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Month: October 2018

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All my armor comes from you (an AIDS Walk Austin diary – there’s another match Wednesday)

October 30, 2018 anotherdemocrat 4

So, first thing, there is another $100 match Wednesday, and another chance to win South By Southwest wristbands if I raise $250. If I get to $250, and if I win the wristbands (2 big […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Voting Rights Potpourri 10/30/18

October 30, 2018 DoReMI 5

I was going to do this post next week, but since so many people have already voted, I decided not to wait. Consider this your motivation for the day, with a few persuasion points, as […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 28th through Nov. 3rd

October 27, 2018 JanF 108

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: “Democrats will stand up for Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security”

October 27, 2018 JanF 3

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). She reminds us that Democrats “will stand up for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, pre-existing condition protections, and the peace of […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – A Year at a Glance: 1908, Sears Version 10/23/18

October 23, 2018 DoReMI 8

I am a firm believer that too many history textbooks focus on dates and Big Events like wars, while giving scant coverage to the daily lives of the people who are living in and through […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 21st through Oct. 27th

October 20, 2018 JanF 123

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: “The Republican Congress is obsessed with destroying Americans’ health care.” #VoteThemOut

October 20, 2018 JanF 6

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Representative Diana DeGette (D-CO) reminding us that everyone’s health care coverage is on the ballot. (Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), Chief Deputy Whip, delivered the Weekly […]

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Head Full Of Dreams – an AIDS Walk Austin diary ($100 match Wednesday)

October 16, 2018 anotherdemocrat 2

picture is me with the best congressman ever, Lloyd Doggett So, I’ve got to start off with something that most people who read my diaries will find shocking — there won’t be a U2 song […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Primary Sources: TR, Race Suicide, and Blaming Women 10/16/18

October 16, 2018 DoReMI 3

In 1905, Theodore Roosevelt was in the second year of his first elected term as president (he assumed the presidency in 1901 after the assassination of President McKinley); it is seven years after the Battle […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 14th through Oct. 20th

October 13, 2018 JanF 109

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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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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March 20, 2026 3
Today, March 20th, at 7:46am 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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February 1, 2026 2
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, 2025 5
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, 2025 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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“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

August 1, 2025 3
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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