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Month: January 2017

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 29th through Feb. 4th

January 28, 2017 JanF 390

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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Fighting Back: Nancy Pelosi – “The Republican Administration has mistaken cruelty for strength and prejudice for strategy.””

January 28, 2017 JanF 20

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the Democratic Leader of the People’s House – Pelosi Statement on Trump’s Executive […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 22nd through Jan. 29th

January 21, 2017 JanF 74

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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Barack and Michelle Obama: “We’ll be back to work with you on the issues we care about”

January 21, 2017 JanF 8

From the Obama Foundation … and the Obamas: “What’s Next from Barack and Michelle Obama” The Obama Foundation will be a living, working startup for citizenship — an ongoing project for us to shape, together, […]

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President Obama’s Final Press Conference: “I think we’re going to be okay”

January 19, 2017 JanF 5

President Obama held the final scheduled press conference of his administration yesterday. He spoke of the role of the press, his plans for the future, including when he would speak out, and once again expressed […]

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The Obama White House Archives

January 18, 2017 JanF 4

As the Dark Times approach, we may need to re-visit the daily doings of the Obama White House: the speeches, the policy initiatives, the joy of watching the First Family living in the house that […]

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: “We shall always march ahead, we cannot turn back”

January 16, 2017 JanF 5

Today, the day set aside to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday, is a good day to reflect on the power of resistance, the power of peaceful demonstration, the power of We The People to […]

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

January 14, 2017 JanF 94

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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Final Weekly Address of President Obama – The Honor of Serving You as President

January 14, 2017 JanF 3

This will the final Weekly Address of President Barack Obama’s Administration. Thank you, President Obama. From the White House – Weekly Address This week, President Obama delivered his final weekly address thanking the American people […]

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President Obama: “I will be right there with you, as a citizen, for all my remaining days”

January 12, 2017 JanF 3

On Tuesday night, President Barack Obama delivered his farewell speech, marking the end of his time in the Oval Office. He will, however, always be Our President. President Obama: My fellow Americans, it has been […]

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“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

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Happy Lammas!! Hey, wait just a minute! Those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all! Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the [...]

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Later today, we mark the Summer Solstice. Astronomically, it looks like this: The Summer Solstice occurs exactly when the Earth’s axial tilt is most inclined towards the sun at its maximum of 23° 26′. The [...]
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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

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 [...]
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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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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