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Month: January 2020

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Tuesdays in Mooseville – The Problem With Wine 1/28/20

January 28, 2020 DoReMI 2

Two weeks ago, after reading my explainer on the potential schism within the United Methodist Church, I was asked why Methodists use grape juice rather than wine at Communion. After all, Jesus turned water into […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 26th through Feb. 1st

January 25, 2020 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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Fighting Back: “In America, right matters and truth matters.”

January 25, 2020 JanF 2

    Representative Adam Schiff, yesterday, in closing arguments in the Senate impeachment “trial”: “Donald Trump must be convicted and removed from office. Because he will always choose his own personal interest over our national […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – SHEnanigans, Twitter Style 1/21/20

January 21, 2020 DoReMI 1

The original plan for this week was to respond to a question asked by a reader of last week’s post. But there has been a change in plans; I’m going with a female-centric tweet-a-rama today […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 19th through Jan. 25th

January 18, 2020 JanF 84

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: “Senators must choose to uphold our system of democracy.”

January 18, 2020 JanF 3

    Senator Kamala Harris (D-CA) calls on the Senate to uphold the integrity of our democracy and our system of justice. WATCH: After swearing in for the impeachment trial, @SenKamalaHarris calls on senators to […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – “Meet Me Halfway” and the Proposed United Methodist Protocol 1/14/20

January 14, 2020 DoReMI 6

Every week, Moishe would pray to win the lottery. “Please God,” he would say, “let me win the lottery. I need to win the lottery.” After several years of this, God finally replied and God’s […]

Election 2020

a great candidate in Texas CD10

January 13, 2020 anotherdemocrat 1

We are lucky in the Texas 10th to have 3 progressive candidates — Mike Siegel, Shannon Hutcheson & Pritesh Gandhi are all good progressives. I’m writing to tell you about Dr. Gandhi. Fierce

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 12th through Jan. 18th

January 11, 2020 JanF 79

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 push back against the science-denying Republican Party’s assault on our environment.”

January 11, 2020 JanF 3

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congresswoman Debbie Dingell reminding people of the damage being done to the environment by the science-deniers in the Republican Party. (Congresswoman Debbie Dingell discussed the […]

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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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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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Summer Sunning!

June 20, 2025 3
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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