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Leonard Pitts, Jr. “… it’s about treating where it hurts”

August 23, 2015 JanF 10

Leonard Pitts, Jr. has something to say about #BlackLivesMatter: This is a column about three words of moral cowardice: “All lives matter.” Those words have risen as a kind of counter to “Black lives matter,” […]

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Leonard Pitts: “Where can we find sanctuary?”

June 22, 2015 JanF 3

Leonard Pitts, widely syndicated opinion writer for the Miami Herald, published an editorial yesterday: There is no sanctuary He begins with the definition of “sanctuary”: The main hall of a church is called a sanctuary. […]

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Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church. You can help.

June 20, 2015 Denise Velez 1

Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, Charleston, SC If you are feeling the need to immediately do something to help the congregation of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Church, you can donate directly to the […]

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Spring Colors in the Pacific Northwest woods

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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 [...]

April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

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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 [...]
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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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