{"id":24043,"date":"2015-12-21T20:48:24","date_gmt":"2015-12-22T04:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=24043"},"modified":"2015-12-21T20:48:24","modified_gmt":"2015-12-22T04:48:24","slug":"solstice-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/21\/solstice-at-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Solstice at last!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Right now, Monday, December 21st at 11:48 p.m. EST \/ 8:48 PST. Have some <a href=\"http:\/\/farmersalmanac.com\/astronomy\/2015\/12\/15\/get-ready-for-the-2015-winter-solstice\/\" target=\"_blank\">solstice lore<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Last year was a warm, friendly winter in these parts (very much not the case for all of you, I know). This year, as you easterners run around in tee-shirts and sweaters, our winter has already been very, very, VERY long &#8212; even though it&#8217;s only just this moment officially begun.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibtimes.com\/winter-solstice-2014-3-things-know-about-pagan-yule-celebrations-1763756\" target=\"_blank\">Good Yule<\/a> to you, faithful readers! Enjoy the return of the sun.*<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><em>*Unless you&#8217;re reading this in the southern hemisphere, in which case enjoy summer while it lasts.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8211;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/2015\/12\/08\/tuesday-links-62\/tip-jar-small\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-23837\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/tip-jar-SMALL.jpg\" alt=\"tip-jar-SMALL\" width=\"75\" height=\"116\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-23837\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>This holiday season, please use <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/?tag=livifree07-20\" target=\"_blank\">my Amazon links<\/a> for your shopping.<\/p>\n<p>Or drop a little something in the tip jar.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<form action=\"https:\/\/www.paypal.com\/cgi-bin\/webscr\" method=\"post\" target=\"_top\">\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"cmd\" value=\"_s-xclick\"><br \/>\n<input type=\"hidden\" name=\"hosted_button_id\" value=\"W5BH4W4K76VDA\"><br \/>\n<input type=\"image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/btn\/btn_donateCC_LG.gif\" border=\"0\" name=\"submit\" alt=\"PayPal - The safer, easier way to pay online!\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.paypalobjects.com\/en_US\/i\/scr\/pixel.gif\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\"><br \/>\n<\/form>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Right now, Monday, December 21st at 11:48 p.m. EST \/ 8:48 PST. Have some solstice lore. Last year was a warm, friendly winter in these parts (very much not the case for all of you, I know). This year, as you easterners run around in tee-shirts and sweaters, our winter has already been very, very, VERY long &#8212; even though it&#8217;s only just this moment officially begun. Good Yule to you, faithful readers! Enjoy the return of the sun.* &#8212;&#8211; *Unless you&#8217;re reading this in the southern hemisphere, in which case enjoy summer while it lasts. &#8212;&#8211; This holiday season,&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2015\/12\/21\/solstice-at-last\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Solstice at last!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-miscellaneous","ratio-natural","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24043\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}