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Merry Yuletide & Happy New Year 2019

The winter solstice, also known as midwinter, is an astronomical phenomenon marking the day with the shortest period of daylight and the longest night of the year. It occurs when one of the Earth’s poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere.

Here in the Northern Hemisphere, the solstice occurs on December 21st and marks the start of the Winter holiday for Pagans. This end of the year Solstice is also known as Midwinter, Yule for Pagans, the Longest Night, and Jól for the Norse.

Yule or Yuletide for Pagans, is a 12 day celebration. It’s the true 12 Days of Yule that have become known to Christians as the 12 Days of Christmas. But the 12 Days of Yule honors the Goddess in all 3 of her forms, the Maiden, the Mother, and the Crone. And it also includes a celebration to honor the rebirth of the God, in the form of the Sun. He is reborn at this time of the year, after a self-sacrifice in the summer time to nurture the fields, flocks and herds.

Each one of these representations of the Divine is honored and observed for a 3 day period beginning with the Maiden. The Mother Goddess comes next, followed by the Sun God, and ending with the Crone. It’s obvious to see how the cycle of life is recognized and honored during this winter festival that recognizes the Divine within each of us, and our connection to all things, seen and unseen around us and throughout the natural world.

Everyone here at Evilwordsmith sends out a very Merry Yuletide to you and yours during this holiday season; whatever that is for your family.

Many Blessings!

A Veterans Day Thank You

Nov11

Thank you
To all our military men and women,
past, present and future,
for your service and sacrifice,
for your dedication and devotion,
to our country and the freedoms we enjoy!
We’re all honored and grateful to you
and your families who endure each day without you.
~ Springwolf 🐾 © 2018

Happy 4th of July America!!

Jul4

Happy Independence Day to all Americans everywhere!

Happy Independence Day to all Americans everywhere!
Especially to our service men and women serving here and abroad!
To all those who support our military, in the past and in the present!
To all those who fight for our freedoms and our rights, in everyday life.
Thank you all for your service and all you do to keep our country great!

Many Blessings,
~ Springwolf

While you celebrate this weekend, remember all those who came before us and sacrificed so much. The men and women of our armed forces of course! But don’t forget those who put all they had on the line for you. The founding fathers, the families and the patriots who stand tall, who fight with their voice or their pen. It takes more than brute force to make freedom remain free. It takes a nation of people from sea to sea.

So make sure you exercise your freedoms each day. Not only on the 4th, but each time of the year when your voice can be heard. Many have died for your right to sing out. So show your respect, not in hollow words of thanks or waves of recognition. But where it counts most, in the town hall meetings, the city square and the voting booth. But do it with dignity, civility and respect. For those who came before you didn’t die to promote hate. They gave of themselves, their family and fate, so all could be free in the land of the brave!

Happy Mother’s Day – 2014

May11

Thanks Mom’s Of The Past & Present

Happy Mother’s Day

Mother’s Day is a holiday honoring motherhood that is observed in different forms throughout the world. The American incarnation of Mother’s Day was created by Anna Jarvis in 1908 and became an official U.S. holiday in 1914. Jarvis would later denounce the holiday’s commercialization and spent the latter part of her life trying to remove it from the calendar. While dates and celebrations vary, Mother’s Day most commonly falls on the second Sunday in May and traditionally involves presenting mothers with flowers, cards and other gifts.

In the years before the Civil War (1861-65), Ann Reeves Jarvis of West Virginia helped start “Mothers’ Day Work Clubs” to teach local women how to properly care for their children. These clubs later became a unifying force in a region of the country still divided over the Civil War. In 1868 Jarvis organized “Mothers’ Friendship Day,” at which mothers gathered with former Union and Confederate soldiers to promote reconciliation.

Another precursor to Mother’s Day came from the abolitionist and suffragette Julia Ward Howe. In 1870 Howe wrote the “Mother’s Day Proclamation,” a call to action that asked mothers to unite in promoting world peace. In 1873 Howe campaigned for a “Mother’s Peace Day” to be celebrated every June 2. Continue reading →

Happy 4th of July!!!!

Jul4

Happy Independence Day to all Americans everywhere!

Especially to our service men and women serving here and abroad! Thank you for your service and all you do – to those serving today and those who have served!

Fireworks from our backyard by Springwolf © 2008-2013
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Happy Father’s Day Weekend

Jun15

To All The Dads Out There!

fathersday

But Especially To My Dad!!
You’re the best Dad ever and I love you!
~ The Prince ~

Happy Birthday to the Queen!

May31

I hope this works, it’s supposed to be animated. It’s fireworks… duh.

E.W.

I want to find and beat the person who first used the phrase: It’ll just take five minutes.

Happy Memorial Day

May26

We Remember With Honor

To All those Veterans Past, Present and Future.

Produced by The U.S. Air Force News Agency

Happy Mother’s Day

May12

To all the wonderful, supportive and beautiful Moms!

Especially my Mom and my Wife!

It’s Spring!

Mar31

Happy Bunny Day!

May your day be a happy and peaceful one
surrounded by friends and family.
May you find generosity in your heart,
abundance in your pockets,
and fertility in your garden!