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A Yummy Chocolate Rabbit78

The Origins of the Easter Rabbit

Like Christmas, Easter is a holiday that began as a Christian religious holiday and, over time evolved into a combination religious and secular holiday. Actually, many of the secular traditions associated...

2 comments    recreation christian holidays
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Spring is sprung – and I love it!

I love the in-between seasons. I find gentle spring more appealing than its hot-blooded successor, summer. I find autumn more appealing than its austere successor, winter.

11 comments    poetry spring seasons
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Groundhog Day 2009

Groundhogs began making predictions about the weather as far back as the 1800s. The most famous of groundhogs, Punxsutawney Phil is said to be the most accurate. Punxsutawney Phil was named after King...

1 comment    spring shadow groundhog day
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April 22nd - Earth Day

Earth day on April 22 every yearThe Official Site - Spring/Vernal Equinox environment, nature, economy, peace, people, society, culture, education, entertainment, music, spirituality, lifestyle...Earth Day is...

3 comments    life environment global warming
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Earth's Seasons and the 45th Parallel North

“Out of the shadows, and into the sun.” Michael Frank DeRita 1991 For those of us who live above the 45th Parallel North the changing of the seasons are really profound. The 45th Parallel North is a...

0 comments    oregon rebirth four seasons
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The Ley-Lines and Lost-Past of North Kent part 7

As revealed previously the landscape of Kent is divisible by the number seven- it's 1x7 miles from Canterbury to Whitstable, 2x7 miles from Canterbury to Folkestone, and 2x7 miles from Canterbury to Ramsgate...

6 comments    easter landscape gods
Spring is celebrated as a time of rebirth, renewal and fertility.89

Ostara and the Rites of Spring

Learn about the different cultural and spiritual celebrations of the Spring Equinox. Spring rituals, recipes and the history of Ostara, which later became Easter.

2 comments    holiday eggs easter
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Ostara for Children

For many Pagans Ostara, or the Spring Equinox, is a time of renewal and rebirth. This Sabbat is a time of joy and blessings to be celebrated. It is a time when the sun moves into the sign of Aries, the first...

1 comment    children religion celebration
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