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Roses at Imbolc
The ‘farewell’ roses broke her heart–until the Goddess Brigid stepped in The Imbolc ritual was to be held at Green Dragon’s house that year. She lived in an outer suburb of the […]
Month: January 2018
Democratic Party Values
Fighting Back: Rep. Joe Kennedy III – “This is not right, this is not who we are”
Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-MA) speaking from Fall River, Massachusetts gives the Democratic Party response to the State of the Union Address: Many have spent the past year anxious, angry, afraid. We all feel the […]
History
VNV Tuesday – Speaking Their Truths, SOTU Edition 1/30/18
Tonight’s the night, and I, for one, will either be locked in my sewing room finishing a project or sitting down to write a letter to my cousin (because some of us still do that!) […]
Community
Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 28th through Feb. 3rd
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: “Republicans who control the House, the Senate and the White House are refusing to govern”
The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Representative Adam Smith of Washington state. (Congressman Adam Smith of Washington, Ranking Member of the House Armed Services Committee, delivered the Weekly Democratic Address. In this […]
It Takes a Village
Editors' Choice
VNV Tuesday: Lessons in Sausage-Making (h/t @JoyAnnReid) 1/23/18
Last week was a writing drought; today I have too many topics to choose from. My final decision was made when I saw a tweet thread from Joy Reid*** that resonated with me, exposed my […]
Featured Posts
Sharing a Salmon Lunch with a Bald Eagle
Along the salmon spawning creeks and rivers of the west coast, winter is spawning time for salmon and gorging time for eagles. And it is great for us as well to watch them play out their age […]
Community
Week-long Welcomings from Moosylvania: Jan. 21st through Jan. 27th
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: “Republicans’ total inability to govern is harming our country.”
The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Chris Van Hollen of Maryland. (“This weekend marks the anniversary of President Trump’s first year […]