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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 8th through Oct. 14th

October 8, 2017 JanF 110

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: John Lewis on Gun Violence – “What will it take for the Republican Congress to wake up?”

October 7, 2017 JanF 4

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman John Lewis of Georgia. (Congressman John Lewis has been leading the charge for change for […]

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Fighting Back: Sen. Cortez Masto: “Democrats are standing with the people of Puerto Rico.”

October 1, 2017 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada. (In the weekly Democratic address, Senator Catherine Cortez Mastro (D-NV) […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 1st through Oct. 7th

September 30, 2017 JanF 91

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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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Sept. 24th through Sept. 30th

September 23, 2017 JanF 88

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: “Graham-Cassidy would cause untold suffering in every community in America”

September 23, 2017 JanF 1

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. John Yarmuth (D-KY). In it he calls the Republican Senate’s bill “monstrous. Cruel. Even deadly”. […]

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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

September 22, 2017 JanF 5

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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Fighting Back: To DREAMers: “You are not alone. We won’t stop fighting for you.”

September 17, 2017 JanF 3

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Illinois Senator Dick Durbin. We are calling on the Republican leaders of the Senate and the […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Sept. 17th through Sept. 23rd

September 16, 2017 JanF 77

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: To DREAMers, ‘We see you. We know you. We believe in you. Democrats are right there with you.’

September 10, 2017 JanF 3

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. Found on the Internets … The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congresswoman […]

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Welcome, Returning Light!

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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 [...]

Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

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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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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

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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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