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Now a Michigander, by way of Ohio, Illinois, Scotland, Rhode Island, and Pennsylvania. Gardener. Sewer. Democrat. Resister.
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VNV Tuesday – An Inside Baseball Look at the DNC, from and by the DNC

November 21, 2017 DoReMI 12

What follows is a post I started a few weeks ago, but I haven’t seen this information discussed much, if at all, so I’m going ahead with what may well be old news. Fierce

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VNV Tuesday – Offered Without Comment 11/14/17

November 14, 2017 DoReMI 27

Puerto Rico, 1900 Philadelphia North American, Rep. : The present condition of Puerto Rico would have been absolutely incredible and inconceivable to Americans of two years ago. We thought we knew our own hearts, and […]

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VNV Tuesday – Poetic Justice 11/7/17

November 7, 2017 DoReMI 10

An excerpt from the poem The Welder by Cherrie Moraga; the complete poem can be found here: The Welder …I am now coming up for air Yes, I am picking up the torch. I am […]

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VNV Tuesday: Randomly Random Randomosity

October 31, 2017 DoReMI 8

Some days a topic for a post comes easily; other days, no amount of wracking your brain helps, and you end up with a mishmash, a hodgepodge, a melange, a gallimaufry of items. Today is […]

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VNV Tuesday: Another OverVIew

October 17, 2017 DoReMI 9

Maybe because of its smaller size in area and population (106,450 per the 2010 census) or maybe because its population is 76% Black, the USVI has received even less media coverage than Puerto Rico after […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Puerto Rico Is Us 10/10/17

October 10, 2017 DoReMI 8

Today’s post is prompted by this tweet and the accompanying article: How colonialism and racism explain the inept US response to Hurricane Maria https://t.co/EioxarIQ5j — Vox (@voxdotcom) October 9, 2017 Too many of us were […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: A PRimer 10/3/17

October 3, 2017 DoReMI 10

I’ve never been to Puerto Rico. Up until recently, if you asked me to find it on a map, I would have been able to find the general locale (I’ve heard it’s in a big […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: The Explainers 9/26/17

September 26, 2017 DoReMI 6

Inspired by WYGal’s Friday post at DK which featured the Helpers, today I am going to focus on the Explainers. Unlike WYGal’s theme, this won’t be an ongoing series, but I want to focus on […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: What Sewing and Politics Have in Common 9/19/18

September 19, 2017 DoReMI 5

 Normally, I write my posts here and then copy and paste them for the DK Village. For whatever reason, today I wrote up my DK post first, and once I was done, I realized I […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Book Release Day

September 12, 2017 DoReMI 21

Today’s the day that some have been waiting for and others have been dreading; with all the differences of opinion, one thing that is certain is that very, very few have actually read The Book. […]

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Holding Vigil for One of Our Founding “Meeses” – Denise Velez (Updated)

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Back in September 2008, a group of like minded people gathered at the Motley Moose to talk about politics and how they could promote politicians and political causes that would change people’s lives for the [...]

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Later this morning, we will 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° [...]
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Spring Colors in the Pacific Northwest woods

May 15, 2026 6
I love the Pacific Northwest native flora this time of year as they emerge from our long dark winter. Since we can’t get out into the woods everyday, we have brought the woodlands colors home [...]
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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

May 1, 2026 2
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 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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