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Petit Déjeuner
Bonjour mesdames et messieurs. Aujourd’hui on vote en le premier tour de l’élection présidentielle francaise. In other words, it’s polling day in the first round of the French Presidential election. Fierce
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it would be Magnificent to get matched donations for the Hill Country Ride for AIDS
The Hill Country Ride for AIDS is coming up soon, and today, April 13, there is a matching challenge so your donation will be doubled. So I thought I’d share some music & ask for […]
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British Breakfast
We’ll start this week’s collection with the thoughts of Patrick Cockburn on Syria, since he knows more about what’s going on there than virtually any other journalist: President Donald Trump had little option but to […]
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British Brexit
My name is Michael and I’m a Remoaner. So the news this week that the UK government has informed the President of the European Council of Ministers that they wish to trigger Article 50 of […]
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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday 3/28/17 Unions Empowered Us
Once again, I’m continuing with my theme of historical political cartoons and what they can show us about our history, taught and untaught. This week, I’m focusing on unions and made the discovery that during […]
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Springing into Spring – No Kidding!
Today at 10:28 UTC (5:28pm CDT), the Spring Equinox will occur. An equinox occurs twice a year (around 20 March and 22 September), when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from […]
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Eelgrass Meadows, the Tidelands’ Global Nursery
Eelgrass Meadow along eastern shore of Bellingham Bay This diary is about the wonders of eelgrass, one of the major components of near shore habitat that nurtures a myriad of sea critters. Additionally it […]
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It Takes A Village – VNV Tuesday: Patriarchy Dismissed Us 3/7/17
I’ve decided to continue the exploration of the unspoken history of our country as seen through political cartoons and messaging. I’m not doing this as an exercise in hopelessness. It’s easy to fall into that […]
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British Breakfast
Another week, in which POTUS* managed to sound sane for an hour or so. This is sufficiently remarkable for him to have received some modest praise from the Euro-press, though it’s hardly gushing. Fierce
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There is no them, there’s only us – raising money for the Hill Country Ride for AIDS
This diary is about my fundraising effort for the Hill Country Ride for AIDS, but if you know me, you know that I usually use music in these diaries, so: there has been a lot […]