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Monthly Archives: September 2016
ON THIS DAY: September 17, 2016
September 17th is Boys & Girls Clubs Day for Kids Coastal Cleanup Day * Citizenship Day Eat an Apple Day Monte Cristo Sandwich Day * Responsible Dog Ownership Day Software Freedom Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! George Washington, Harriet Tubman and … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged George Washington, Harriet Tubman, LP records, M.A.S.H., Occupy Wall Street, The Doors, U.S. Constitution
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ON THIS DAY: September 16, 2016
September 16th is Anne Dudley Bradstreet Day * Constitution Day * Guacamole Day Working Parents Day Mayflower Day * Trail of Tears Commemoration Day * Cinnamon Raisin Bread Day UN International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer ____________________________________________________________ … Continue reading
Word Cloud: EARTH
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Religion and Science — two different approaches to the questions, How Does Stuff Work? and Why Do Things Happen? When you start with the same questions, you often uncover similar answers. The Elements, for example. The “basic four”— … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Religion, Science, Word Cloud
Tagged Carl Sandburg, Earth, Edna St. Vincent Millay, John Keats, Joy Harjo, Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize, The Four Elements
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With The Advent Of Social Media, Hating-On-The-Poor Posts Have Become A Genre
By Nicole Plyler Fisk I have lots of important things to write about (Syria, gun control, etc.), and I do write about them — often. But then my groove is interrupted, and I have to stop, because people from my … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Hypocrisy, Internet, KIndness, poverty
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ON THIS DAY: September 15, 2016
September 15th is Greenpeace Day * International Dot Day * Felt Hat Day National Crème de Menthe Day National RAINN Day * (Rape-Abuse-Incest National Network) UN International Day of Democracy ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Autumn Festivals, Charles Darwin, and The Lone Ranger, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Charles Darwin, Greenpeace, Hoagy Carmichael, Ku Klux Klan, RAINN, The Long Ranger, UN 4rh World Conference on Women
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ON THIS DAY: September 14, 2016
September 14th is Cream-Filled Donut Day ∞ Eat a Hoagie Day ∞ Galactic Space-Time Ripple Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Handel’s Messiah, Mork and Mindy and OPEC, click
ON THIS DAY: September 13, 2016
September 13th is International Chocolate Day Peanut Day Defy Superstition Day Fortune Cookie Day Positive Thinking Day Roald Dahl Day * ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Howard Hughes, NYC Marathon and Desmond Tutu, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Desmond Tutu, El Escorial Palacio, Frances Scott Key, Howard Hughes, Margaret Chase Smith, Maurice Jarre, Roald Dahl
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TCS: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun – Part 6
Good Morning! ____________________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a comment. … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: September 11, 2016
September 11th is Hug Your Hound Day * Libraries Remember Day * National Day of Service and Remembrance * Make Your Bed Day No News is Good News Day ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Alexander Hamilton, Hoover Dam, and Carol Burnett, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alexander Hamilton, Atari 2600, Carol Burnett, Hoover Dam, Jenny Lind, Oh! Susannah, Scottish Parliament
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