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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 […]

Fighting Back: “Democrats are fighting to make your hard work pay off once again”

September 2, 2017 JanF 2

Fighting Back: “Democrats are all about opportunity, growth, innovation and the good jobs that follow.”

August 27, 2017 JanF 6

The Great American Eclipse from 49 Degrees North

August 23, 2017 RonK 14

The sun 19 minutes into the eclipse, Note the sun spots (blips) at the center of the big bite. Although we, in Bellingham WA, were not within the total eclipse range, we were close […]

It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: In Their Own Words 8/22/17

August 22, 2017 DoReMI 4

Made possible by Europe’s advantages in military and social technology, the slavery started by Europeans in the fifteenth century was different, because it became the enslavement of one race by another. (Excerpt from Lies My […]

Fighting Back: “We will not let anyone take us back to the days of hatred and bigotry”

August 21, 2017 JanF 8

Fighting Back: Rep. Cedric Richmond “You deserve a Better Deal”

August 12, 2017 JanF 2

It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Family, Immigration, and History 8/8/17

August 8, 2017 DoReMI 5

The comments of Stephen Miller and the restrictive immigration standards of the proposed RAISE Act have caused me to think a lot about immigration lately. I’m in the privileged position as a white woman to […]

Fighting Back: Senator Tammy Baldwin “We should build a Made In America economy”

August 5, 2017 JanF 2

It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Tweeting the News (1917 Version) 8/1/17

August 1, 2017 DoReMI 21

Today, I’m taking a break from our platform, healthcare legislation, and all things Twitter. This choice is not because our resistance is over or because we can take our eyes off the ball, but because […]

Welcome, Returning Light!

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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

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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!

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 [...]