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Spring is in the air!
At the beginning of February, when the earth appears frozen and lifeless, there are stirrings below the surface and above us in the sky. The light is returning; today there is nearly an hour more […]
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Tuesdays in Mooseville – The Problem With Wine 1/28/20
Two weeks ago, after reading my explainer on the potential schism within the United Methodist Church, I was asked why Methodists use grape juice rather than wine at Communion. After all, Jesus turned water into […]
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Tuesday in Mooseville – SHEnanigans, Twitter Style 1/21/20
The original plan for this week was to respond to a question asked by a reader of last week’s post. But there has been a change in plans; I’m going with a female-centric tweet-a-rama today […]
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Tuesday in Mooseville – “Meet Me Halfway” and the Proposed United Methodist Protocol 1/14/20
Every week, Moishe would pray to win the lottery. “Please God,” he would say, “let me win the lottery. I need to win the lottery.” After several years of this, God finally replied and God’s […]
Election 2020
a great candidate in Texas CD10
We are lucky in the Texas 10th to have 3 progressive candidates — Mike Siegel, Shannon Hutcheson & Pritesh Gandhi are all good progressives. I’m writing to tell you about Dr. Gandhi. Fierce 3+
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Tuesday in Mooseville – Twitter Wisdom (It Happens) 1/7/20
This was not the post I planned at all, but I have a mid-morning interview, and this one requires some advance preparation. So my time for reading and writing just became secondary to job prep, […]
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Tuesday in Mooseville – Be A Dreamchaser 12/31/19
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 – Sweets for the Sweet 12/24/19
Aphra Behn, who some might remember for her stellar Herstory posts and her involvement with the old Hillary News and Views days, tweeted this yesterday: Here is something interesting about food, history, and identity. https://t.co/tjq3ILaprJ […]
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Welcome, Returning Light!
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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Wolves Don’t Fly
Her looks were unusual: was she really who she seemed to be? The wind was high that gray December afternoon as we passengers stood obediently in line to board the jet from Dulles Airport […]