{"id":8343,"date":"2010-04-04T06:07:33","date_gmt":"2010-04-04T11:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=8343"},"modified":"2015-05-29T17:26:52","modified_gmt":"2015-05-29T22:26:52","slug":"eastre-ostara-and-the-history-of-the-easter-bunny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/eastre-ostara-and-the-history-of-the-easter-bunny\/","title":{"rendered":"Creating more work for myself"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=14937\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-14937\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-14937\" title=\"easter bunny copy\" src=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/easter-bunny-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"89\" height=\"144\" \/><\/a>Now this is how my mind works.\u00a0 About 5am, I was going to send a friend a note and thought, <em>oh let me create an Easter card to include<\/em>.\u00a0 Then I thought, <em>let me create one for everyone and post it on Facebook<\/em>.\u00a0 Then I thought, <em>let me just create a website for it, since it happens every year<\/em>.\u00a0 As I was looking for images, I thought <em>WTF does a rabbit and painting Easter eggs have to do with the Christians honoring the resurrection of Christ?<\/em> So I did some research and found some history and images I liked and created the website and posted it on Facebook and Twitter.\u00a0 You can see it here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/EasterOstara\/index.html\">http:\/\/www.horizonsmagazine.com\/EasterOstara\/index.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here it is almost three hours after I had the thought to send my friend a quick note wishing happy Easter, and instead created an entire website about it.\u00a0 That&#8217;s how my mind works.\u00a0 But now Easter morning has a more expanded meaning to me.\u00a0 I love knowing the deeper significance of holy days in the different traditions.\u00a0 For me today?\u00a0 I&#8217;m gonna stay home and play in my yard.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve got a lot of oak and pine deadfall I&#8217;m going to clear up, and it should be time to cut a new path in my west woods.\u00a0 There&#8217;s a lot of new growth on all the plants that were burnt by winter&#8217;s frost.<\/p>\n<p>Have a good Easter.\u00a0 May your spirit be renewed by the promise that every day is a new beginning.<br \/>\nAndrea<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horizonsmagazine.com\/blog\/?p=2136\" target=\"_blank\">Donate $1 for good luck &amp; 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