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Month: August 2020

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Fighting Back: “We must keep fighting to protect the sacred right to vote.”

August 8, 2020 JanF 2

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Brenda Lawrence (D-MI) declaring that an attack on our right to vote is an attack on our democracy and advocating for passing H.R. 4, […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Aug. 2nd through Aug. 8th

August 1, 2020 JanF 73

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: “What Republicans are proposing is heartless.”

August 1, 2020 JanF 2

    The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon decrying the heartless policies proposed by Senate Republicans as millions will soon face eviction, hunger, and an inability to get […]

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“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

August 1, 2020 JanF 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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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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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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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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