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Out of the Sea
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 […]
Month: May 2018
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VNV Tuesday – Is It History or Current Events? 5/29/18
Today’s post is inspired this tweet thread by Aphra Behn (@Shaker_aphra), who inspires and educates me on a daily basis. Visuals offered without commentary. I realize some people think “Nazi” is just a snarl word. […]
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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: May 27th through June 2nd
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 […]
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Fighting Back: “We must end the Republican Party’s cruel policy of family separation”
On Thursday, Nancy Pelosi met with MomsRising and other groups and called on the Republicans to end their cruel family separation policy related to immigration: [The Republican plan for dealing with immigrants arriving […]
It Takes a Village
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VNV Tuesday – Morris Milgram: Legacy and Lessons 5/22/18
It’s said that hindsight is 20/20, but to evaluate the open housing work of Morris Milgram in the 1950s and beyond, it is helpful to also understand the academic and social viewpoints relative to racism […]
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Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: May 20th through May 26th
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 […]
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Fighting Back: “Let’s craft a Farm Bill that actually works for the people it’s supposed to serve.”
The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Representative Marcia Fudge of Ohio. (Congresswoman Marcia Fudge of Ohio delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this week’s address, Fudge condemns Republicans’ cruel and destructive […]
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VNV Tuesday – Morris Milgram: Beyond Concord Park 5/15/18
At the time when Morris Milgram was building Concord Park (featured in last week’s post), he was concurrently developing a smaller plat of land bought with the initial capital raised from investors. This 22 acre […]