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It Takes a Village

It Takes a Village is a reminder of Democratic Party values – especially the values of long time Democrats whose lives have been dedicated to helping people.

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Tuesdays in Mooseville – The Problem With Wine 1/28/20

January 28, 2020 DoReMI 2

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

January 21, 2020 DoReMI 1

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

January 14, 2020 DoReMI 6

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 […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Twitter Wisdom (It Happens) 1/7/20

January 7, 2020 DoReMI 3

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

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 – Sweets for the Sweet 12/24/19

December 24, 2019 DoReMI 1

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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Tuesday in Mooseville – Further Down the Rabbit Hole: We Don’t Make Anything Anymore 12/17/19

December 17, 2019 DoReMI 3

The thing about rabbit holes is they don’t stop the minute you find an answer to your initial question. This morning, I explored what I learned when I investigated the question of WPA glassblowers and […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Down the Rabbit Hole: We Don’t Make Anything Anymore 12/17/19

December 17, 2019 DoReMI 3

Today brings another edition of my brain and how it works; going down the rabbit hole is actually one of the nicer ways of describing my thought processes. Today’s topic started with this simple paragraph […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – Speaking His Truth: William Monroe Trotter (1872-1934) 12/10/19

December 10, 2019 DoReMI 1

He was privileged as one of the “Talented Tenth,” but a true ally to poor African-Americans. He was a newspaper editor and a Black Radical who alienated the full-range of the political spectrum, from Woodrow […]

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Tuesday in Mooseville – SHEnanigans: Elizabeth Peratrovich 12/3/19

December 3, 2019 DoReMI 4

For most of us (and yes, there are some notable Village exceptions), the story of Alaska and its First People is a story sketched in the broadest outlines and with little detail. Most of us […]

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