It Takes a Village
Month: January 2018
Blackness
VNV Tuesday – Speaking His Truth: James Baldwin 1/16/18
In a moment of semi-panic because I had no clue what I was going to write, I turned on the television in the hopes distraction would mitigate the writing block and lead to clear thinking. […]
Editors' Choice
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: “We shall always march ahead, we cannot turn back”
The day set aside to commemorate Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday is a good day to reflect on the power of resistance, the power of peaceful demonstration, the power of We The People insisting that […]
Community
Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 14th through Jan. 20th
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 […]
Editors' Choice
Fighting Back: “You deserve A Better Deal: Better Jobs, Better Wages, and a Better Future”
The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congresswoman Terri Sewell of Alabama. (For Congresswoman Terri Sewell, the Republican Tax Scam is a stark […]
It Takes a Village
Featured Posts
For my birthday, looking for donations for the Hill Country Ride for AIDS
posting in Orange on 1/10 at 9am My birthday is Thursday, I’m doing the Hill Country Ride again this year & I’d really love $54 donations, but really any donation is more than welcome. Fierce
Blackness
VNV Tuesday: “What I know for sure is that speaking your truth is the most powerful tool we all have.” 1/9/18
I didn’t watch the Golden Globes on Sunday, but I have watched Oprah’s speech. For me, the line that resonated the most is the sentence used as the title of this post: “What I know […]
Community
Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 7th through Jan. 13th
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 […]
Editors' Choice
Fighting Back: Senator Hassan “We need to act on the Opioid Crisis because people are dying”
The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Maggie Hassan of New Hampshire. (Senator Maggie Hassan Delivers Weekly Address) “As negotiations continue on […]