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

Plans: skim textbooks

NOTE: It has been raining all night and still is raining fairly heavily morning!  I wonder if this will officially kick our drought’s ass?
*Poor Toby had to go outside to potty.  I stood at the back door and waited.  When he was done I met him at the door with a towel dry.

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 HEIL, 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: 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 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, 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.

Utterance:  ISABAR!!!!!!

Interpretation: Calm (Isa) within continuous transformation (Bar)

Outcome: No walk for Toby this morning.

Socks has been in the Haruc all night and into this morning because of the rain.  I bodily removed him, covered him from the rain and brought him inside the house.

Essie is staying well hidden.  Toby and Socks are staying close-by.

Rain stopped so Socks went outside for a bit, but was SO ready to come back inside when it thundered.

The rain finally cleared out around noon.

Took Toby for a walk shortly after the rain stopped.  The warmer temps later in the day certainly are kicking his little doggy ass.

Brother called asking for my help and told me I should stay for BBQ…I said OKAY DEAL!

Changed exercise routine back to include bench work:
*On the bench
**seated arm curls
**seated triceps extensions
**incline chest flys
**incline overhead fly
*floor work
**plank
**deep squats (weightless)

To the Workforce office to use their computers so as to print off syllabi for my two summer classes.  Then I took them upstairs to deliver them to my TAA rep.  She’s always appreciative of my cooperation.

Errands:
*Bank
*Wal-Mart Neighborhood Market
*Dillons
*Dillons petrol

Family porch time has been extended to family front yard time.  Essie is always testing the limits of her tether now, but I think she’s realizing her tether is the way of things.

My brother does oneheluva BBQ.  After BBQ he and I started talking about horseshoes.  I told him of mine busting in half because I found concrete.  I showed him and he told me they weren’t steel.  He went into his garage and produced a set of really nice steel ones.  He also told me of the horseshoe pits in the park across the street from him.  Come to find out they were professional grade horseshoe pits.  Hel, I was use to sand-lot horseshoe pits but these were well defined clay pits.  He said leagues play here and I would believe that.  My brother was kicking my ass (10-3) but we only got halfway due to the clay sticking to the horseshoes and we had no way to clean them off.  A return trip is DEFINITELY in order. 

My neighbor actually DID make an appointment for his cat.  I’m taking him into his appointment tomorrow @ 1:40PM.  This cat is in some serious need of attention. 

PM Prayer: Nirdu:
Nirdu, brother-husband 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 HEIL, NIRDU, as we honor the Nirdu that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: ???

NOTES: Up @ 03:00/3AM?  WTF?
*While up I was enlightened that the PDF link I posted of “Germanic Heathenry, A Practical Guide” is illegal.  Prodded to contact Hjuka, I did and the illegality was confirmed.  I felt like such a shit.  I shared the link a couple of places, quickly removed both and apologized vehemently to Hjuka. 
*I have to consider yesterday’s Rune dynamic was still active.  I hope I haven’t lost a good friend over it.
*Back to bed @ 04:30 and slept-in until 06:30
*A bit of rain first thing this morning

AM Prayer: Wodanstac/Wednesday, we pray to Wodan, lighting a blue candle:
All-Father God!  Wandering 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 HEIL, 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: 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. 



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: Ur: 
Havamal 146.
Another I name, that all need to have
Who officiate as curing healers;
Know yourself, and you will know the world,
And learn to discern between evil and it’s causes.

 Healing. that which is grasped or permanent, medical help, the healing powers
of medical drugs, nurturing at the original basis, original cause, origin, root of all material and cosmic phenomena, contact with the transcendent, contact with the dead, life after mortal 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, self-aware, causality; the origin of time, cause and effect in the eternal power of becoming.

Utterance:  PERTHOUR!!!!!!!!

Interpretation: Bad luck leading to healing.

Outcome: Well shit…

Toby was well behaved on his 1-mile walk.

Frustrating morning:
*From MY house (700 block southwest)
*To WATC/NCAT (4000 block northeast) to print out a summer schedule and pick up a “canceled” register receipt for books.
*Downtown (100 block north central) to show TAA rep receipt and pick up
voucher for books.
*Back to WATC/NCAT (4000 block northeast) to receive books, but one book isn’t there.
*Trip to the South center (4700 block southeast) to receive book.
*Back home (700 block southwest), right at 100 miles to get these damned $450 books.

My BVB stuff arrived today!!!!!!!!!!!  Doing the happy dance!!!!!

Transferred my River Festival Button collection from vest to now defunked Wichita Wings scarf.

Well goddamn…my sisser called telling me her daughter, my niece, is getting rid of a cat because of bad behavior they’ve had for 8 yrs and were wanting to know if I would take it.  That just so saddens me because bad behavior is treatable.  I told my sisser to have her daughter call me.  I really resent people who have had an animal then want to get rid of it for trivial reasons.  Methinks what is going on in Mr. Hubby just doesn’t like cats, or my sisser said animals in general, and is looking for an excuse to do this.

Awww…she DID call!  They are going to work with the kitty!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

JsMrFnChst!  My fucking neighbor has done NOTHING with his sick cat.  His claim is he’s too busy and that may be.  Okay, I pissed now!  I offered to take the cat to whatever vet he can find if he makes the appointment.  This poor cat has suffered needlessly for too long.  This cat has had some serious bad luck (Pertho) and is in of serious need of healing (Ur)

Trimmed the bottom of a tree so as not to get limbs in the face and placed the accent brick in the pathway from the driveway leading up to the Haruc.

Donar rumbles…animals are all inside and staying close.

International Friendly http://www.ussoccer.com/news/mens-national-team/2013/05/us-mens-national-team-set-to-face-belgium-on-wednesday-may-29-in-cleveland-ohio.aspx
USA v Belgium
@ the half 1:1
End of regular time  USA 2:4 Belgium

Socks is already in the Haruc.  Bedtime potty walk with Toby.

A bit of rain with which to sleep…perfekt!

Lamar Hunt US Open Cup http://thecup.us/ conclusion of round #3
Charlotte Eagles (USL) 0:2 Chicago Fire (MLS)
Carolina Rail Hawks (NASL) 2:0 LA Galaxy (MLS)(WTF?)
NY Red Bulls(MLS) 2:0 Reading United AC (PDL)
Tampa Bay Rowdies (NASL) 1:0 Seattle Sounders (MLS)(WOW!)
Columbus Crew (MLS) 2:1 Dayton Dutch Lions (USL)
Houston Dynamo (MLS) 2:0 FC Tucson (PDL)
Portland Timbers (MLS) 5:1 Wilmington Hammerheads (USL)

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. 



PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: probably lots of time at the VA.

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 HEIL, 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: Two Runes

Fehu (R): The negative blessing of prosperity, lack of creative energies,
productivity failure, and the inability to and/or create wealth, greed,
disconnected from the life source, fear of failure, an unfortunate condition, fiery powers extinguished, lack of self-esteem, an ineffective beginning and a misuse of power.


And

Kenaz (R): Ulcer, a dimly burning torch, choosing to remain in the dark, a lack of Divine wisdom, lack of creativity, a self-imposed cocoon, the inability to shape the basics of life, pig ignorance, arrogance, uniformed, ambiguous thought processes, dark influences, cruel sexuality, uncontrollable human craft processes.



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: Laf: 
Havamal 158.
A fourteenth I sing to the assembled Folk
When naming the divine names;
The Aesir and Alves and their various kinds
No one can spell out without learning.


Determination, Urlag; life fate and destiny, life as law, life following the law, experience, test, temptations by life-circumstances, water, sea, good management, test of life, school of the lives, relations, defeat and the laws of nature, life and primal law, psychic & spiritual awareness, cosmic flow, seeds of thought, the etheric part of the body, initiation that experiences life on earth as a continuous process of initiation, The Cosmic Ocean.

Utterance:  FEHUKENAZLAF!!!!!!!!!!

Interpretation: WOW!  Shit day…may I go back to bed now?

Outcome: Watered the garden with saved rainwater. 

One Toby’s one-mile walk my J’sW neighbors were on their porch.  We had our little conversation then completed Toby well-behaved walk.

I spent all morning dealing with the VA:
*On site taking to benefits rep making sure I have everything for waiver.
*Picked up Rx.
*Back and forth with Fed Ex/Kinko’s for printing.
*Packed up waiver info into envelope for mailing; fingers and toes crossed.
(hoping this isn’t disastrous)

Trip to Aldi for milk; milk + cereal + more times weekly = milk² 

Essie has been so demanding of my attention today

Trip downtown to the Workforce Center to print off my WATC grades to give to my TAA rep.  It’s always nice to report good news!

Okay, this is how the Workforce Center has benefited me:

TAA pays for approved education.

TRA pays direct monetary benefits to finish approved schooling when unemployment ends.

RTAA makes up for the difference between substandard wages when newly employed compared to my old wages (yet to be used).

The sad part is I found out today that mileage assistance will be discontinued, effective in early June.
*Fehu, Kenaz and Laf right here!

More tornado activity in North Central Kansas, nothing in Wichita as of yet.

Bedtime potty walk

Lamar Hunt US Open Cup
3rd Round http://thecup.us/2013-us-open-cup-bracket/
Rochester Rhinos (USL) 1:5 New England Revolution (MLS) 
Richmond Kickers (USL) 0:0 DC United (MLS)(2:4 on Pks)
Philadelphian Union (MLS) 2:1 Ocean City (USL) 
Orlando City FC (USL) 3:1 Colorado Rapids (MLS)
Sporting KC (MLS) 2:1 Des Moines (USL)
Fort Lauderdale (USL) 0:2 FC Dallas (MLS) 
Charleston Battery (USL) 1:0 San Jose Earthquakes (MLS) 
Real Sal Lake (MLS) 3:2 Atlanta Silverbacks (USL)
LA Blues (USL) 1:2 Chivas USA (MLS)(boo-hiss, Chivas)

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 HEIL, WULDAR, as we honor the Wuldar that resides in all of us!


PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: perhaps one more trip to the graves.

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: Ehwaz (U): Horse, the special, controlled relationship between a rider and a horse, taking control of a situation, adaptability, following one’s instincts, teamwork, trust, loyalty, partnership, cooperation in relationships and with higher-powers, instinct, intuition, working in tandem with another, toward a single goal.



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.

 Separation, 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, 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, use your Fate; do not stem yourself against it.

Utterance:  EHWAZNOT!

Interpretation: Control (Ehwaz) over a change of luck (Not).

Outcome: It once again was a bit warm and muggy this morning.  For his .6 mile walk, Toby was exceptionally well behaved.  It was all he could take.  His tongue was dragging!

Separated recyclables.

Porch time for Essie and Toby.  Socks showed up at the end of it.  Essie spent some alone time on her tether with my watchful eye from inside the house.  Essie sure knows how to let me know she’s had enough.

OMGs!  I had another Mom Memory: stewed apples!  It could have turned out better; so well, as a matter of fact I heated up a pork schnitzel and a baked potato…YUM!

One more trip out to the graves.  This time to leave a token at my sisser’s still-born baby’s grave.  Then I went back to the other side where mom, dad and brother are buried.  It’s well decorated this year.  I’ll probably make the retrieval trip this upcoming weekend.

Two loads of laundry

What the hel is it with my former-and-most-evil-christian-brother?  For several years now he erects these grandiose crosses at the cemetery during Memorial day.  They’re easily three feet tall and he always places them directly behind the headstone.  The only thing I can comprehend is we are being forced by intention to encounter the cross once a year whether we want to or not.  To me it’s just typically christian, but it‘s pointless.  He goes through a lot of trouble to accomplish this.  I think he makes five of them, placing them at my father’s, mother’s brother’s, sister’ deceased husband’s and her stillborn
baby’s graves.  It’s just about as stupid as can be.

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!

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

Plans: nuttin’ hunney…

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: Raido (neutral) so it could be either:
Raido (U): Wheel, horse transportation, riding, ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, wise counsel, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to be in charge of one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress.

Or

Raido (R): Spinning one’s wheels, lack of movement, unwise counsel, a breakdown in (divine) order, upsetting the cart, wrong action and disorder, the opposite of that which is right, off the proper course, slow motion, without a sense of purpose, personal irresponsibility, void of progress or proper perspective.

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: 
Havamal 147.
A third I take, when danger threatens,
To bind the enemies through magic:
Thus I dull the steel of the furious opponent.
Like the staff, his sword does not cut anymore.

 Donar, Goal, impermeable, an awakening, the power to turn, the divine will to act, the law of eternal reincarnation, 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, mental telepathy, projection of the will, fierce protection, psychic attack & defense, penetrating time & space, Rune of opposing polarities and of joining opposites, binding of and victory over the enemy.

Utterance:  RAIDOTHORN!!!!!!!!!

Interpretation: Any question of movement (Raido) is enhanced by the will to act (Thorn)!

Outcome: It’s a rather warm, muggy morning.  It about kicked Toby’s ass as I took him to Meeka Park this morning, but he persevered and did well!

YUMMY breakfast: chicken friend steak with diced potatoes and sunny-side-up eggs!

Gave Socks his Ovaban.

WOW!  F1 racing from Monaco first thing this morning.  It was a nice reprieve from my usual Sunday morning politics.

My garden is doing so well!

I went out to the family graves to put a Veteran’s flag on my father’s grave.   I decided to go to the nearest Dollar general to get a couple more bunches of flowers to pace in the vases.  I’m glad I took the time to do that because shortly after I got back my WONDERFUL niece, her family and my sister-in-law showed up, too.  We always have a nice visit.

Went to the Sedgwick County Park to try to improve my horseshoe game.  I took my new set of horseshoes.  Well hel, that didn’t take long.  Just as I was zeroing in, thinking I was getting back game, I found the concrete a couple of times and the shoes split.  Cheap-ass Wal-Mart shit.

I made my first batch of blueberry muffins…YUMMY!

Nice slow afternoon with all my furry babies.

LOTS of time this evening to spend with my furry babies, too.

Raido and Thorn, right here.

MLS (Major League Soccer) http://www.mlssoccer.com/ 
Sporting Kansas City 1:1 Houston Dynamo (a WIN would be nice)
NY Red Bulls 2:2 Columbus Crew 
LA Galaxy 4:0 Seattle Sounders FC (WOW!)

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!

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

Plans: UEFA Champions League Final, define Wotan’s Cross, graves

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

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!


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: Is:  
Havamal 153.
A ninth one I sing, when dangers at sea forces me
To protect my ship from the stormy waves;
The storm I calm down, no matter how billowing the sea,
And I cradle the waves to sleep.

 Course of affairs, Rest, Ego, das Ich, Positivity, activity, personal will, self-domination, self-control, determination, extension of the Divine center, the upright human being, influence, personal power, magical power, power to banish evil, unity in the Universe, duration, action in the Cosmos, activity, will, self-domination, influence, personal power, self-discipline, unity in the Universe, duration, magical powers, axis/column/Irminsul of the world, action in the Cosmos, elimination of that which is unnecessary, calm.

Utterance:  ALGIZIS!!!!!!!!!

Interpretation: Without protection (Algiz) so control the Self (Is).

Outcome: Toby was EXTREMELY well behaved on his mid-morning, one-mile walk.

Worked on the definition around the Solar Cross.

UEFA Champions League Final (on FOX) http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/video/livematchcoverage/index.html
Borussia Dortmund v Bayern Munich
http://www.uefa.com/uefachampionsleague/season=2013/matches/live/index.html?day=13&session=1&match=2009612
@ the half 0:0
End of regular time BVB 1:2 Bayern
Well damn…

To Dollar General http://www.dollargeneral.com/home/index.jsp for memorial decorations

I went to graves and honored my family:
@ Old Mission Cemetery. Wichita, Ks
*Elmer H. Reimer (father)(Navy)
*Anna Marie Schmidt (mother)
*Michael Lynn Reimer (brother)(Army)

@ Alexanderwohl Friedhof Cemetery, Gossel, Ks
*Henry E. Reimer (grandfather)
*Marie Hildebrandt (grandmother)
*Jewell Faye Reimer (sister)

@ Lehigh Mennonite Cemetery, Lehigh, Ks
*David F. Schmidt (grandfather)
*Mary Goertz (grandmother)

I feel good.

Without protection (Algiz) and on the road, I took exceptional care for the Self (Is).

MLS (Major League Soccer) http://www.mlssoccer.com/ 
DC United 0:2 Portland Timbers
Montreal Impact 5:3 Philadelphia Union (WOW!)
New England Revolution 2:0 Toronto FC
FC Dallas 1:0 San Jose Earthquakes 
Colorado Rapids 2:0 Chivas USA (boo-hiss)
Real Salt Lake 1:1 Chicago Fire

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!

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

Plans: Yard work

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



Armanen Rune Summons:
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Armanen Runes in your way
Advise the Spirit man today

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.

 Separation, 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, 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, use your Fate; do not stem yourself against it.

Utterance:  FEHUNOT!!!!!!!!!!

Interpretation: A new beginning (Fehu) striving not against Fate (Not).

Outcome: Toby was perfectly behaved on his 1-mile walk.

My sisser drove by during the walk and we chit-chatted.

Worked in the garden

Re-re-transplanted the Iris’ so I don’t have to worry about mowing over them.

Front yard mowed, edged and looking good!

How did the $6 in my wallet turn into $12?  MCDS FOR LUNCH!

Entire yard done and edged!  Tomorrow I want to redefine the Wotan’s Cross.

Now THERE is a great, old fashioned reward after a hard day of yard mowing; a big-ass slice of ice-cold watermelon, okay two, slices quartered, sittin’ on the porch, face deep into the watermelon, getting‘ sticky and sloppy!  DAMN that was good!  How long has  it been since I’ve done THAT?  Ages!

Trip to Lowe’s http://www.lowes.com/ to replace the one damaged pepper plant.  The one plant that got damaged in the storm isn’t dead so it won’t be removed.  I planted this one in the center of things.

Fuckin’ Socks has been a slouch all day.  He’s been so, “Not yet!  Not yet!” not wanting to come out from the Haruc.  Around 18:00/6PM he had no choice.  He HAD to come out.

Tired…not gonna do much else if anything at all.

Bedtime potty walk.

My hope is that there is something going on behind the scene with ZTM, Inc, Fehu (new beginning) and Not (fate).  There very well could be.

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!

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

Plans: Toby to veterinary

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: Hagalaz (irreversible): 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: Two Runes

Tyr: 
Havamal 156.
A twelfth one I sing, when I see through the brush
The hanged one swinging from the hemp;
He climbs down from the trunk, must tell me his tale
When I carve the Runes right.

Excitation, mysteries, sacrifice, rebirth of the Sun god, fertility and/or destruction, creation, excitation, power, success, wisdom, duties fulfilled, art of concealment and hiding, rebirth into the light - life of the soul, the power to make situations turn completely around, wisdom, spiritual understanding, the power of generation, warrior strength, justice, balance, personal sacrifice of the father, resurrection/reincarnation/born again; “Do not fear anything, even dying cannot kill you.  Better to die than to be dead alive” (Gorsleben).

And

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.

 Perfection, Female mysteries, roots of the World Colum, 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 being.

Utterance:  HAGALAZTYRYR!!!!!!!!!!

Interpretation: Change (Hagalaz) that comes with rebirth (Tyr) gives well-grounded-ness.

Outcome: Toby was doing very well on his one-mile walk until the very end where he took it upon himself to chase Socks from across the street.  I verbally berated him and brought him back to the intersection where he had to right his wrong.

I have to again start exercising, but I must remain cognizant of my umbilical surgery.  This is getting ridiculous.
Utilizing Dynamic Tension from my early Charles Atlas days.
*plank (amazed me)
*push-ups (I’m so pathetic)
*bicep press/triceps resistance
*deep squats (weightless)
**3 sets of eight

Toby’s veterinary visit went well I think.  Dr. says when you bring in your animal, bring poop.  Toby was kind enough to provide a fresh specimen this morning on his walk.   Nothing was said of obvious intestinal worms and results of the heartworm test will come later.  Toby weighed in at 51lbs.

Abbreviated groceries because I just don’t need that much:
*Aldi
*Dillons
*Dillons petrol

Return trip to Air Cap Vet for ear mite meds.  Dr. put in some extra soothing agent in case there was some rawness; medicine went in immediately.  Certainly they didn’t like it, but they’ll feel better in the long run.

Air Cap Vet called to let me know Toby’s heartworm test is negative: YAY!

Wonderful speech from Our President: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/05/23/obama-defends-us-drone-program/

Hmmm…I experimented a bit more with Malt-o-Meal at the prodding from a good friend.  I’ve tried this before but wasn’t too crazy about it.  This time, I made a water/milk mixture (for richness, according to the box) and topped it with syrup (also suggested by the box).  MUCH more palatable. 

WOW…that little green chair…feet up…ZZZzzzZZZzzz…

Family porch time

MY SNOW PEAS AND GREEN BEANS HAVE SPROUTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

EPL Friendly on ESPN http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/british-invasion-busch-stadium-pitcher-mound-flattened-man-190633793.html at Busch Stadium in St. Louis
Manchester City FC v Chelsea FC
@ the half Man City 0:3 Chelsea
Full time, Man City FC 4:3 Chelsea
An inexperienced goalie blew it for Chelsea.  Lucky for Chelsea it’s a “Friendly”.

Bedtime potty walk

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!

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

Plans: ZTM interview…

NOTE: Nice, cool AM temps (53F/12C)…Late May…in Kansas?  WOW!

AM Prayer: Wodanstac/Wednesday, we pray to Wodan, lighting a blue candle:
All-Father God!  Wandering 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: Raido (U): Wheel, horse transportation, riding,
ordered/rhythmic movement, a journey, wise counsel, the law of the cosmic right, freedom and moral responsibility of the Self, ordered change, ethical conduct, personal discipline, to be in charge of one’s own journey in life, the proper course of faring, progress.



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: Ar: 
Havamal 153.
A ninth one I sing, when dangers at sea forces me
To protect my ship from the stormy waves;
The storm I calm down, no matter how billowing the sea,
And I cradle the waves to sleep.

 Transmutation, Ing-Fro, comfort, the Sun, the path to the Light, will, 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 Lord of the Light-elves that returns home from darkness, Rune of peace and good seasons.

Utterance:  RAIDOAR!!!!!!!!!!!

Interpretation: Progress (Raido) with peace and good seasons (Ar).

Outcome: Perfekt Rune for an interview.

Toby was well behaved on his 1-mile walk.  There was only a minor violation.  He responded quickly to a strongly voiced voice command.

The interview with ZTM http://www.ztm.com/ went VERY well.  I betcha  I could’ve had a job next week, but he knows I need to finish summer classes.  Two things that let me know I have the upper hand: 1. He’s willing to hold an opening for me 2. He’s the one who mentioned wages first and he was impressed with my necessary wage.  I’m sure I
would fit right in with this bunch!

Raido and Ar right here!!!!!!!!!!!

For being such an ugly chair it certainly is a comfy chair…ZZZzzzZZZZzzzZZZzzz…

Once again energy is gone.

Extended family porch time

Bedtime potty walk

PM Prayer: Die Wurtâ :
Die 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 die Wurtâ, the Ladies Three, for all eternity.



 PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: ENJOY!

NOTES:  OMGs, poor Toby spent all night outside.  He must not have suffered too much.  If he wants in he usually barks at nothing to let me know.  He was silent all night.
*I’m thinking about experimenting with breakfast.  If I buy several variations of healthy cereal; several because generally cereal is boring, I want to try cereal with toast 5 days a week, saving eggs, potatoes, sausage and bacon for the weekends. 

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: Naudiz (Irreversible): The Rune of Need (whether mortal, emotional, spiritual), a Wurtâ 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 Armanen Rune: Rit: 
Havamal 149.
That I know as the fifth, should an enemy’s
Arrow come flying into the throng;
As bright as it might clash, I stem it’s power
Once I firmly fix my eye on it.

 That which is passing, council, right, wheel, movement, rhythm, law, correctness, judgment, victory over the lower ego, holding, right order, the judge, advice, salvation, money, original law, that which flows away, religious feeling, ritual action/primal laws, orderliness in the world, the ritual, primal law, things that are done correctly, spiritual
feeling, ritual action, journey, Divine law, All justice, Rune of the cosmic rhythm of the worlds, wheels, personal empowerment.

Utterance:  NAUDIZRIT!!!!!!!!!!!

Interpretation: Stress (Naudiz) leading to right order (Rit)

Outcome: Funny, Mr. Opportunist wanted to come out to play on Toby’s one-mile walk, but he was successfully kept away!

Sometimes I have to laugh at my J’sW buddy.  Upper 50s to start the morning.  I just happened to catch my J’sW buddy on his porch.  I was in a t-shirt and shorts.  He was in a sweatshirt and sweatpants.  It didn’t take long for him to complain of the “cold” and went back inside…HAHAHAHA!

I returned ZTM’s http://www.ztm.com/ call first thing.  I have an interview with them tomorrow at 1PM.

I need to wear my support hose more regularly.  Vanity needs to take a backseat.  Health concerns need to be more prominent.  I‘m really concerned about the redness and vein problems in my legs; i.e., circulation.

Goddamn…called and checked…Toby’s trip to the veterinary Thursday is going to cost me $95.

Banks:
Deposit https://www.emprisebank.com/ 
Car payment https://www.bankofamerica.com/ 

The Lamar Hunt US Open Cup http://thecup.us/ has begun.  2nd round is today:
Brackets: http://thecup.us/2013-us-open-cup-bracket/

The last time I put canned food down for Essie it sat untouched and went bad, even the tuna.  She eats the hel out of kibble, though.  I going to stop opening cans of food for a while and watch her closely as she feeds solely on kibble.  Canned food is an expense I don’t need if it’s going to go to waste.  However, Essie still does eat Toby’s canned food.  Imagine, a cat that likes canned dog food, and if Toby had cat canned cat food made available to him, he would eat it.

Brother came over to get my analog/digital converter box for the TV.  I forgot to give him the channel selector so I made a trip over to his house, too.

SOLIDLY napped!  Man, woke up too quickly…ouch…

Cleaned out the car

Family porch time

Looks like a lot of “Need” was the “Right order” of the day”.

13th Warrior for the 107th time

‘nuf said…

PM Prayer: Brego:
Long-bearded god; son of Wodan and Frija; husband of Ostara; you’re the god of poetry and eloquence; the adherent god of skalds.  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 Bregofull; 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, BREGO, as we honor the Brego that resides in us all!

PM Clarification Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals

Alaf Sal Fena!