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Fighting Back: Patty Murray – “Will women be listened to, will women be heard?”

September 29, 2018 JanF 3

The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Senator Patty Murray of Washington State. (Senator Patty Murray (D-WA) Delivers Weekly Democratic Address) “Like so many women and men across the country, I watched […]

Fighting Back: Congresswoman Jackie Speier – #MeToo Congress Act

December 2, 2017 JanF 2

The weekly Fighting Back post is also an Open News Thread. The Weekly Democratic Party Address was delivered by Congresswoman Jackie Speier of California. (In this week’s address, Speier highlights the ‘Me Too’ movement and […]

November 11, 2017 Happy inVT 6

In my pre-teens, I was groped by a teenager. In my thirties, I was groped by a stranger on a plane. In between, I was raped by a co-worker. It has only been in the […]

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 [...]

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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 [...]