Editors' Choice

Editors' Choice, Fighting Back

Fighting Back: “Democrats ran on delivering a Congress that works For The People. And we won.”

by JanF • November 17, 2018 • 11 Comments

The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman Gerry Connolly from Virginia, a member of the House Oversight Committee. Rep. Connolly: “the new House majority was elected to get things done for all of us and provide a constitutional check on the Trump administration.” (Congressman Connolly celebrated the diversity of House Democrats who will serve in the 116th Congress and reaffirmed Democrats’ promise to work For The People.) “I am thrilled by [the diversity of the incoming freshman class]. Women and people of color who make up a majority of new Democratic Members, who include the first Muslim and Native American women ever to serve in Congress. “I am encouraged by the wealth of experience these new Congressmen and women will bring. They are veterans, teachers, business owners and community activists who represent the fabric of America. “And I am also humbled by their desire to serve…

More Editors' Choices

Editors' Choice, History, It Takes a Village

Tuesday in Mooseville – Primary Sources: William Howard Russell On the Civil War 11/13/18

by DoReMI • November 13, 2018 • 5 Comments

I had never heard of William Howard Russell before reading Our Man in Charleston: Britain’s Secret Agent in the Civil War South by Christopher Dickey (h/t basket and janesaunt for the book recommendation). Russell is NOT the secret agent of the book title; he was a foreign correspondent for The Times of London, who first…

Editors' Choice, Fighting Back

Fighting Back: “Tuesday was a great day for the American people.”

by JanF • November 10, 2018 • 7 Comments

The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat from Connecticut. He spoke of the victories that will allow Democrats to be in a better position to stand up for all Americans. (Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)) “Thanks to victories across the country, Democrats in Congress will be in a better…

Editors' Choice, History, It Takes a Village

Tuesday in Mooseville – A Year At a Glance: 1927, Sears Edition 11/6/18

by DoReMI • November 6, 2018 • 5 Comments

I figure we’re all going to have the attention span of a fruit fly today (What Animal Has the Shortest Attention Span? ), so I decided to do a light, but [hopefully] fun revisit of an old Sears catalogue. This time the year is 1927: the year of Lindbergh’s flight; the silent film, It, is…

Editors' Choice, Fighting Back

Fighting Back: “We need to reduce the gun violence that’s ripping our country apart.”

by JanF • November 3, 2018 • 2 Comments

The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and addressed the horrific shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and the need for Congressional action to stop gun violence and hate crimes. (Congressman Mike Doyle (D-PA) of Pennsylvania, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week’s address,…

Motley Megaphone

Featured Posts, Motley Megaphone

Anthony Kennedy is a terrible human being.

by JanF • June 28, 2018

As a public service, here is a running list of some of the articles related to Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement. Kennedy made it clear from his votes in the last session that he wants to make sure that his seat is filled with a reliable Republican (which means while Mitch McConnell’s Republican Party still has control of the United States Senate.) For that – and for the obvious fact that he is doing this simply so that he will still be invited to the best Washington cocktail parties – he deserves our scorn.

#WeCanFixThis. Get out the vote and get out *and* vote!

You need to login in order to like this post: click here

Motley Megaphone, Winning Elections

A “Blue Dog Resurgence” can save the Democratic Party- and the country

by Squire • December 11, 2016

Now, hold on a second. I can already tell some of y’alls assholes are clenching just based on my title alone. And I know full well that everyone and their brother’s got an opinion as to why Hillary Clinton lost, and Donald Trump won, the Presidential election, blah blah blah. But I think we all…

Featured Posts, Motley Megaphone

Call the Whaaambulance!

by JanF • August 5, 2016

Call the Whaaambulance! Harvard Republicans refuse to endorse Trump.

Here, I will save you having to click on that link:

“What happened to our beautiful party … the one built on the Southern Strategy, whistled to in Philadelphia MS, powered by the hateful racist rhetoric of Lee Atwater, and dedicated to crushing the poor, women, people of color, and the elderly??? We must reclaim it from the racist misogynist so that we can get back to the noble task of granny-killing, poor-starving, and sick-kicking Ryanism!”

You need to login in order to like this post: click here

Our World in Images

Editors' Choice, Our World in Images

The Nooksack River – a Treasure to Preserve

by RonK • September 8, 2018

I’ve written of conservation efforts to preserve our local PNW waters and the salmonids that spawn and live in these streams. In these posts I have periodically mentioned the Nooksack but I have not featured this marvelous River as it deserves. The Nooksack River is neither a large nor a long river by most standards as…

Editors' Choice, Our World in Images

A Tree for all Seasons and its Phenology from Solstice to Solstice.

by RonK • June 28, 2018

I have a favorite tree. It is a Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea). The scarlet designation comes from its bright fall red foliage that will be apparent when we get to October. You need to login in order to like this post: click here

Featured Posts, Our World in Images

A Creek Preservation Project on Earth Day 2018 & When is a plant a weed?

by RonK • May 9, 2018

Canyon Creek, Whatcom Co., WA State April 22, 2018 (Earth Day) There were so many Earth Day activities to attend that I had some difficulty choosing which to spend my day with. I chose to go with the Whatcom Land Trust that has preserved over 20,000 acres from Farm land to salmon spawning habitat, to…

Just Grazin'

Featured Posts, Just Grazin'

Mabon

by Diana in NoVa • September 23, 2018

(A Triple Sonnet) by Benjamin Neideigh Saint Philibert’s feast day passed weeks ago, But we shall munch his namesake nuts today, And apples, too—deep shiny red, aglow— And kiss each other’s chins to lick away The sweet juice of the autumn’s proudest fruit. The pumpkins and piled corn make tables groan. Try to…

Featured Posts, Just Grazin'

Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

by JanF • September 22, 2018

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 and -L north and south of the equator experience nights of equal length and the celestial equator has intersected the…

Featured Posts, Just Grazin'

“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

by JanF • August 1, 2018

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 first of three harvest celebrations on the Wheel of the Year. But because this is a pagan holiday that does…

Fiction

Featured Posts, Fiction, Just Grazin'

The Deer at Lammas Tide

by Diana in NoVa • July 29, 2018

Aylwin thought her way was the only way—until the Goddess showed her otherwise. All seemed well in the orchard that morning and in the woods beyond. Walking from the Big House through the orchard, Aylwin paused on her way to breakfast to drink in the sight of a cluster of rosy-yellow apples against the…

Featured Posts, Fiction

Rescue Mission

by Diana in NoVa • June 29, 2018

Sometimes death is merely a transformation Santorini, Greece, 10 years ago She was the best free diver in the world. You need to login in order to like this post: click here

Featured Posts, Fiction

Out of the Sea

by Diana in NoVa • May 30, 2018

She thought her life was over—until the Goddess Thalassa called to her That first week in Australia Stella decided that her new home was very much like her previous home in Texas. The weather was the same—boiling hot. The people were similar—tall, tanned, laid back, and friendly, although they didn’t wear cowboy boots;…

Recent Posts

History, Personal Stories

A Boyhood Memory of World War II London

by Diana in NoVa • November 19, 2018 • 0 Comments

Jack, left, and Don, right in 1939 Tradition says that anyone born within the sound of Bow bells is a true Cockney. My husband Don certainly qualifies on that score: he was born at Lambeth, not far from the church of St. Mary-le-Bow. “Grandpa is walking, talking history,” I tell our grandchildren. Recently he shared…

Community

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: November 18th

by JanF • November 17, 2018 • 34 Comments

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 that we each inhabit. You need to login in order to like this post: click here

Editors' Choice, Fighting Back

Fighting Back: “Democrats ran on delivering a Congress that works For The People. And we won.”

by JanF • November 17, 2018 • 11 Comments

The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman Gerry Connolly from Virginia, a member of the House Oversight Committee. Rep. Connolly: “the new House majority was elected to get things done for all of us and provide a constitutional check on the Trump administration.” (Congressman Connolly celebrated the diversity of House Democrats…

Editors' Choice, History, It Takes a Village

Tuesday in Mooseville – Primary Sources: William Howard Russell On the Civil War 11/13/18

by DoReMI • November 13, 2018 • 5 Comments

I had never heard of William Howard Russell before reading Our Man in Charleston: Britain’s Secret Agent in the Civil War South by Christopher Dickey (h/t basket and janesaunt for the book recommendation). Russell is NOT the secret agent of the book title; he was a foreign correspondent for The Times of London, who first…

Community

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Nov. 11th through Nov. 17th

by JanF • November 10, 2018 • 117 Comments

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 that we each inhabit. You need to login in order to like this post: click here

Editors' Choice, Fighting Back

Fighting Back: “Tuesday was a great day for the American people.”

by JanF • November 10, 2018 • 7 Comments

The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Chris Murphy, Democrat from Connecticut. He spoke of the victories that will allow Democrats to be in a better position to stand up for all Americans. (Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT)) “Thanks to victories across the country, Democrats in Congress will be in a better…

Editors' Choice, History, It Takes a Village

Tuesday in Mooseville – A Year At a Glance: 1927, Sears Edition 11/6/18

by DoReMI • November 6, 2018 • 5 Comments

I figure we’re all going to have the attention span of a fruit fly today (What Animal Has the Shortest Attention Span? ), so I decided to do a light, but [hopefully] fun revisit of an old Sears catalogue. This time the year is 1927: the year of Lindbergh’s flight; the silent film, It, is…

Community

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Nov. 4th through Nov. 10th

by JanF • November 3, 2018 • 137 Comments

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 that we each inhabit. You need to login in order to like this post: click here

Editors' Choice, Fighting Back

Fighting Back: “We need to reduce the gun violence that’s ripping our country apart.”

by JanF • November 3, 2018 • 2 Comments

The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congressman Mike Doyle (D-PA) and addressed the horrific shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh and the need for Congressional action to stop gun violence and hate crimes. (Congressman Mike Doyle (D-PA) of Pennsylvania, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week’s address,…

Featured Posts, Personal Stories

All my armor comes from you (an AIDS Walk Austin diary – there’s another match Wednesday)

by anotherdemocrat • October 30, 2018 • 4 Comments

So, first thing, there is another $100 match Wednesday, and another chance to win South By Southwest wristbands if I raise $250. If I get to $250, and if I win the wristbands (2 big ifs) I’ll put the names of all of today’s donors in my own drawing & give someone the other wristband,…

Editors' Choice, History, It Takes a Village

Tuesday in Mooseville – Voting Rights Potpourri 10/30/18

by DoReMI • October 30, 2018 • 5 Comments

I was going to do this post next week, but since so many people have already voted, I decided not to wait. Consider this your motivation for the day, with a few persuasion points, as you talk to neighbors, friends, and even strangers, and encourage them to vote. You need to login in order to…

Community

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 28th through Nov. 3rd

by JanF • October 27, 2018 • 108 Comments

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 that we each inhabit. You need to login in order to like this post: click here

Editors' Choice, Fighting Back

Fighting Back: “Democrats will stand up for Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security”

by JanF • October 27, 2018 • 3 Comments

The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV). She reminds us that Democrats “will stand up for Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, pre-existing condition protections, and the peace of mind America’s seniors and hardworking families deserve.” (Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) delivers the Weekly Democratic Address) “This week, citizens…

Editors' Choice, History, It Takes a Village

Tuesday in Mooseville – A Year at a Glance: 1908, Sears Version 10/23/18

by DoReMI • October 23, 2018 • 8 Comments

I am a firm believer that too many history textbooks focus on dates and Big Events like wars, while giving scant coverage to the daily lives of the people who are living in and through those times. I was reminded of this while I was on my recent vacation; I picked up a reproduction of…

Community

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Oct. 21st through Oct. 27th

by JanF • October 20, 2018

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 that we each inhabit. You need to login in order to like this post: click here