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

Plans: errands, work 2nd shift

AM Prayer: Thursday, Thunarstag, we pray to Thunar/Thor,  lighting a red candle:
Donar/Thor, 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 appose our will. HAIL THUNAR/THOR!!


Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune: Gebo (irreversible): The mystical union of gift and giver, repay
gift for gift, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that
accompanies it; freely exchanged, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are wiling to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.


Outcome: Call from Kindred member: my sacrifice for a Kindred relationship.  Now I’ve heard three versions of the same story.

Audie was unsuccessful at plasma; blood pressure too high again.  As a matter of fact she cant come back until she gets a good bill of health from a doctor.  She’s an emotional wreck.  My heart went out to her.  My sacrifice for a relationship with her.

Dillons http://www.dillons.com/Pages/default.aspx 

Lowes http://www.lowes.com/ Picked up some nice fir trees for around the solar cross…at half price!

Work went fine but for:
1. “The mouth” was in his own little world, even J-bird was ignoring him.  That didn’t stop “the mouth” from talking to/entertaining himself…very loudly. 
2. Shift wars are heating up.  Yeah, I know shift wars have been going on since the Industrial Revolution.  1st shift complained that 2nd shift wasn’t doing enough. 
2nd shift can argue that the 1st shift lead pads the order board to favor 1st
shift giving 2nd shift all the shit-work.  IMO, 1st shift just needs to worry about what first shift does and 2nd shift needs to worry about what 2nd shift does.  In the broad scheme of things, it really shouldn’t matter, but evidently someone’s making an issue that doesn’t need to be made.

I came home to a very unbalanced gf.  I have no idea where this fury (and I do mean fury) came from.  Okay, sure, I was wrong, I apologized somewhat unceremoniously, but that didn’t subside the fury.

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 clearly see.
That which “is” formed now in our deeds.
That which “will be”, will yet be; but cannot see.
We celebrate the Norns, the Ladies Three, for eternity.

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: work 2nd shift

AM Prayer: Wednesday, Wodanstag, we pray to Wodan/Odin, lighting a blue candle:
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! If we live well, Wodan/Odin, grant us access to one of the Great Halls where we may feast, drink and be merry with those who have gone before us until the time comes to live or
fight once more. WODAN/ODIN, HAIL!!!


Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune: Eihwaz (Irreversible): Yggdrasil, the Cosmic axis, stress and
difficulties, a backbone, need to have backbone to get through, endurance, difficulty, “Shit happens, get over it!“, temporary  cosmic consciousness, inner stability over external circumstances, the Shamanic link of experiences between the Worlds.


Outcome: Well damn…

Audrey unsuccessful @ plasma; blood pressure too high.  There was a bit left in the grocery budget so I let her use that for her cigs.

Audrey has been invited over to her dad and step-mom’s for lunch to meet a niece she has never seen.  You wanna talk about tension?  You wanna talk about stress?

Off to Lowe’s http://www.lowes.com/ to find shelving for the pots-n-pan cabinet.

The pots-n-pan cabinet looks WONDERFUL; that is, if I do say so myself!

I think all of Audie’s stress disappeared when her step-mother showed up with the never-before-met niece.  There were hugs and smiles all around!

Wendy’s http://wendys.com/ for lunch with a coupon!

Work went well.  I reneged on overtime.

From work I called home inquiring how things went at Audie’s folks’ house.  Things went swimmingly well.  I was quite relieved.

Meeka for a late night/early morning walk.  There is definitely a bit of a deep chill in the air that dictated a layering of t-shirts and some gloves:  LOVE IT!

PM Prayer: Bragi:
You are 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 of the Everlasting Word (UPG), 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.  HAIL BRAGI!

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: work 2nd shift

AM Prayer: Tuesday, Ziostag, we pray to Zio/Tyr, lighting a purple candle (for honor):
Ziu/Tyr, 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. ZIO/TYR HAIL!!


Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend 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.


Outcome: Audrey is on a different page today…not sure where, but I THINK it’s
a better page.


Dillons http://www.dillons.com/Pages/default.aspx
*thermometer for her
*petrol for me…or should I say, the buggy

I got a troubling/urgent call from a Kindred member.  There is an opportunity for change here; that is, if there is cooperation between them.

The pots-n-pan cabinet project is underway!  It’s gone pretty well, but a couple of course corrections are in order.  Audrey is so excited to get the 2nd shelf restored!  

Work went well.

Why did Audrey get so irate, I mean REALLY irate, when I tried to talk about her family?  Hmmmmm…

PM Prayer: Era/Eir:
Era/Eir, whose loving hands and sweet breath brings healing and health, PRAISE YOUR NAME AMONGST 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 lithe figure and flowing hair to ease our distress. Eir, goddess holy and wise,
we honor you. HAIL ERA/EIR!!

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: day off, perhaps Lowe’s, meet with RHK

NOTE: GOD-MOTHER-FICKING-DAMNIT!  Not only did she all but polish off my beer
last night, but it seems she’s already gotten into the case of mead earlier in the week.  Left to her own devices she would drink herself into oblivion.  Her liver shut down on her a couple of summers ago; her own body almost poisoned her to death but she never consider that.  She knows her limit is two per day.  When excessive alcohol is missing it’s always a concern; she always lays claim she had friends over who drank it. 

AM Prayer: Sunday/Sunnastag, we pray to Sonne/Sunna, lighting a yellow candle (symbolic of the Sun):
Greetings to you Sonne, Lamp of Wodan/Odin: newly risen! Hail to you who has shown on all our ancestors, who shines on us, and who will 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. SONNE/SUNNA HAIL!!


Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune: Ehwaz (R): The relationship of a horse and rider out of control, disharmony, quarrelsome tendencies, mistrust, betrayal, stranded,  indecisiveness, false friends/unfriendliness, treachery, change and/or movement for the worse, loss, break-up of a relationship, disruption of relationships, indecisiveness, treachery.


Outcome: Confirmation!

Horrible, restless night’s sleep!

To Lowe’s http://www.lowes.com/ for a circular saw and some furring strips to replace the shelf in her pot-n-pans cabinet.

Actually, things may have started off like the night before then carried into this morning, but there was steady improvement all day as preparations continued all day for the RHK meeting.

Napped

The regular closed meeting with Rheinwood went extremely well.  However, I must admit there was a chance for Ehwaz (R) to ruin the meeting but luckily it didn’t happen.  We talked about growth for the upcoming year, THE YOUNG VIKINGS CLUB http://youngvikingsclub.com/index.html ,which is a very exciting thing Rheinwood Hearth Kindred is sponsoring, and nailed down more things about Yule.

Since Audrey has taken an interest in soccer I can take an interest in the St Louis Cardinals http://stlouis.cardinals.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=stl playoff games.  The Cards won this game; hence the play-off series; hence the their league title; hence their going to play in the baseball world series (“world series” is a misnomer since the “world” isn’t invited, unlike the World Cup“ where the entire world IS invited…okay, I‘ll get off my soccer v baseball soap box).

PM Prayer: Eger und Rahana/Aegir and Ran:
Eger und Rahana/Aegir and Ran, keeper 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. HAIL AEGIR and RAN/EGER UND RHANA!!

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: work early 2nd shift

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 are the 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.  FRO/FREYR, HAIL!!

Sibba/Sif: 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.
HAIL SIBBA/SIF!!

Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day.

AM Rune: Jera (irreversible): Harvest, 12th Rune of the Futhark, the number 12, cycles, a turning point, cause and effect, the Rune of return, two halves of a cyclic whole, harmony-in-movement-in-balance, improvement, expansion, growth, progress, patience, the result of a previous action, reward for the right (or wrong) action.


Outcome: yeah…

Audrey successfully to plasma

We still aren’t talking.

This house can be so filled with anger!

Work went fine.  I enjoy working by myself.

Audrey KNOWS she’s not to get into my beer.  I purposely by separate brands so she knows whose is whose.  My beer seems to have dwindled today while I was at work along with my honey whiskey.  How did that happen?  A goddamned girlfriend that cannot be trusted.  I am so fucking tired of this.

Prime example of the darl side of Jera.

MLS matches http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Friday
Portland 0:2 Houston
Colorado 0:0 Salt lake
Today
Sporting KC 2:0 NY (YESSSSSSSSSSSS…back in 1st place!)
http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2011/10/sporting-kc-secure-playoff-berth-2-0-win-over-red-bulls 
http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2011/10/playoffs-clinched-sporting-sets-sight-conference-crown
Philly 1:1 Toronto
DC 1:2 Chicago
New England 0:3 Columbus
Dallas 2:0 Vancouver
Seattle 2:1 San Jose (60,000+ fans!)
http://www.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2011-10-15-seattle-sounders-fc-vs-san-jose-earthquakes/highlights

PM Prayer: Nirdu/Njord:
Nirdu/Njord, god of harbors and seas close to land, Father of the Vanir; Freyr and Freyja, 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. HAIL NIRDU/NJORD!!

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: work 2nd shift

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

Frija/Frigga, 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.
FRIJA/FRIGGA, HAIL!!

Froja/Freyja, 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. HAIL FROJA/FREYJA!!


Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune: Othilla neutral, so it could be either:
Othilla (U): Home and heritage (spiritual or physical), family, the home within, nobility, the sacred enclosure, spiritual heritage, true kinship; genetic, cultural and spiritual inheritance, loyalty to family - tribe or village, group prosperity, order, interaction, or freedom, union/connection with the family of humankind.

Or

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. 

Or both

Outcome: Oh, I fully understand this!  Audie had her girlfriends over and the housework was once again placed on the back-burner.  She was not happy with me shortly after she woke up.  My comments can really cut.

Today is my youngest son’s 29th birthday.  I haven’t seen him since he was 18 months old: long ugly story.

A bit of time with online counseling.  A European was asking if he had the “right” (for lack of a better word) to practice Heathenry.  According to him, this is his background ( had to do some research):
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/general/IE.html
tp://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bosporan_Kingdom
http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Bosporan_Kingdom
I told him the same thing I tell everyone.  You may not be totally Nordic, but you may have some minute parcel of blood that cries out for satisfaction.

I suggested he investigate Vanatru:
http://www.lulu.com/items/volume_68/8689000/8689622/4/print/Vanatru.pdf

I also found this for him on the Viking Rus:
http://books.google.com/books?id=hEawXSP4AVwC&lpg=PA253&ots=dueKwG9yOE&dq=viking%20rus&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false

He also said he was Circassian:
http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/540/handouts/ussr/circass.htm 
http://www.circassians.org/

I LOVE THIS STUFF!

Work went fine: easily gave them their 480 min.  Someone from work died today.  At least he didn’t die AT work…at home…maybe…I dunno…we just got the news one or two hours into shift.  Ya know, good riddance to the bastard.  Not too many people cared for his attitude anyway.  I, personally, had no trouble telling him I didn’t like him.  He was a horrid excuse for a human being.

I come home to a woman practically insisting I go get her a pack of cigs.  That always burns my ass.  She has the means to get her own cig money but she has a problem motivating because she knows I‘m back-up.  It went from there to, I’m not taking care of her properly because I haven’t placed her on insurance.  I guess she’s seeking more validity other than tax-wife.  She now wants to be an insured tax-wife.  I’ve TRIED to encourage her to get her disability done through the Paremle law firm
http://www.parmelelawfirm.com/ so she could Medicaid, but no, that’s too much effort.  This household is definitely in trouble, but not quite yet.

 PM Prayer: Ostara/Idun:
Ostara/Idun, keeper of the golden apples of youth, 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. HAIL
OSTARA/IDUN!!!

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: errands, work 2nd shift

AM Prayer: Thursday, Thunarstag, we pray to Thunar/Thor,  lighting a red candle:
Donar/Thor, 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 appose our will. HAIL THUNAR/THOR!!


Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune: Pertho (R): The presence of negative Wyrd, 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.


Outcome: well damn…

WOW!  Slept until almost 10:00

Errands:
*Dillons Rx http://www.dillons.com/pharmacy/Pages/default.aspx
*Dillons grocery http://www.dillons.com/fresh_foods/Pages/default.aspx
*Liquor http://www.360wichita.com/FoodandBeverage/LiquorStores/BrennemansLiquor.html
*Wendy’s for lunch http://wendys.com/

Work went fine.  Work is the most obvious place where Pertho (R) could have come into play…but nothing; well, save this one order.  I took a chance on this one order I was working on.  I know what’s SUPPOSED to be done with them but the planning didn’t indicate that.  I worked it exactly per planning, which was really nothing at all and did the burr operation.  When it came to me it said “Stock.  Net trim on next assembly.”  For one thing we don’t “stock” anything.  For another thing we’re SUPPOSE to rout these with 1/8 setback and I know exactly where the tool is.  I COULD make assumptions as far as planning goes, but nah, that wouldn’t be as much fun.  I didn’t rout it, I lightly burred it and sent it on.  Then I hurried it on to inspection myself where it will hopefully be buried for a while as they are so far behind it’s ridiculous. 

I’m really disappointed that housework continues to be placed on the back-burner. 

PM Prayer: Wuldar/Ullr:
Wuldar/Ullr, god of ski and bow, 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, so that through the spirit
of the hunter, we may climb its branched to ever higher levels of awareness.
HAIL WULDAR/ULLR!!

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: JCP, work 2nd shift

AM Prayer: Wednesday, Wodanstag, we pray to Wodan/Odin, lighting a blue candle:
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! If we live well, Wodan/Odin, grant us access to one of the Great Halls where we may feast, drink and be merry with those who have gone before us until the time comes to live or
fight once more. WODAN/ODIN, HAIL!!!


Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

AM Rune: Gebo (irreversible): The mystical union of gift and giver, repay
gift for gift, a fair exchange between people or gods and the Luck that
accompanies it; freely exchanged, contracts, relationships, sometimes sexual, sacrifice, and hospitality, do not take more than we are wiling to give, the voluntary sacrifice of resources.


Outcome: Well, today is my eldest son’s birthday; he’s 33...long ugly story.  I have three sons.  I have only seen my eldest twice since ‘85 and not all at the other two.  Their mother has them convinced I’m some kind of raging, evil monster.  BAH, not dwelling in it, just mentioning for my journal purposes.  Therein lies my Gebo…I guess…sighs.

Audrey asked me to go to Dillons to pick up a hair band for her as she planned on going to JC Penny with me.  I need to pick my BATMAN shirt they ordered for me and she needs to exchange her dress.  By the time I got back she had gotten sick over the porch railing.  There ya go; that’s my relationship…sighs.

I went on to JCP.  I LOVE MY NEW BATMAN SHIRT!!!!
LINK
WOW!  What the hel is all that?


Visited with my tattoo artist.  I have a great relationship with him.  He’s
so willing to accommodate my schedule as much as he can to get started on my
back tattoo.  I told him any Monday @ 9AM. 

Work went fine.  After work, though, I went to the mobile home park where “the mouth” has moved.  It’s the same one I lived in back in the early 80s.  I took him to where my mobile home lot was.  I think he enjoyed it that I would do something like this with him.

Ya know, ever since I asked Audrey to step-up to the plate a bit and be a it more involved in housework without my having to point things out to her, she has been sicker and has had more pain…I’m just saying…


Meeka and I for a late night/early morning walk.  It’s amazing how Meeka knows when we’re on the dirt road she’s pretty much free to wander willy-nilly.  She knows when we come to an intersection she has to be at my side because I never let her dart across any intersection until I know it’s clear.  She knows when we’re on the paved road she has to stick a little closer and be a little bit more behaved.  Yep, I’d say Meeka and I have a pretty good relationship.  It’s taken a lot of work, but it’s been worth the effort.  She’s a good girl.

MLS International Friendly http://www.mlssoccer.com/
Sporting KC 2:2 Chivas Guadalajara (WOOT!)
http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2011/10/recap-skc-draws-2-2-cd-guadalajara-friendly 

PM Prayer: Scata/Skahdi:
Scata/Skahdi, 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, teach me to know the pleasure of the hunt, the joy of exertion, and 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 justice in our lives.  Direct us to be strong, able and worthyof you. SCATA/SKAHDI, HAIL!!

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: recyclables, work 2nd shift 

AM Prayer: Tuesday, Ziostag, we pray to Zio/Tyr, lighting a purple candle (for honor):
Ziu/Tyr, 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. ZIO/TYR HAIL!!


Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend 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, the loss of momentum.


Outcome: gathered up the recyclables for transport.

While gathering the recyclables I had a rare opportunity to talk to the neighbor girl with no one else around:  control of Self…breathe…control of Self…breathe…my, my, my…OMGs!

I always feel better when I recycle.  I just wish Audrey was a more will participant. 

Took in recyclables http://recyclewichita.org/

Gassed up the buggy @ $2.99gal; 20cents off with fuel points http://www.dillons.com/in_store/fuel/Pages/default.aspx

Work went fine.  I accepted overtime for Saturday.

Meeka and I for an abbreviated, late night walk.

PM Prayer: Paltar/Baldr
Blameless Paltar/Baldr, shining god, 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. PALTAR/BALDR HAIL!

PM Rune: none

Comments:  cared for animals, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena!

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

Plans: work 2nd shift

AM Prayer: Monday, Day of the Moon/Tag der Mondes, we pray to Mano/Manni, god of the moon,  lighting a white candle (symbolic of the moon):
Greetings to you Mano/Manni, 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/Manni let us see the goodness within us and without us, all the nights and days of our lives.
MANO/MANNI, HAIL!!


Rune Summons
Born of fire, born of ice
Life is lived at such a price
Holy Runes send my way
Advice on how to spend the day

AM 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/Frith; within a secure setting, the good/bright side of Wodan/Odin.

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/Frith is challenged, the shadow side of Wodan/Odin.

Or both…

Outcome: It’s a beautifully overcast and cool morning; a pretty joyous way to start a morning.  The only thing that could ruin it is, according to the local weather, a warm-up coming this afternoon: sad.

Audie started the day pretty rough and stiff (sad).  I played a bit of chiropractor, popped her back in a couple of places, and she seems to be moving better (joy).

Meeka for a walk (joy) while the getting was good!

I discovered a major error in the checking account (sadness).  Luckily I had enough in the liquid account to cover it (joy).

Well forgot about this.  Today is the celebrated Columbus Day.  I can imagine for the uneducated or the apathetic, this a joyous  time of celebration.  There is enough proof to the contrary to create sadness:
 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/eric-kasum/columbus-day-a-badidea_b_742708.html 
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/44846249/ns/technology_and_science-science/ 
http://twodayslate.wordpress.com/2007/03/04/christopher-columbus-evil/

Offset this sadness with joy!  HAIL LEIF ERIKSSON! 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leif_Erikson_Day 
http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/leif-erikson-day 
http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/10/07/presidential-proclamation-leif-erikson-day-2011

Work went well enough.


Walk #2 for Meeka and me.  It’s always a joy when I take her out; even  more so because I don’t have to keep her on a leash.  She behaves well.

PM Prayer: All you gods and goddesses bless andkeep 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/Odin, give wisdom and craft to wits shaped by ice and fire that our foes be foxed. Donar/Thor, give us strength and the will to use it. Fro/Freyr and Froja/Freyja, 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, Meeka inside

Alaf Sal Fena