{"id":1737,"date":"2013-01-10T08:00:38","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T16:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/?p=1737"},"modified":"2013-01-07T10:48:40","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T18:48:40","slug":"december-link-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2013\/01\/december-link-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"December link round-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>On Twitter, Google+, and especially Facebook, I share lots of links and things associated with Paganism and childbearing. Today I\u2019ve rounded up the highlights from December.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A nice <a href=\"http:\/\/wildhunt.org\/2012\/12\/unleash-the-hounds-link-roundup-74.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">shout-out<\/a>\u00a0for Pagan Families\u00a0from The Wild Hunt\u00a0when we moved here to Patheos<\/li>\n<li>Information on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maidentomother.com\/2012\/11\/goddesses-of-childbirth-janadiana.html?m=1\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">birth goddesses<\/a> from Maiden to Mother<\/li>\n<li>Thinking about the meaning of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firsttheegg.com\/earthside\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">\u201cbringing a baby earthside\u201d<\/a> at First the Egg<\/li>\n<li>Sister MorningStar reflects on <a href=\"http:\/\/midwifeinternational.org\/how-to-become-midwife\/freedom\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">freedom and midwifery<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/tag\/amy-swagman\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Amy Swagman<\/a> of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/mandalajourney\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Mandala Journey<\/a> created some stunning finger labyrinths for pregnancy and birth meditation. The description in her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop\/MandalaJourneyAmy?section_id=10420591\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Etsy shop<\/a> begins, \u201cThese labyrinths can be used as a meditation and relaxation tool during pregnancy and birth.\u201d This photo, shared with her permission, shows two of her Placenta-Tree of Life finger labyrinths.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/309\/2013\/01\/882_511102295596911_584618746_n.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1791\" title=\"882_511102295596911_584618746_n\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/309\/2013\/01\/882_511102295596911_584618746_n-300x170.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Here at Pagan Families we <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2012\/12\/hello-patheos\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">arrived here at Patheos<\/a>, shared Molly\u2019s post about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2012\/12\/blessingways-and-the-role-of-ritual\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">blessing ways<\/a>, participated in the Amethyst Network\u2019s blog circle on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2012\/12\/holidays-after-loss-spirit-babies-ceremony\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Holidays After Los<\/a>s, reviewed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2012\/12\/review-the-mothers-wisdom-deck\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">Mother\u2019s Wisdom Deck<\/a>, and published Julianne\u2019s meditations on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/paganfamilies\/2012\/12\/how-you-envision-birth-at-the-deepest-level\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\">birth art<\/a>, as well as initiating the Wednesday Wisdom series.<\/p>\n<p>What have you been reading or writing that we missed?<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Twitter, Google+, and especially Facebook, I share lots of links and things associated with Paganism and childbearing. 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