{"id":716,"date":"2008-12-21T09:48:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-21T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/?p=716"},"modified":"2008-12-21T09:48:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-21T09:48:00","slug":"winter-solstice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/?p=716","title":{"rendered":"Winter Solstice!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Gang!<\/p>\n<p>Well, Happy Winter, Happy Solstice! Finally, the days begin to become longer again! Do any of you have any special traditions for this day? If you do, I would love to hear about them, Please post a comment below, and we can get a little conversation going about this special time of the year! I personally go out and collect all my bird feeders, wash them out, clean them up, repair if needed, and fill them up right full with fresh, wonderful seeds. I also get my suet feeder out, and fill that as well. If I need to, I run down to the hardware store and get enough bird seed and suet to last me a while. Gotta take care of those little birdies!<\/p>\n<p>I found this poem about Solstice that I wanted to share with you all \ud83d\ude09 <\/p>\n<p>Light and Love<\/p>\n<p>Sister Bridget<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Winter Wishes<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">by Ray Cruz<strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\">Let the first snow of winter<br \/>Cleanse the wounds in your heart<br \/>From conflicts and hardships of the year.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\">Let the heavenly showers<br \/>Clear the air and freshen your view<br \/>Of the world around you.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\">Let the brisk sounds and scenes<br \/>Of the holiday season<br \/>Pace the rhythm of your step.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\">Let your soul be uplifted<br \/>With the sparkle of children<br \/>Enjoying the surprises of winter\u2019s antics.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\">Let your heart be filled<br \/>With the peace of an infant&#39;s succor<br \/>From her mother&#39;s breast.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\">Let peace in your heart<br \/>Free you from doubts and fears<br \/>And spread your warm feelings to those near to you.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\">Let peace in your heart<br \/>Open the door to love<br \/>And reveal the true delights of the human experience.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\">Let there be peace on earth,<br \/>The purest peace of innocence,<br \/>And let it be born in your heart.<\/font><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em><font face=\"Arial\" size=\"3\"><\/font><\/em>&#0160;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/voodooboutique.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54edc5c688833010536903046970c-pi\" style=\"DISPLAY: inline\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Wintersolstice\" border=\"0\" class=\"at-xid-6a00e54edc5c688833010536903046970c \" src=\"https:\/\/voodooboutique.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54edc5c688833010536903046970c-800wi\" title=\"Wintersolstice\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Gang! Well, Happy Winter, Happy Solstice! Finally, the days begin to become longer again! Do any of you have any special traditions for this day? If you do, I would love to hear about them, Please post a comment below, and we can get a little conversation going about this special time of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[352],"tags":[53,6,15,16,196,420,25,143,10,42,4],"class_list":["post-716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-more-odds-than-ends","tag-love-magick","tag-love-spells","tag-mambo-sam","tag-new-orleans-voodoo","tag-sheer-goddess","tag-sister-bridget","tag-spellmaker-com","tag-spells","tag-tarot-readings","tag-vodou","tag-voodoo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=716"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/716\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spellmaker.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}