Prayer: Thursday/Donarstag, we pray to Donar/Thor, lighting a red candle
Donar/Thor, wielder of Mjolnir and Great God of thunder, thunder forth in our lives. When we would hold back, let us advance. When we would be weak, help us be strong. When we would shun life’s pleasures, sharpen our appetites for that which is lusty and good. Help us grow from strength, and teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who oppose our will. WE GIVE YOU A MOST A HEART-FELT HAIL, DONAR/THOR, as we honor
the Thunar 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 physical man the day

AM Rune: Algiz (U): Protection, Heimo/Heimdall (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of 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.


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 Rune: Bar:  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.


Outcome: Yeehaw!

The rain is really coming down now.  I LOVE IT!

I created a 2nd Facebook page for “Caroll” for those who may be uncomfortable with “Vaygar”.

WOW!  2.59” of rain  over the last few days!  LOVE IT!

If it wasn’t for Kindred member calling I would’ve missed her court date.  I and another friend of hers were there for support.  My gods, Eric Ford certainly looked like shit.  Nonetheless, I think Kindred member made out okay.  The PFA has been placed on her divorce proceedings which extends the life of it and enables Eric Ford to see his children.  Typically, the secondary fight is over money and I think she made out okay on that, too.  Eric Ford certainly looked unhappy at the end of it all.  ROFLMFnAO!

Rain amounts now 2.89...

Damn, here comes the Sun now!


It’s been a rather uneventful day.


Contacted by my Thauling.  It seems the name change for the Kindred is going
full-steam ahead.  Methinks it will happen sooner than I had ever imagined.  It
seems everyone is ready for it…and that’s a good thing!  It’s going so well he
wants to do a ceremony for the occasion.  I suggested that HE come up with
something.  I think he was kind of surprised at that suggestion.

Audie’s in a bit of pain today; rain arthritis and all.

Allow me a moment of comparison.  As I just finished “Germanic Heathenry; A Practical Guide and almost finished “Of Gods and Heroes; the Baltic Heritage” the comparison of my emotional experience is pretty stark.  I was totally engaged into the Germanic Heathenry book.  The book on the Baltic Heritage, not so much.  I SO WANTED to glean some kind of interest in Romuva.  I gave it every chance.  I even went online to download pictures of the various Baltic deities, but I  have to admit the interest just isn’t there.  Part of my heritage directly comes from Prussia, and their claim is the Baltic faith also encompasses Prussia.  The language itself SHOULD ring a bell to my spirit but it
simply does not.  The Baltic faith has so many gods and/or goddesses for so many trivial things I just became awash in it all; the goddess of bees…okaaaaaaaaaay... So, I go back to reading that which speaks directly to the Spiritual me; that is, “Northern Wisdom”
http://www.aswynn.com/component/content/article/50-northern-tradition/136-northern-lore-book-review.html  With an approval like this from such an author herself, speaks well of this book.  We’ll see.

PM Prayer: Heimdall
HEAR ME HEIMO/HEIMDALL, Gjallarhorn’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 Himinbörg, your keen eyes and sharp ears guard 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 Bifrost, 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 HAIL, HEIMO/HEIMDALL, as we honor the Heimo that resides in us all!

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: Kindred member’s house for counseling purposes

AM Prayer: Wednesday/Wodanstag, we pray to Wodan/Odin, lighting a blue candle
All-Father God!  Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! WODAN/ODIN!! We call out to you, not as slaves or on bended knee, but on our feet and opened-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/Odin, grant us access to one of the Great Halls where we may feast, drink and be merry with our heroes and our ancestors until the time comes to live or fight once more. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, WODAN/ODIN, 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 physical man the day

AM 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 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.


Outcome: So, the Physical man struggles socially while the Spirit man soars!  Ya know, though, this makes sense.  I’m sure there might be some kind of backlash about the Rheinwood name-change, but spiritually it seems to be the right thing to do.

Training walk; 1.5 miles has become really easy.  I’ve figured out what it would take to increase that to 2 mi.

Still dealing with separating Audie’s stuff between “yard sale stuff” and “keep stuff”.

I had a brief talk with Audie about improving the financial situation around here.  I’ve decided until something full-time comes around I need to find part-time work that will be minimal enough so I don’t screw myself with unemployment.  I’m thinking about delivery again with Pizza Hut.

Finished an online app for Pizza Hut

I added a “links page” to the Irminenschaft website: http://irminenschaft.weebly.com/

Audie finally put up her teapot display; pretty nice…for a girl.

The BEAUTIFUL rain continues today.  I know we’ve had pretty close to 2” inches, if not more, over the last couple of days.

The Family Counseling session in Mt Hope went extremely well.  I’m sure this is where Mannaz (R) is coming from for today.  I LOVE it when I’m called out to help with this kind of thing.  Because of the first visit, turns out I had to make a 2nd visit; EQUALLY great!  With both families I see them actively engaged in their studies of the book “Germanic Heathenry”.  I think they’re equally as eager as I am.  LOVE IT!  I’m sure the Sig Rune was played out here, too.

Have I told ya’ll how much I love my Kindred/Liut Members?

PM Prayer: Eger und Rahana/Aegir and Ran
Eger und Rahana/Aegir and Ran, 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 and our inspiration to strive on despite the swells and swirls of fate. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HAIL, AEGIR and RAN/EGER UND RHANA, as we honor the Eger und Ran that resides in us all!

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!