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Imbolc - St. Brigid’s Day February 1st & 2nd   Imbolc, also called Oimelc, was a pre-Christian holiday celebrated by the peoples of the British Isles. Beginning on February 1st and lasting through sundown on February 2nd, Imbolc marked the halfway point between the winter solstice and spring equinox. Though in many regions snow is still on the ground or will come again before spring returns, at this time one could begin to see those first signs of life returning to the earth. The earliest mentions of Imbolc in Irish literature date back to the 10th century. Poetry from this time ties the holiday to ewe’s milk, suggesting that its origin may have related to the breeding cycle of sheep and the beginning of lactation which held such significance to the livelihood of those peoples at that time. Imbolc centered around themes of purification and rebirth, and celebrations typically served as devotionals to Brigid, the goddess associated with these themes. People prepared for the holiday by crafting dolls out of straw, oats and rushes as effigies of Brigid (also called a Brídóg), clothing them in dresses, and placing them in baskets by the fireplace to welcome light and good fortune into the home. Feasts and bonfires were held. One may notice that there is a Christian holiday celebrated during this same time of year, dedicated to one of Ireland’s patron saints who shares a name with the goddess Brigid. St. Brigid is associated with similar themes, as the patron saint of newborns, midwives, dairy maids, cattle, and Irish nuns. Her holiday is celebrated in similar fashion  - celebrants use stalks of wheat to craft Brigid's crosses and feasts are held, among other traditional practices, such as a “threshold rite”. The night before St. Brigid’s feast (January 31st), the Brídóg or St. Brigid doll would be carried in a procession from home to home. As the procession approached, those taking part would call out, “St. Brigid approaches!”, and the inhabitants of the home would welcome them in, symbolically welcoming Brigid into their home.   Today, Imbolc and St. Brigid’s Day are celebrated by Pagans, Wiccans, and Christians. As winter draws on, it can become harder to maintain a positive disposition and to remind ourselves that spring is just around the corner. Our ancestors felt this lull as well and countered it with a celebration of the coming spring, rekindling their intentions and setting their sights on work to be done. Why not do the same? Have a feast with family, build a bonfire with friends, and bond over the rebirth which will soon green the hills and our hearts. Hail Victory!   -Bonnie Kilgrey   How to make a Brigid Doll: https://colorful-crafts.com/how-to-make-a-brigid-doll-straw-doll/ How to make a St. Brigid’s Cross: https://scoil-bhride.com/how-to-make-a-st-brigids-cross/  

FTN 531: Show Us Your Torts Jazz and Warren celebrate Robert E. Lee's 216th birthday with Jazz's favorite Leeisms and how much more closely connected we are with the past than we think before shifting gears to WEF, Larry Fink, and Jews' frantic push to diminish or repeal Section 230 via the courts and wage lawfare against free speech using corporate muscle. After the break, Jazz juxtaposes censorship of online speech with the explosion of offline speech in the form of political protests, rallies, laser projectors, and flyering - the easy silencing of which isn't supported by current tort law. MP3 Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fash-the-nation/FTN_012223.mp3 https://therightstuff.biz/2023/01/22/ftn-531-show-us-your-torts/

FTN 531: Show Us Your Torts Jazz and Warren celebrate Robert E. Lee's 216th birthday with Jazz's favorite Leeisms and how much more closely connected we are with the past than we think before shifting gears to WEF, Larry Fink, and Jews' frantic push to diminish or repeal Section 230 via the courts and wage lawfare against free speech using corporate muscle. After the break, Jazz juxtaposes censorship of online speech with the explosion of offline speech in the form of political protests, rallies, laser projectors, and flyering - the easy silencing of which isn't supported by current tort law. MP3 Direct Download: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/fash-the-nation/FTN_122223.mp3 https://therightstuff.biz/2023/01/22/ftn-531-show-us-your-torts/

Some good news from Germany 🇩🇪 where a prison sentence against 94-year-old Ursula Haverbeck has been overturned. She was due to begin this sentence soon, her 'crime' having been to dispute orthodox opinions about German history. Ursula Frei! 🏴 @ultrasnotreds2

Happy news for all to celebrate, Ursula Haverbeck is out of prison again, for committing the crime of speaking the truth.

Happy Robert E. Lee Day! On January 19th we commemorate the Confederate general Robert Edward Lee. In the Saxon household we usually start to celebrate this day on the third Monday of January, until Lee’s actual birthday on the 19th. This wholesome assignment covers a range of subjects, such as poetry, history, citizenship and what it takes to be a good man. Share this post with your friends so their children can learn about the good general, too.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. is known for many things, and it is up to us to ensure our children know him for the deceitful, dishonest, riot-inciting negro who he actually was. He is the face of a movement which ethnically cleansed whites out of urban areas and precipitated the anti-white regime that we are now fighting to free ourselves from. This movement that forced negro idolatry into all areas of society and its power to radically alter the character of our nation was granted to it by Jewish radicals, cowardly politicians and the treachery of the media. If we do not teach our children about MLK, somebody else will. Keep in mind that this is a unit study for elementary ages. It is written for children. The unit study does, at times, mention the words “homosexual” and “prostitute”, but if you decide to omit the words, the message of the study will not be lost. -Mrs. Saxon @DissidentHomeschool

Long Days and Empty Cups When most mothers think of December and what their household will look like in that month, they feel some pressure to perform and to –ideally– make the entire month of December “Pinterest worthy”. Many months, we homeschoolers just try to knock out the homeschool and chore schedule, let alone decorate a tree, bake cookies, wrap presents and to make our home sparkle enough to welcome guests. After an exhausting (but beautiful!) December comes January, what seems like the longest month of the year. Here is the month with most potential to emphasize that our Days are Long, but the Years are Short. My day is split up into parts: breakfast, homeschool, chores, lunch, more homeschool, more chores, activities, dinner-prep, dinner, cleanup, activities, wind-down, and finally bedtime. Rinse and repeat the next day. We make our own schedule, but we are also responsible for sticking to it, and for getting done what needs to be gotten done. We are flexible, but we do not have much room for surprises or extra activities. December represents one big extra activity. Despite careful planning of our curriculum, December always entails several weeks of school, and we usually manage to get sick during a few weeks of this month. Despite its length of 31 days, this month does not factor in extra time for tree decorating, present wrapping or traveling to pleasant Christmas events. In a general, we white mothers try to give our children as many beautiful, Pinterest worthy Christmas moments as we can manage, and we often forget to take out extra time for ourselves to rest and recuperate. We tend to internalize the items left unchecked on that mental list of ‘Things to Do to Create Beautiful Christmas Memories’. At the end of December, we’re overwhelmed and not feeling very festive. Many mothers I talk to end up with their reserves depleted by the time January rolls around and yet they still manage to feel bad about being overwhelmed. After Christmas, living rooms seem to have become much smaller due to the sudden influx of toys, and visits from guests. This is why we make New Year’s Resolutions: for that extra motivation to pack old toys away, to have a healthier diet so we feel better. We should give ourselves more grace, especially during the months of December and January. The Third Reich had wonderful arrangements for women, including almost mandatory mother vacations and spas and health centers dedicated to a mother’s relief. It was well known in the Third Reich: mothering is hard. Homeschooling, having a family in these hostile times, managing a household, cooking for a family when grocery prices are going through the roof seems almost impossible. We parents have no choice but to make it happen and for the sake of our race we have no choice but to be parents! It is because of all of these difficulties, that we have to expect that things can and will go wrong. Although we mothers know how hard everything is, we also know how beautiful and wonderful it is to raise a family and to invest everything in our children. We do all of this, for the future of our children. We’re very often forgetful of one thing amidst our efforts and that is to take care of ourselves. We owe ourselves a lot more grace and patience than we admit. @DissidentHomeschool