Welcome those into your house and your life as you can. In today’s world, we cannot trust everyone with whom we come in contact; however, we can exercise caution and be as welcoming as possible. When anyone is welcomed into your home ensure they want for nothing. Lavish upon them food, drink and comfort. Similarly, be a proper and respectful guest when you are welcomed (Vaygar Ingvald Elmersson).

(Iulmond = Yule month)

7th Day of Yule, Remembering the Noble Virtue of Hospitality
Welcome those into your house and your life as you can. In today’s world, we cannot trust everyone with whom we come in contact; however, we can exercise caution and be as welcoming as possible. When anyone is welcomed into your home ensure they want for nothing. Lavish upon them food, drink and comfort. Similarly, be a proper and respectful guest when you are welcomed (Vaygar Ingvald Elmersson).


Plans: ??????????

AM Prayer: Donarstac/Thursday, we pray to Donar:
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 to strength; teach us, elder brother, how to throw our own Hammer, and slay the giants who oppose our will. WE GIVE YOU A MOST HEART-FELT HEIL, DONAR, as we honor the Donar that resides in us all!


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 (U): Protection, Heimo (the genetic connection between gods and the Folk), guardian of Ensiwëg, 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 Armanen Rune: Sig: 
Havamal 155.
This I know as an eleventh, when
I accompany my dear friend into combat;
I sing it into the shield, so that he triumphs in battle
And that luck and happiness surrounds him always.


Will, victory, success, gain, well-being, victorious and happy, blessing from
above, 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.

Interpretation: An expansion of consciousness (Algiz) leading to (Sig) victory.

Outcome:  It was perfektly cold on Toby’s one-mile walk.

Essie on her tether.  I discovered today she is totally frightened of trash
trucks.  Is this what hurt her when she was a kitten?  WOW!  As one came close
she about came unglued.  She hid between the straw bales.  I held her tightly. 
When the trash truck came back up from the cul-de-sac clawed the hel out of my
shoulder trying to get back inside the house.  Essie was glad to get back inside.

Since today is going to be a snow-melt kind of day, I gathered as much snow
as possible around the shrubs at the Wîhstat to take advantage of as much
moisture as possible.

JsMrFnChst!  I caused some unintentional anger on Facebook.

Well, twice now I’ve returned the call to Protection One.  No more.  There’s
a fine line between needing a job and seeming to be desperate for a job.  Sure,
I AM desperate, but they don’t need to know that.

On kansasworks.com to look for work.

LOTS if online time on Facebook between Heathen Community Worldwide and the
6th Annual 12 Days of Yule.  It certainly has been fun.

It’s such a nice afternoon I pulled Socks out from the Cat House.

Applied Triple Gold Bond onto Toby.  He didn’t seem to mind it.

It seems I have a wedding to perform.  Not going to make any money on this. 
I’ve sworn an oath to myself to never charge friends or family.  However, a gas
stipend because the wedding is out of town is applicable.  This wedding is for a
young lady I’ve known for years, ever since we “danced on the ceiling” (it’s a
personal thing)  I’ve watched her grow up and I’ve known her mother equally as long.

So things have become pretty busy.  Wedding message prepared Friday morning. 
My Kindred/Liut brother is coming over Friday afternoon.  Wedding out of town
Saturday late morning with wedding lunch after.  Respect to family at funeral
home Sunday.  Funeral Monday (not that I’m officiating it).

PM Prayer: 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


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Alaf Sal Fena!

As a basic ethical principle, fidelity is the quality of being faithful or loyal.  We must remain loyal to who and what we are. Those around us need to have the ability to take us at our word, and our word needs to be our bond. Our handshake is all that should be required to seal the deal. The devotion to our deeds has to be of the utmost importance (Vaygar Ingvald Elmersson).

(Iulmond = Yule month)

6th Day of Yule – Remembering the Noble Virtue of Fidelity 
As a basic ethical principle, fidelity is the quality of being faithful or loyal.  We must remain loyal to who and what we are. Those around us need to have the ability to take us at our word, and our word needs to be our bond. Our handshake is all that should be required to seal the deal. The devotion to our deeds has to be of the utmost importance (Vaygar Ingvald Elmersson).

I really think Christians are getting it.  Now all they have to do is move Christmas and leave Yule to us:
How December 25 Became Christmas
http://www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/biblical-topics/new-testament/how-december-25-became-christmas/
What are some of the most common misconceptions about Jesus Christ’s birth? 
http://christiananswers.net/christmas/mythsaboutchristmas.html
When was Jesus Christ born? Was Jesus born on December 25 - Christmas
Day?
http://www.ucg.org/bible-faq/when-was-jesus-christ-born-was-jesus-born-december-25-christmas-day
The hidden truth about Jesus’ real date of birth
http://thelightofascension.weebly.com/1/post/2012/03/the-hidden-truth-about-jesus-real-date-of-birth.html
Now that Christians are getting the idea, all they have to do is move it and
leave Yule to us!

Socks was just so full of loving @ first check

Job search first thing this morning.

Plans: Niece’s

AM Prayer: Wodanstac/Wednesday, we pray to Wodan:
All-Father God!  Wandering God!  Rune god! Wolf God! Raven god! WODAN!! Son to Paru and Bezzia, brother to Willo and Wî h; 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: Sowulo (Irreversible): The Sun, 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 Armanen Rune: Kun: 
Havamal 150.
A sixth one is mine, if a man wounds me
With the root of a trunk still with  juice;
Then I am unscathed, the man himself is consumed
By the evil with which he threatened me.

That which is existing, defense, the polarity of the male/female principle in
the Universe, opposing energies, earthly love, as executive power of balancing
justice, art, capability, artist, genius, being favored, procreation, the child,
force, that which is established, World Tree, power, generation, ability and
artfulness, sensuality, higher consciousness, return.

 Interpretation: Victory (Sowulo) in the child force (Kun).

Outcome: Essie on her tether briefly.  Typically, she was good to let me know
when she was done with outside.

Sister over for her Yule/Beer bread.

Toby out for his mid-morning walk.

Time at my niece’s was WONDERFUL!  I ate so freaking much I almost
popped!

Sweepy…

I ate so much at my niece’s, why do I keep eating? 

Late evening nap, but that didn’t keep me from going back to bed shortly
aster I woke up.

PM Prayer: 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 HEIL, SCATA, as we honor the Scata that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


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Alaf Sal Fena!

 Honor is the ability to hold your head high in all situations. To live an honorable life is the most valuable of goals.  We set standards for ourselves and live according to
those standards. We are not encouraged to set low standards, rather, set high
standards and work toward them continually, even behind closed doors (Vaygar
Ingvald Elmersson).

(Iulmond = Yule month)

5th Day of Yule – Remembering the Noble Virtue of Honor
Honor is the ability to hold your head high in all situations. To live an honorable life is the most valuable of goals.  We set standards for ourselves and live according to those standards. We are not encouraged to set low standards, rather, set high standards and work toward them continually, even behind closed doors (Vaygar Ingvald Elmersson).

NOTE:  I LOVE IT when I start the day with online counseling! 

Plans: look for work, finish making beer breads…

AM Prayer: Ziustac/Tuesday, we pray to Ziu:
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: 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.


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.

Interpretation: A harvest (Jera) leading to an awakening (Thorn).

Outcome: Toby to Meeka Park for his walk.  Virgin snow was in Meeka Park;
made for some serious trudging. 

Socks is still not willing to come out from the Haruc, but he IS wiling to
accept my love and affection.  More and more he’s letting me hold him like he
use to.  It was so touching, I tried to put him down so I could go, but he
reached up his paw like he was saying, “Don’t go yet.”  So I stayed and loved on
him until he was ready.

Started making beer breads first thing this morning

My Liut/Kindred brother called and we’re getting together this Friday! 

It take an awful lot to humble me.  When friends just SEND money, I’m humbled.

4 loads of laundry

Off to Dillons to by a single item that can put me over the 100 point mark
that will save me 10c @ the pump, but then I thought, money would be better
spent if I wait until tomorrow to fill up.  Tomorrow is an out of town trip to
my niece’s.  I have the gas for that.  I’ll fill up when I get back into town. 
Still, I purchased that single YUMMY item and stopped off at McDs for a
snack.

To Jamie’s to deliver her Yule/Beer bread.  Jamie bought herself an e-cig kit.  I’m so proud of her.

Brother over to get his Yule/beer bread and sister will be over tomorrow
morning to get hers.

Family front yard time…it amazed me how long Essie stayed in the snow and how
long she stayed out.  Socks was soon enough ready to go into his cat house.

All animals are protected, warm and snuggly.

PM Prayer: Paltar, blameless god, 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 HEIL, PALTAR, as we honor the Paltar that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none


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Alaf Sal Fena!

 Truth is elusive.  It’s as relative as the individual. What one person or group accepts as Truth, another does not. There is no universal truth. There is no one-way or right way of
seeing anything. What we accept as truth is merely that; our truth. No one person or group has the ability to dictate their truth onto anyone. Search for your own truth.

(Iulmond = Yule month)
4th Day of Yule – Remembering the Noble

Virtue of Truth.
Truth is elusive.  It’s as relative as the individual. What one person or group accepts as Truth, another does not. There is no universal truth. There is no one-way or right way of seeing anything. What we accept as truth is merely that; our truth. No one person or group has the ability to dictate their truth onto anyone. Search for your own truth.

Plans: look desperately for work, contact Protection One again.

*What the hel am I doing wide awake @ 2AM?
*Applied with T-Mobile
*A pre-dawn check on Socks in the Haruc; 12F/-11C outside, 47F/8C inside the
Haruc.  He  has been so unusually willing to let me hold him lately.  Probably
he’s enjoying the body warmth.
*More job search pre-dawn

AM Prayer: Manostac/Monday, we pray to Mano, male aspect and god 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 HEIL, 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: 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: 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.

Interpretation: Lack of creativity (Kenaz) leading to inspiration (Bar).
*HAHAHAHAHA…

Outcome: It was a rather brisk 1-mile walk for Toby.  He gets so excited in
the snow, I have to reign him in closely.  Besides me dressing in layers I once
again incorporated arctic style glasses by putting side-shields onto my glasses,
reducing wind exposure to the eyes; definitely a difference in tearing.

More job search; this time I used the career site at watc.edu

I’m trying my hand at making beer bread.  I’ve never been creative (Kenaz)
enough to consider it, but now I’m am inspired (Bar)!  ROTFL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  If
it works, I can give loafs out to family.  We’ll see.

WOW!  It turned out pretty damn well!  They’re good enough I can turn these
into 5 loafs as homemade Yule gifts for my family…

Walgreen’s gifts for great nephew's gifts
Aldi for beer bread mix
Liquor for beer.
…and still have $28 left to my name!

Solidly napped

Made a total of 3 beer breads today with 3 more to go.

HAHAHA…Socks wasn’t out from the Haruc even an hour before he wanted to back
inside.  He really does appreciate his cat-house.

One last check on Socks before bedtime.  It’s 18F/-7C outside, 54F/12C inside the Haruc.  I laid on the floor with Socks and he crawled right onto my body and laid down.  He can be such a good boy.  I just wish he could be a good kitty inside the house, but he can’t; hence, the need for the cat-house in this kind of wx.  I’m glad I can provide for him in this way.  I really don’t think too many other kitties have their own house.

PM Prayer: 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 HEIL, SIBBA, as we honor the Sibba that resides in us all!


PM Clarification Rune: none

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Alaf Sal Fena!

 Courage is definitely an attitude of boldness, however, not the
absence of fear. Courage is the carrying in spite of your fear. It is courage
that allows us to live life in such a manner that we can be proud.

(Iulmond = Yule month)

NOTE: A predawn clearing of snow of important pathways.  In spite of the snow
  and 20F/-6C temps Socks was ready to come out from the Haruc.

3rd Day of Yule, Remembering the noble virtue of Courage
Courage is definitely an attitude of boldness, however, not the absence of
fear. Courage is the carrying in spite of your fear. It is courage that allows
us to live life in such a manner that we can be proud.

Plans: I know the Reimer reunion is in Hesston today.  Not sure if I’m going.

AM Prayer: Sunnastac/Sunday, we pray to Sunna, goddess 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 HEIL 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: 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: 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.

Interpretation: Change (Hagalaz) that leads to fate (Laf).

Outcome: Toby had so much fun on his 1-mile walk in the now
winter-wonderland.  His energy was boundless; contrast that to wx above 80F/27C
that really drags him down.

I have fully enjoyed JL being here this weekend.

Waffles, eggs and bacon…YUM!

JL home…we made some good strides toward reconnection.

Bundesliga http://www.bundesliga.com/en/ 
Saturday:
Dortmund hosts Hertha Berlin 1:2 (WTF)
Bremen hosts Leverkusen 1:0
Freiburg hosts Hannover 2:1
Hamburger hosts Mainz05 2:3
Stuttgart hosts Hoffenheim 1:0
Nürnberg hosts Schalke04 0:0
Sunday
M’Gladbach host Wolfsburg  2:2

There is no other way to describe my sister’s “birthday party” than
disturbing.  The total disrespect shown to my sister by her own daughter was bad
enough with little or no interest in making sure my sister adequately
recognized.  Even worse was the ridiculously stupid fucking male conversation. 
Why the hel did I even bother?  Oh yeah…it was for my sister.

MAN, am I glad I checked on Socks early evening.  Earlier this afternoon,
during a mid-day check on Socks, Toby came into the Haruc, too.  I pulled up
Sock’s food so Toby wouldn’t be tempted to eat.  I forgot to put it back down. 
My early evening check showed an antsy Socks!  I filled his food and water to
the brim then placed everything back down for him.  He’s better.

Okay, calming down…

Over the weekend Essie bonded with JL for the most part, but Essie certainly
was ready to cuddle with me once JL was gone.

I am so sorry for EVER having started sharing my food with Toby.  It’s making
this whole detox thing quite a challenge on both ends.  He stands at the end of
the kitchen looking so forlorn and it just kills me.  There is no way to tell
him I’m doing this for his own good.  Toby just knows at one time he got the
chance to lick the plates, but hasn’t done so in a while.  There IS evidence
that this is working.  Ever since Toby has been on detox, he hasn’t farted. 
Believe me, Toby’s farts were HORRIBLE.  Even JL noticed the improvement.  Come
Monday I need to remember to report this improvement to his veterinary.

PASL (Professional Arena Soccer League) http://www.paslsoccer.com/ 
Saturday
Dallas @ Tulsa 8:6
Detroit @ Harrisburg 8:9
Bay Area @ Las Vegas 3:13
Texas @ Monterrey ???
Turlock @ San Diego 6:9
Illinois @ Cincinnati ???
Ontario @ Saltillo ???
Sunday
Turlock @ Mexico 8:16
Harrisburg @ Cleveland 3:3

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


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Alaf Sal Fena!