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My first AIDS Walk diary for 2018

August 12, 2018 anotherdemocrat 2

Hi. So if you look at my posting history, it’s 99% AIDS Walk & AIDS Ride diaries. Yeah, back in May I posted about going to the U2 concert in Chicago. But really — it’s […]

The Other Closet: Living With the Stigma of Mental Illness

February 27, 2018 Sricki 4

From the Motley Moose Archives … (Photobucket images are no longer available and have been downsized) I have touched on the topic of stigma against the mentally ill before, so I’m taking bits and pieces […]

Welcome, Returning Light!

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December 21, 2024 3

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 [...]

Entering the Quiet Time as We Leaf the Light Behind

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September 22, 2024 3

An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth’s axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the Sun being vertically above a point on the Equator. The latitudes +L [...]

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“Give Thanks for the Blessings”

August 1, 2024 3

Happy Lammas!! Hey, wait just a minute! Those are happy llamas … which is not the same thing at all! Today is August 1st, the pagan holiday of Lammas or First Harvest. It is the [...]

Blackness

Passing

July 5, 2024 4

Everyone says I look like my father. Well, everyone “below stairs,” as it were, and even then they speak of it only in whispers. As for guests, the naked shock on their faces as [...]

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April Showers are Bringing May Flowers!

May 1, 2024 4

At Winter Solstice, the light begins to return – gradually, the memory of the long nights fades until the light and dark are equal on Spring Equinox. From that point on, the light returns more [...]