The Motley Moose

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Aug. 16th through Aug. 22nd

August 16, 2015 JanF 97

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 […]

Weekly Address: President Obama – Continuing Work To Improve Community Policing

August 15, 2015 JanF 10

The President’s Weekly Address post is also an Open News Thread. Feel free to share other news stories in the comments. From the White House – Weekly Address In this week’s address, the President spoke […]

The U.S. Flag is Now Flying Over Our Embassy in Havana

August 14, 2015 JanF 9

Today at around 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, the U.S. Flag was raised over the American Embassy in Havana, Cuba: Secretary John Kerry spoke about the renewed friendship between our two nations; the flag raising ceremony […]

80 years ago today: The Social Security Act of 1935

August 14, 2015 JanF 5

On August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Democrat, signed the Social Security Act into law. Since that time, Social Security has been protected by Democratic presidents and Democratic Congresses. FDR signing Social Security into […]

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Aug. 9th through Aug. 15th

August 9, 2015 JanF 147

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 […]

Weekly Address: President Obama – Reaffirming Our Commitment to Protecting the Right to Vote

August 8, 2015 JanF 11

A refuge of love & peace during the debate (for AIDS Walk Austin)

August 7, 2015 anotherdemocrat 7

Hi. This morning, when I thought about that debate, my heart just wanted to curl up & hide in a corner. I can’t stand all the awful things that will be said, the horrible ideas, […]

Lyndon B. Johnson: “This most basic right”

August 6, 2015 JanF 6

On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson, Democrat, signed the Voting Rights Act of 1965. Handing the Pen to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The new law of the land: SEC. 2. No voting […]

Happy Voting Rights Act Eve! Thank you, 5th Circuit!

August 5, 2015 JanF 5

Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Texas’s Voter ID Law One day before the 50th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, one of the most conservative federal appeals courts in the country wielded that law to […]

President Obama Speaks on the Iran Deal

August 5, 2015 JanF 21

From American University in Washington DC: PRESIDENT OBAMA: And if the rhetoric [against this deal]… sounds familiar, it should, for many of the same people who argued for the war in Iraq are now making […]

Summer Sunning!

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June 21, 2026 2

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° [...]

Spring Colors in the Pacific Northwest woods

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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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Spring is in the air!

February 1, 2026 2

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 [...]