YULE 2000

Many of you have said you didn't know what was inside the article, until you visited each and every page. Following is an index of articles, hyperlinked, and which page you can find them on. Just click on the buttons at the top of this page, or the index item itself to read the articles:

SECTION I - HOLIDAY LORE

It's Yule Time - Ahneke Greystone
Yule, a Joyous Season - Mariel Linar
Yule Carols - Contributed by Luna WillowSong
Yule Log Basics - Isha Arrowhawk
A Yule Wish Tree - Lady Chandra
Yuletide Cheer - Isha ArrowHawk
Yuletide Tree of Kisses - Luna Willowsong
Yule Log Desert - Isha ArrowHawk

SECTION II - FAMILY ISSUES

Promoting Pagan Family Values - Selene Silverwind

SECTION III - STORY-TIME

Book of Shadows by ~GwinevereRain - reviewed by Midnight Grey Wolfpup
Wicce's Tarot Corner - Rev. Gina M.
Abby - Mystickally
Mystic Moon - ~Rain
Michael and Beth Chronicles - Selene SilverWind
Mewsings from The Ally - Mystickally
Witches Brew for the Soul - Dream Dancer
IamAWitch.Com website - reviewed by Luna Willowsong
Yule Word Search - Isha ArrowHawk
Meagan's Yule - Kathryn Dyer
My Friend The Tree - chapter seven - "T"
A Whisper In The Darkness - Antigone
"Teen Witch Kit" - reviewed by Mystickally
The Mirror of my Soul - Dream Dancer
My Brother Josh - Dedicated to Jeremy Schmaltz - Mary Henthorn
To an old friend reborn - Philip Posehn
Raven's Rants - ~Raven
West Winds - Wendy Wamsley

SECTION IV - ONLINE RESOURCES

Online Shopping - Dor
Planetary Ritual for Yule: Magical Astrology - Sarolta

Well ... Happy Yule!!! :-)

What a beautiful time of the year this is. It's my favorite holiday of the year!!! All the colors, sounds, smells, TOYS :-) ..... and everyone is in such a festive mood. It's also a time of great emotions. You'll find all these emotions in this extra large edition of your newsletter. From joy, to missing loved ones. Crafts, recipes, and even wonderful ways to create your own Yule logs. Whether it's wood, or a desert for us City dwellers. That's why this issue is going out early. It's full of ideas to make your Yule more cheerful, and I wanted to give you as much time as possible to work with it.

Our holiday section for this issue is expanded to give you more information, and more crafts to share with your Coven or your family. The staff and readers both combined to make it a very special and very information filled newsletter. You *have* to try the Yule Log desert, and the Yuletide Tree of Kisses. :-) A great time of the year for chocolate lovers like us. :-)

Along with all our regulars, we are welcoming a new addition with this issue. A Whisper in The Darkness is now joining our newsletter on a regular basis. The author; a new friend of mine Antigone, has such a wonderful story line, and a wonderful way with images. We can thank Mystickally for introducing her to me, and I'm sure your going to love it as much as I do. It's top shelf just like the rest of our regulars. And another must read is Dream Dancers Witches Brew for The Soul. Everyone is always looking for spells and such, so we provided the best there is to offer.

Our regulars, Wicce's Tarot Corner, Abby, Mystic Moon, Michael and Beth Chronicles, and Mewsings from The Alley have all out done themselves this issue. Very good reading. And Selene has some wonderful ideas for the Yule season this issue in Pagan Parenting. For the child, and for the class. I don't know where she comes up with these ideas. :-)

Also in this issue you'll find three separate reviews. One by your Editor on a wonderful Book of Shadows I was given. I can't rave enough about that book, and highly recommend it. But you can read the review. Also, we were chosen as Site of The Month by http://www.iamawitch.com, so I sent our Co-Editor for the Cauldron Luna Willowsong over there to check it out. She was blown away by her experience, and spent hours exploring. It's a great site for just about *any* kind of reference you want dealing with Wicca. Amazing. Finally, Mystically gives us a slightly different slant on Silver RavenWolf's Teen Witch Kit. It's a very well thought out review, and makes a wonderful follow-up for last issues review by our sweet ~Rain.

And last but not least ... I think I finally figured out how to format Isha ArrowHawk's Word Search so you can use it. <giggle> Hey, give me time and I'll get it working. She does such a wonderful job with it, and she's also such a dear life long friend of mine. It's what's been missing in our issues. :-)

We were given a couple of awards since the last issue, so I'll soon be putting up an award page. I'm kind of proud of them. Site of The Month as I said above from iamawitch.com, and from The Phoenix Rising Learning Circle we received an award for excellence in presenting enjoyable and informative articles, journalism, and insights about the Pagan way of life to the Pagan community, and the world at large. To both organizations I give you a heartfelt thank you for the recognition. It means so much to all of us to know that our efforts are welcomed. The award page will be designed soon.

Now, get into this new issue. Lots to read, almost a full week early, and lots of crafts and recipes. From the Staff of Cauldrons and Broomsticks, we wish you a happy Yule, and hope you spread the love in your heart for all to see. You know the world revolves on love, and our hearts are capable of so much of it. It's needed in so many places, by so many others.

Blessings, warmth and love ....
Midnight Grey Wolfpup
"The Wolfpup"
Editor/Publisher/Owner
Cauldrons and Broomsticks Ezine
http://www.cauldrons-broomsticks.net/