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It Takes a Village is a reminder of Democratic Party values – especially the values of long time Democrats whose lives have been dedicated to helping people.

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Tuesday in Mooseville – If A Picture Is Worth A Thousand Words, What Is A Mural Worth? 5/28/19

May 28, 2019 DoReMI 6

I first discovered mural art when I moved to Michigan and visited the Rivera Court at the Detroit Institute of Art (DIA). Since that first visit, I’ve made more visits to the DIA than I […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Ode to the Paper Bag and Other Items of a Bygone Era 5/21/19

May 21, 2019 DoReMI 1

Sometimes a peripheral observation in a book sets off a series of musings and memories. The paragraph that started this train of thought: The development of the first practical mass-produced paper bags was spurred, like […]

Blackness

Tuesday in Mooseville – Why White Folk Understanding the Racist Mammy Archetype Matters 5/14/19

May 14, 2019 DoReMI 7

Over the weekend, a Bill Maher-initiated hashtag on Twitter caught fire amongst too many on the Left. It was a play on a racist slur used by 45* against Sen. Warren, and far too many […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Book Break! Bargain Bin Brain Candy 5/7/19

May 7, 2019 DoReMI 7

Between work hours that are almost identical to my library’s open hours (making library visits next-to-impossible) and my habit of reading in bed at night (with a dog sleeping against my shoulder, effectively limiting me […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Popping One’s Own Bubbles 4/30/19

April 30, 2019 DoReMI 3

This is a personal post. It’s part confession; part tearing at the fabric of my own privilege and hubris; and part invitation to examine one’s own influences and determine if there are any bubble that […]

Blackness

Tuesday in Mooseville – Remembering One Year On (James Cone) 4/23/19

April 23, 2019 DoReMI 3

On April 28, 2018, James Hal Cone, considered a father of black liberation theology, died at the age of 79. I never knew Dr. Cone, but I spent most of my adult years knowing of […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Finding Hope Again 4/16/19

April 16, 2019 DoReMI 1

When AG Barr released his four-page summary of the Mueller report, I slammed head- and heart-first into an emotional brick wall. I’ve been reeling ever since with frequent and massive anxiety attacks and enough acid […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – A Tale of Two Mayors 4/9/19

April 9, 2019 DoReMI 3

Janesaunt at The Orange and I decided to work together to read the political memoirs of some of the current presidential candidates and to provide overviews of the books by answering an identical set of […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Unsung: Voices from the Margins 4/2/19

April 2, 2019 DoReMI 2

Note: I started this post in November 2017 but didn’t complete or publish it after deciding that it was a bit too obscure. But then I saw these tweets over the weekend; the devastating loss […]

No Picture
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Tuesday in Mooseville – White Centering: It’s A Thing (and we need to recognize it) 3/26/19

March 26, 2019 DoReMI 10

I recently downloaded Layla F. Saad’s, me and white supremacy workbook (Me and White Supremacy) and have been working through the 28 daily challenges. I recently completed Day 16, “You and White Centering,” so the […]

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Spring is in the air!

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At the beginning of February, when much of the north appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more [...]

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 [...]
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Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

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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”

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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!

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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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