Blackmoor Vituperative

Happy Easter.

What does Easter mean to me? To me, it means that the azaleas are blooming, and that the weather is turning warm. Winter is over, and life has returned to the Earth once again. Some people want to celebrate this with chocolate bunnies and colored eggs. I think those are great symbols; in fact, the egg thing harkens back to the goddess Oestre, from which the holiday gets its name. Some people celebrate it by retelling old myths, where gods and goddesses return from the underworld, like Persephone and Jesus. Those are great stories. But I think the real story, the real reason to celebrate, is the world outside my window, green and blooming and alive.