2017 – Page 4 – Motley Moose

Fighting Back: Rep. DelBene – “The Republican legislation is a bill of callous decisions and missed opportunities.”

November 18, 2017 JanF 3

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Rep. Suzan DelBene of Washington state. (In this week’s Democratic Party Address, Congresswoman Suzan DelBene of […]

TGIF

November 17, 2017 Batch 9

Morning meese… Life is a hard as hell at all times but especially what we’ve had to endure the last 18 months and more to the point the last 12. I thought I was going […]

VNV Tuesday – Offered Without Comment 11/14/17

November 14, 2017 DoReMI 27

Puerto Rico, 1900 Philadelphia North American, Rep. : The present condition of Puerto Rico would have been absolutely incredible and inconceivable to Americans of two years ago. We thought we knew our own hearts, and […]

Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Nov. 12th through Nov. 18th

November 11, 2017 JanF 138

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 […]

#MeToo

November 11, 2017 Happy inVT 6

In my pre-teens, I was groped by a teenager. In my thirties, I was groped by a stranger on a plane. In between, I was raped by a co-worker. It has only been in the […]

Fighting Back: “The Republican #TaxScam will raise taxes on millions of middle-income taxpayers”

November 11, 2017 JanF 6

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address is being managed by the Senate side of Congress this week and is not available at publication time. So […]

TGIF!

November 10, 2017 Batch 13

Morning Meese… Another week of the fast and furious news cycle we seem to be caught in lately. Funny how becasue of Thing and his minions all the deplorables are […]

It Takes A Village: VNV Wednesday – The Letter

November 8, 2017 MomentaryGrace 26

The Village News & Views November 8, 2017 Wednesday Get Over the Hump Free for All Greetings, Village. It’s Day 293 of the Resistance and time for your final Get Over the Hump post and […]

Saving the World Through Sex

November 7, 2017 Diana in NoVa 4

The mission of the International Tarts Society is to prevent world leaders from declaring war by distracting them with the delights of sex. Although they work as office assistants during the day, at night the […]

VNV Tuesday – Poetic Justice 11/7/17

November 7, 2017 DoReMI 10

An excerpt from the poem The Welder by Cherrie Moraga; the complete poem can be found here: The Welder …I am now coming up for air Yes, I am picking up the torch. I am […]

April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

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May 1, 2024 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 [...]

Springing into Spring – No Kidding!

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March 19, 2024 3

Today, March 19th, at 8:06pm 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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Yes, it WAS a Wonderful Life!

February 28, 2024 9

Imbolc, 2006. L to R, Moira, Beryl, Jenny, and Yrs Truly Looking back, it strikes me as odd that my 33-year-friendship with Beryl began when I met her friend Jenny, rather than with Beryl [...]

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Spring is in the air!

February 1, 2024 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 [...]

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Welcome, Returning Light!

December 21, 2023 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 [...]