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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: September 18th

September 17, 2022 JanF 63

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: September 11th

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: September 4th

September 3, 2022 JanF 73

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President Biden: “No malarkey, democracy is on the ballot in November.”

September 3, 2022 JanF 5

From Philadelphia – Remarks by President Biden Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on the Battle for the Soul of Our Nation Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal. Donald Trump […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 28th

August 28, 2022 JanF 74

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President Biden: “You need to vote to save democracy again.”

August 27, 2022 JanF 2

From Rockville Maryland – Remarks by President Biden at a DNC Grassroots Rally Folks, we’re just 76 days away from the midterm election — 76 days. And to state the obvious, there’s a lot at […]

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 21st

August 20, 2022 JanF 66

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 14th

August 13, 2022 JanF 75

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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: August 7th

August 6, 2022 JanF 63

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Home to the Heather

August 2, 2022 Diana in NoVa 5

The woman in the hospital bed hadn’t spoken for days. She would neither eat nor drink. She was concentrating on the difficult work of dying. Fiona arrived in the morning, her arms full of daffodils. […]

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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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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 [...]
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Welcome, Returning Light!

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 [...]
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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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