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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Nov. 15th through Nov. 21st

November 15, 2015 JanF 127

Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

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The D-bate … and then there were three – UPDATED with video links

November 14, 2015 JanF 17

UPDATED with links to CBS News videos and some YouTubes – scroll to end of post. Tonight the Democratic Party presidential candidates will debate at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. The debate will be […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – Giving Veterans Their Chance

November 14, 2015 JanF 5

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, President Obama honored […]

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North Cascades National Park and the North Cascades Highway Loop

November 12, 2015 RonK 9

Late October, 2015 North Cascades Mountains Washington State A trip in late October took me over the North Cascades Highway, through the North Cascades National Park and to Chelan where I met my two brothers […]

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‘Concerned Student 1950,’ the history of black students at Missouri University, and black people in Columbia MO.

November 10, 2015 Denise Velez 24

By now we all know that University of Missouri president Tim Wolfe, and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin have resigned after protests by Concerned Student 1950, a hunger strike by grad student Jonathan Butler, and the […]

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President Obama: “We’ve got more work to do”

November 10, 2015 JanF 1

On Monday night, President Obama spoke to the group Organizing for Action (OFA) at their fall meeting at the St. Regis Hotel. Organizing for Action grew from the Organizing for America (barackobama.com) group created in […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Nov. 8th through Nov. 14th

November 8, 2015 JanF 152

Welcome to The Moose Pond! The Welcomings posts give the Moose, old and new, a place to visit and share words about the weather, life, the world at large and the small parts of Moosylvania […]

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Weekly Address: President Obama – If you haven’t gotten covered, here’s your chance

November 7, 2015 JanF 3

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President discussed […]

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President Obama: “We are going to lead by example””

November 6, 2015 JanF 10

Today, President Obama has announced his decision to not approve the building of the Keystone XL pipeline: President Obama announces that his Administration is rejecting the Keystone XL Pipeline. November 6, 2015. President Obama: This […]

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This is still our time … and we have work left to do

November 5, 2015 JanF 12

Seven years ago last night, this happened: President-Elect Barack Obama: This is our moment. This is our time – to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to […]

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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

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May 1, 2025 3
At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on,  the light returns more [...]

Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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March 19, 2025 5
Tomorrow, March 20th, at 2:01am Mountain Standard Time (my time!), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is [...]
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Spring is in the air!

February 1, 2025 3
At the beginning of February, when much of the north appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more [...]
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Welcome, Returning Light!

December 21, 2024 3
The winter solstice “occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is farthest away from the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. Though the winter solstice lasts only a moment in time, the term is [...]
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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

September 22, 2024 3
An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]

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