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Happy Thanksgiving! Vegetarian Inspirations!

Posted on November 22, 2012 by kwilder

Happy Thanksgiving! Over at our Peace Couple website, we focus on kind shopping and sustainability, so we have some vegetarian posts and links there. For Thanksgiving, we wanted to share a few turkey alternatives here, too. Just stumbled upon this interesting site from England with a lot of vegetarian recipes. Thought I would share it [...]

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Arlo Guthrie and family have two appearances this weekend: Carnegie Hall and NJPAC

Posted on November 28, 2009 by kwilder

Update: See video of audience response to Carnegie Concert below On this Saturday after Thanksgiving, November 28, 2009, Arlo Guthrie and his family will be performing at Carnegie Hall. My guess is, it would be nearly impossible to get tickets if you don’t have them already. The Carnegie Hall tradition dates back to Pete Seeger [...]

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Thanksgiving meal (and afternoon food share) in Long Island

Posted on November 26, 2009 by kwilder

-Thanksgiving Lunch in Farmingville Thursday, November 26th at 11am Facebook event page: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=346896860432 -Farmingville Food Share Thursday, November 26th at 6:30pm __________________________________________ The list of events and ways to help as described below is not all-inclusive. Please go to the Long Island Food Not Bombs website for more information and ways that you can donate [...]

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A Thanksgiving Story: What Does Grandma Do For Thanksgiving?

Posted on November 26, 2009 by kwilder

I wrote this story this morning, it’s a first draft. I wrote it because I heard my chiropractor telling one of his patients over and over again not to do any work for Thanksgiving. I thought that people who are older, or people who are sick this Thanksgiving, or people with disabilities, could use a [...]

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Arlo Guthrie, Pete Seeger and families at Carnegie Hall

Posted on November 30, 2008 by wilderside

Video from 10/21/2011: Pete Seeger, Tao Rodriguez Seeger, Arlo Guthrie and more sang at Columbus Circle for Occupy Wall Street. Video of “We Shall Overcome” is here. Video of Pete Seeger marching is: here. _______________________________ KW: Last night [November 30, 2011], my husband and I went with a group of poets and musicians on an [...]

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Wal-Mart stampede: Where’s Woody Guthrie?

Posted on November 29, 2008 by wilderside

Condolences to the family of Jdimytai Damour. It is very sad that he was trampled while trying to make a living as a worker at a Wal-Mart store. Now, what can we learn from this? And, who is to blame?

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Day after Thanksgiving/Black Friday Peace Demo

Posted on November 27, 2008 by wilderside

Suffolk Peace Network Anti-War Demonstration Friday, November 28 2:00-4:00 PM Smith Haven Mall…Main Entrance on Rte 25 in Lake Grove

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Happy Thanksgiving

Posted on November 27, 2008 by wilderside

Hope you have a safe, meaningful and restful Thanksgiving. There are many stories and layers to the Thanksgiving story. And, though, it was an idealized account, and the true story reflects on the injustices of our culture, it still contains some hope for learning and celebration. I thank the Long Island Wins team for posting [...]

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On Long Island, Sat. Nov 22nd – so much to do!

Posted on November 20, 2008 by wilderside

There is just too much to do on Long Island this Saturday, November 22nd. Ian and I can hardly decide. Thought we would share the list with you!

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