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Joe Biden: “The Republican plan is to use the Supreme Court to repeal the Affordable Care Act.”

September 28, 2020 JanF 2

Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke about the Supreme Court vacancy and that the rush is fill it is aimed at the long-time Republican Party goal of repealing the Affordable Care Act and taking health […]

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Sept. 27th through Oct. 3rd

September 26, 2020 JanF 69

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 […]

Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

September 22, 2020 JanF 2

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 […]

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Sept. 20th through Sept. 26th

September 19, 2020 JanF 80

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 […]

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Sept. 13th through Sept. 19th

September 12, 2020 JanF 80

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 […]

Joe Biden: “We can come back. We can come back stronger than we were before.”

September 12, 2020 JanF 2

Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke in Warren Michigan about the broken promises of the current president* and his political party and his plan to #BuildBackBetter – his Made In America plan. [Trump] doesn’t give […]

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Sept. 6th through Sept. 12th

September 5, 2020 JanF 78

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 […]

Fighting Back: “Democrats are committed to the health and well-being of our nation’s children.”

September 5, 2020 JanF 1

The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Bobby Scott of Virginia, discussing the urgent need to pass the Heroes Act to ensure that we keep our children safe. (Rep. Bobby Scott […]

Joe Biden: “Donald Trump doesn’t have any real plan for how to open our schools safely.”

September 2, 2020 JanF Comments Off

Former Vice President Joe Biden spoke from Wilmington Delaware about the danger Donald Trump and his Republican Party are putting the nation’s children in. Let me be clear. If President Trump and his administration had […]

August Sub-alpine Wild Flowers in the Mt. Baker – Snoqualmie National Forest

August 30, 2020 RonK 4

August 8, 2020 North Cascades, Washington State As I do each August with my kids and now grand kids, I again ventured to the Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest to see the peak of the wildflowers. They […]

“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

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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 [...]

Summer Sunning!

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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 [...]

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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

March 19, 2025 5

Tomorrow, March 20th, at 2:01am 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, 2025 3

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 [...]