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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 […]

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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 […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Today We Remember The Resistance (1776) 7/4/17

July 4, 2017 DoReMI 12

“May the foundation of our new constitution, be justice, Truth and Righteousness. Like the wise Mans house may it be founded upon those Rocks and then neither storms or tempests will overthrow it.” — Letter […]

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Charleston Remembered – President Obama: “We must not allow ourselves to slip into comfortable silence again”

June 17, 2017 JanF 4

From the Obama White House, June 27, 2015 … President Obama travels to the College of Charleston in South Carolina to deliver a eulogy for Reverend Clement Pinckney and 8 other congregation members of Emanuel […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Family and the Ties That Bind 5/2/17

May 2, 2017 DoReMI 33

Be forewarned; rambling, stream-of-consciousness post ahead… The most recent pronouncement by 45* (about Andrew Jackson and the Civil War) once again illustrates his complete lack of historical knowledge, and coming as it did on the […]

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It Takes A Villlage – VNV Tuesday: Why We Can’t Ignore the Legacy of Slavery 4/18/17

April 18, 2017 DoReMI 25

Today’s post is a response to two different, but converging, prompts. First, as I mentioned in a comment yesterday, is my reading of Eric Foner’s Reconstruction Updated Edition: America’s Unfinished Revolution, 1863-1877, a massive history […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday 3/28/17 Unions Empowered Us

March 28, 2017 DoReMI 25

Once again, I’m continuing with my theme of historical political cartoons and what they can show us about our history, taught and untaught. This week, I’m focusing on unions and made the discovery that during […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Imperialism Emboldened Us 3/21/17

March 21, 2017 DoReMI 37

I have to admit that preparing last week’s post on immigration depressed the hell out of me. When I do these posts, my goal is to take an unblinking look at our history, but with […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Patriarchy Dismissed Us 3/7/17

March 7, 2017 DoReMI 46

I’ve decided to continue the exploration of the unspoken history of our country as seen through political cartoons and messaging. I’m not doing this as an exercise in hopelessness. It’s easy to fall into that […]

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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Genocide and Slavery Shaped Us 2/28/17

February 28, 2017 DoReMI 27

Warning: This post contains offensive, racist images. They are hard to see. They are included not to perpetuate racism, but to challenge the privilege which allows us to ignore our own history. This post is […]

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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!

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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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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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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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