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Tuesday in Mooseville – Be A Dreamchaser 12/31/19

December 31, 2019 DoReMI 5

Pete Saunders (@petesaunders3 on Twitter) is one of my favorite bloggers; he writes a small blog, The Corner Side Yard, which generally focuses on urban planning-related issues. On Twitter, he describes himself as “Urban Planner. […]

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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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Barack Obama: “Love comes more naturally to the human heart.”

July 18, 2018 JanF 5

President Barack Obama spoke in South Africa commemorating the 100th anniversary of Nelson Mandela’s birth at the 16th Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture. His speech was uplifting even as it warned of the challenges to our […]

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VNV Tuesday – 147 Days Until Midterms; Time to Set Our Hope On Fire (A Call to Action) 6/12/18

June 12, 2018 DoReMI 1

Today’s inspiration came from this song by Vienna Teng about a nascent activist, as well as Rebecca Solnit’s book Hope in the Darkness: Untold Histories, Wild Possibilities. So what is this “hope” of which I […]

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Ten Years Ago: Barack Obama – “I want us to take up the unfinished business of perfecting our union, and building a better America.”

February 11, 2017 JanF 4

On February 10, 2007, United States Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) announced his candidacy for president of the United States. On a cold day in Springfield IL, near the statehouse that he and Abraham Lincoln both […]

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Barack and Michelle Obama: “We’ll be back to work with you on the issues we care about”

January 21, 2017 JanF 8

From the Obama Foundation … and the Obamas: “What’s Next from Barack and Michelle Obama” The Obama Foundation will be a living, working startup for citizenship — an ongoing project for us to shape, together, […]

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Nurse Kelley Sez: “I want my country back”

December 4, 2015 Nurse Kelley 8

I don’t have anything new or insightful to say about the mass killings we’ve witnessed, but my feelings about them need a voice before I fall apart. The one last week, the one at the […]

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Cherry-picking Pope Francis’ Address to Congress

September 24, 2015 JanF 20

Well, at least I am honest about it! Pope Francis spoke to a joint session of Congress this morning. (CSPAN Video) The audience included some of the justices of the Supreme Court but not the […]

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Spring is in the air!

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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 [...]

Welcome, Returning Light!

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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

September 22, 2025 3
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”

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 [...]
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Summer Sunning!

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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