Summer Under the Lily Moon Latvia’s most important national holiday is arguably not Christmas but the summer solstice celebrations of Ligo (pronounced “leegwa”) – a pagan tradition when Latvians celebrate […]
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An Alternative View of the Trail to This Point
Summer Under the Lily Moon So. The Republican critique looks at the failing European states and the creaks and groans of our own economy and concludes that the […]
Read the rest of this entry »What Do Republicans Want?
Summer Under the Lily Moon David Brooks, in a column titled What Republicans Think, says, “…many Republicans have now come to the conclusion that the […]
Read the rest of this entry »49 Years of Service
Summer Under the Lily Moon Yesterday Kate worked her last shift, finishing off a career that began as a scrub tech in Des Moines in 1963. That’s 49 years. Tomorrow she […]
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Summer Under the Lily Moon Politics. Lions and tigers and bears, oh my. Analysis from odd arenas has caught my eye. We’re all trying to figure out […]
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Summer Under the Lily Moon Kate left for work for the last time tonight. She’s had a difficult and contentious time with Allina as they have moved more and more into medicine delivered […]
Read the rest of this entry »Summer Under the Lily Moon Gonna be hot. And it’s not a dry hot here in the Northstar state. 97 – 100 with a dewpoint of 75. Yeeeikes. I know, we’re […]
Read the rest of this entry »Good News! Still Not Allergic to Bee Stings!
Summer Under the Lily Moon Bees working hard. One slightly behind the other, though the more advanced (more brood in the second box) also has an inexplicably large […]
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