Merry Yuletide & Happy New Year 2019

Dec21

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

What A Busy Year It’s Been

Dec30

So Much To Do, So Little Time To Do It

Our last post was in May 2016! My stars I didn’t realize it had been that long since we posted on Evil’s blog. We’ve been pretty busy.

The biggest time consumer has been Evil’s new business venture, Southern Route Trading. Evil has become a Picker who buys, sells and trades toys, antiques, trading cards, action figures and anything else he thinks he can sell. SRT has been doing very well on our Southern Route Trading Store on Ebay so far.

On top of that we moved south below the Mason-Dixon line, out of the cold and snow. Well not really because we moved to the foothills of the Appalachian mountains. Still we don’t get as much snow as we did up north. Moving sucks! Still we got through it. Well we’re still getting through it. We still haven’t unpacked all the boxes.

We’re looking forward to 2018. We hope you are as well. So Happy New Year and may many blessings come your way during this exciting new year.

America Isn’t Easy

Oct19

kneeling “America isn’t easy. America is advanced citizenship. You’ve gotta want it bad, ’cause it’s gonna put up a fight. It’s gonna say, “You want free speech? Let’s see you acknowledge a man whose words make your blood boil, who’s standing center stage and advocating at the top of his lungs that which you would spend a lifetime opposing at the top of yours.” You want to claim this land as the land of the free? Then the symbol of your country cannot just be a flag.” – The American President 1995

“Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government: When this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved,” wrote Founding Father Benjamin Franklin in The Pennsylvania Gazette.

You can’t claim to be a Patriotic American and then oppose the First Amendment of the Constitution and those American values. Sorry, you don’t get it both ways. You want to complain about disrespect of the military, then remember what those Military forces have and continue to fight for. Anything less, is the true disrespect. #LetThemKneel!

2015 In Review

Dec29

Looking Back

I love the WordPress Jetpack year end in review. It’s interesting to see what’s popular, what we said and did. And how it relates to other things in the world.

Evilwordsmith 2015 In Review

She’s A Flower

Jan4

That Can Endure

It’s been a tough few years in our house, thanks to the ‘great’ Recession. Personally I see nothing great about it. But the struggle and endurance prompted Sir Evil to write this about me. For some reason, I felt the need to share today. I guess maybe someone out there who reads his blog, needs to see it.

201408 A Battleship Flower

We Will Always Remember

Sep11

9-11 Never Forget by Springwolf

We Will Always Remember and Never Forget

Never Forget those we lost, their family and friends.
Never Forget those first responders and their heroic efforts.
Never Forget those who sacrificed their lives in the aftermath.
Never Forget those who volunteered to serve in response.
Never Forget those who didn’t come home from far and near.
We will always remember, with tears, thoughts and prayers.

~ Springwolf

Happy Father’s Day

Jun15

To Our Dads & All Days Around The World

May you have a happy and fulfilling Father’s Day.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

May24

Thank You For Your Service!

A deep and heart-felt Thank You to all the Men and Women of our Armed Services, living and in spirit! Thank you for your service and your sacrifice.

Produced by The U.S. Air Force News Agency

Thank you to ALL our Animal Veterans

This weekend is a reminder of the sacrifices that have been made for freedom. Formerly known as Decoration Day, it originated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen Union Soldiers. The south too had its day of Decoration, but the date of celebration varied through out each region of the nation.

On June 28, 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Holidays Bill, which moved four holidays, including Memorial Day, from their traditional dates to a specified Monday in order to create a convenient three-day weekend. The change moved Memorial Day from its traditional May 30th date to the last Monday in May. The law took effect at the federal level in 1971.

From The Beginning
From its origins, Decoration Day expanded with each passing year becoming more nationally recognized for all Veterans of the Armed Forces and from every war the United States has participated in. The practice grew again after World War II when Decoration Day slowly transitioned to Memorial Day and included any family member that had passed. It became a day of remembering relatives and decorating cemeteries, whither or not they were service men and women. Many suggest the sacrifices that all Americans made during WWI and WWII to support our troops deserved recognition as well. Thus the day of honoring those who made sacrifices and lived through the hardships of war were included in Memorial Events.

Today Memorial Day is seen as one of the two biggest Patriotic Days of the year in the United States. Coming second only to the 4th of July. Flags are placed on grave sites for those who paid the greatest price for our freedom and flowers are laid by those we have lost and remember with memories and love.

What ever your method of celebration and honor this weekend, when you see a soldier thank them for their service. Let them know you appreciate their sacrifice and support them here and over there and every where.

Happy Memorial Day Weekend everyone. Please have a safe and relaxing extended weekend! And spend a few moments remembering what this weekend is really all about.

I Want This From Santa

Dec23

I Can Dream!