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One of the most welcome signs of early spring is the unmistakable sound of woodpecker drumming. Longer day length and surging hormones trigger the rapid hammering, which loudly asserts territorial and mating rights to other woodpeckers — ”This is MY...
by giddy thing
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on Sun Feb 02, 2020 at 06:00 AM PST
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Growing up in the Catskill Mountains in the 70s-80s meant limited musical choices. This was the dark ages, kids... before on-demand streaming, youtube, satellite radio and even pre-MTV (when it ...
by brillig
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on Tue Jan 21, 2020 at 07:00 PM PST
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I was in the drum corps of a woman's action group, and we went to the Republican Convention in Houston specifically to give support to the women's health clinics because Operation Rescue was going ...
by MillieNeon
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on Thu Jul 24, 2014 at 11:32 AM PDT
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Cross-posted at The Daily Music Break . Visit to hear great music across eras and genres.
I will let This Day in Music trace the barest outline of the extraordinary career of drummer Earl ...
by cweinsch
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on Thu Sep 19, 2013 at 05:38 AM PDT
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Earlier this year, the Daily Kos Quilt Guild planned a quilt auction to benefit a worthy cause . They rallied together and produced a stunning quilt. Each block of this ...
by Neeta Lind
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on Sun Aug 25, 2013 at 08:13 AM PDT
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Every day is a new day and with that, a new opportunity.
EVERYONE is welcome and please join us each morning at 7:30 AM PACIFIC
to tell us what you're working on, share your show & tell , vent, ...
by smileycreek
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on Fri Aug 30, 2013 at 07:25 AM PDT
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Today OWS demonstrators are staging a 24 hour protest outside the Mayors Townhouse. I hope that there will be no more violence directed towards the 99% demonstrators.
The demonstration began at ...
by Tool
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on Sun Nov 20, 2011 at 04:02 PM PST
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I am in New York for a few days of mixed business and pleasure. When I mentioned to the trimgal that I would be dropping by the occupation zone, she insisted, "Don't you dare get arrested. You ...
by trimguy
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on Tue Oct 18, 2011 at 05:15 AM PDT
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Progressives in South ...
by wjhamilton29464
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on Sun Mar 06, 2011 at 04:03 AM PST
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This is a repost of a previously published diary.
by WarrenS
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on Fri Nov 05, 2010 at 08:00 AM PDT
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This is a repost of a previously published diary.
by WarrenS
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on Wed Oct 20, 2010 at 10:10 AM PDT
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by WarrenS
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on Wed Oct 06, 2010 at 05:44 PM PDT
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When I first met Ras Algi, he was standing outside his shop in Dominica, beside a small drum with a handwritten sign on it that said "Do not play this drum". He was clearly a Rasta, long dreads down ...
by erratic
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on Sun Nov 29, 2009 at 09:10 PM PST
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