The Motley Moose
  • Home
  • Featured Posts
  • Editors’ Choice
  • News & Opinion
    • Biden-Harris White House
    • Motley Megaphone
    • It Takes a Village
    • Obama White House
  • Just Grazin’
    • Fiction
    • Our World in Images
  • Community
  • The Moose
    • Recent Post Feed
    • Comment Feed
    • Moose Admin Posts
    • FAQ – Getting Started
    • FAQ – How to Log In
    • FAQ – How to Compose a Post
    • About
  • My Moose
Home2022August

Month: August 2022

Community

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 28th

August 28, 2022 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 […]

Democratic Party Values

President Biden: “You need to vote to save democracy again.”

August 27, 2022 JanF 2

From Rockville Maryland – Remarks by President Biden at a DNC Grassroots Rally Folks, we’re just 76 days away from the midterm election — 76 days. And to state the obvious, there’s a lot at […]

Community

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 21st

August 20, 2022 JanF 66

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 […]

Community

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 14th

August 13, 2022 JanF 75

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 […]

Community

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 7th

August 6, 2022 JanF 63

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 […]

Fiction

Home to the Heather

August 2, 2022 Diana in NoVa 5

The woman in the hospital bed hadn’t spoken for days. She would neither eat nor drink. She was concentrating on the difficult work of dying. Fiona arrived in the morning, her arms full of daffodils. […]

Featured Posts

“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

August 1, 2022 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 […]

Featured Posts

Welcome, Returning Light!

Featured Posts
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 [...]

Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

Featured Posts
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 [...]
Featured Posts

“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 [...]
Featured Posts

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 [...]
Featured Posts

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 [...]

Recent Posts

  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th January 10, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 4th January 3, 2026
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: December 28th December 27, 2025
  • Welcome, Returning Light! December 21, 2025
  • Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: December 21st December 20, 2025

Legacy Motley Moose

Motley Moose – July 2008 to May 2015

Motley Moose Archives by Month

Recent Comments

  • Denise Velez on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th
  • JanF on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th
  • JanF on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th
  • anotherdemocrat on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th
  • bfitzinAR on Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: January 11th

Blog Roll

Legacy Motley Moose – Archive

Balloon Juice
Black Kos
Booman Tribune
Charlie Pierce
Ed Kilgore – NY Mag
Horizons (Smartypants)
Norbrook’s Blog
Peter Jukes
P.M. Carpenter
Stonekettle Station
Talking Points Memo (TPM)
Washington Monthly
Wonkette

Search the Moose

Moose Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • Home
  • Editors’ Choice
  • Featured Posts
  • News and Opinion
  • Biden-Harris White House
  • The Obama White House
  • Motley Megaphone
  • It Takes a Village
  • Just Grazin’
  • Fiction
  • Our World in Images
  • Community
  • About the Motley Moose
  • FAQ – Getting Started at the Moose
  • My Moose

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
RSS NPR
  • Claudette Colvin, who refused to move seats on a bus at start of civil rights movement, dies January 14, 2026
  • Republicans say Clintons risk contempt of Congress for not testifying on Epstein January 13, 2026
  • FTC accuses AI search engine of 'rampant consumer deception' January 13, 2026
  • How Minnesota faith communities are resisting aggressive immigration operations January 13, 2026
  • Supreme Court appears likely to uphold state bans on transgender athletes January 13, 2026
  • Scott Adams, the controversial cartoonist behind 'Dilbert,' dies at 68 January 13, 2026
  • As Iran's protests continue, Israelis and Palestinians watch closely January 13, 2026
  • The EPA is changing how it considers the costs and benefits of air pollution rules January 13, 2026
RSS Guardian – US News
  • Iran protests live updates: Trump warns of ‘very strong action’ if Iran executes protesters, as death toll soars January 14, 2026
  • Human activity helped make 2025 third-hottest year on record, experts say January 14, 2026
  • Claudette Colvin, US civil rights pioneer arrested for not giving up bus seat, dies aged 86 January 14, 2026
  • Trump news at a glance: president vows to help ‘Iranian Patriots’ in latest signal of military action against Tehran January 14, 2026
  • Winter storms kill five in Gaza amid desperate conditions in makeshift camps January 14, 2026
  • Crypto coin firm touted by Eric Adams denies allegations of ‘rug pull’ scam January 14, 2026
  • Trump gives heckler the middle finger during Michigan Ford plant visit January 14, 2026
  • South Korean prosecutors demand death penalty for former president Yoon Suk Yeol January 14, 2026
RSS Lawyers, Guns and Money Blog
  • Make Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Great Again January 14, 2026
  • “Havana Syndrome” Again January 13, 2026
  • Iranian regime admits thousands of protesters killed; estimates of independent groups are 12,000 or more January 13, 2026
  • The bad advice that you gladly won’t take January 13, 2026
  • “The Most Awful Responsibility” and “American Experience: Bombshell” January 13, 2026
RSS ProPublica
  • A Father’s Quest for Justice Finds Resolution After 13 Years January 13, 2026
  • We Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off Breathing January 13, 2026
  • The Biggest Takeaways From Our Investigation Into Grazing on Public Lands January 12, 2026
  • Vouchers, Patriotism and Prayer: The Trump Administration’s Plan to Remake Public Education January 9, 2026
  • They Couldn’t Access Mental Health Care When They Needed It. Now They’re Suing Their Insurer. January 9, 2026
RSS BBC – World News
  • More than 2,000 people reported killed at Iran protests as Trump says 'help is on its way' January 14, 2026
  • We choose Denmark over US, Greenland's PM says January 13, 2026
  • 'Now there's the threat of executions' in Iran January 13, 2026
  • Republicans vow to hold Bill Clinton in contempt as he skips Epstein testimony January 13, 2026
  • Prosecutors seek death penalty for ex-South Korean president Yoon January 13, 2026
RSS BBC – Latin America
  • Trump to meet Venezuelan opposition leader Machado at the White House January 12, 2026
  • Jailed Venezuelan politician's son says Trump shouldn't be 'fooled' by pledge of prisoner releases January 12, 2026
  • Five severed heads displayed on Ecuador beach January 12, 2026
  • Trump tells Cuba to 'make a deal, before it is too late' January 11, 2026
  • EU reaches South America trade deal after 25 years of talks January 9, 2026
  • Home
  • Editors’ Choice
  • Featured Posts
  • News and Opinion
  • Biden-Harris White House
  • The Obama White House
  • Motley Megaphone
  • It Takes a Village
  • Just Grazin’
  • Fiction
  • Our World in Images
  • Community
  • About the Motley Moose
  • FAQ – Getting Started at the Moose
  • My Moose

Copyright © 2026 | MH Magazine WordPress Theme by MH Themes