Monthly Archives: June 2017

TCS: Thoreau and the Art of the Saunter

Posted on June 19, 2017 by wordcloud9

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 … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 18, 2017

Posted on June 18, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 18th is Autistic Pride Day * Cheesemakers Day Go Fishing Day International Sushi Day * International Picnic Day . . . Happy Father’s Day! ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Li Yuan, Susan B. Anthony and Winston Churchill, click

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#TrumpRussia … POTUS45* scrutiny … about collusion

Posted on June 17, 2017 by ann li-summers

By ann summers Dear @realDonaldTrump: You told Comey “it would be good to find out” if your associates colluded. What if one of them was your son-in-law? https://t.co/Gnd4RO1yMv — Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) June 17, 2017 After 7 months of investigations … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 17, 2017

Posted on June 17, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 17th is Apple Strudel Day Dollars Against Diabetes Day * Eat Your Vegetables Day World Juggling Day * World Tessellation Day * World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Charles Gounod, Susan B. Anthony and M.C. Escher, … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 16, 2017

Posted on June 16, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 16th is National Flip Flop Day * National Fudge Day World Sea Turtle Day * International Day of the African Child * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Roald Amundsen, Katharine Graham and Sun Yat Sen, click

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Word Cloud: PILGRIM-SOUL

Posted on June 16, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Today is Bloomsday, the day in 1904 that the events in the James Joyce novel Ulysses take place. I confess I have only read pieces of it, because it’s so densely written, and some of it I … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 15, 2017

Posted on June 15, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 15th is Lobster Day Dump the Pump Day * Global Wind Day * Magna Carta Day * Nature Photography Day * Recess At Work Day * World Elder Abuse Awareness Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Edvard Grieg, Elena Nikolaidi and … Continue reading →

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The RNC has new #TrumpRussia talking points for a developing obstruction investigation

Posted on June 15, 2017 by ann li-summers

 By ann summers ​New GOP talking points have emerged to address news of obstruction in the continuing saga of #TrumpRussia’s sub-drama of executive branch corruption. Like the GOP health plan being drafted in secret, Trump never expected to win, much … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 14, 2017

Posted on June 14, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 14th is International Bath Day * National Bourbon Day Strawberry Shortcake Day World Blood Donor Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Archimedes, Margaret Bourke-White and Burl Ives, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 13, 2017

Posted on June 13, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 13th is International Albinism Awareness Day * Cupcake Lover’s Day Call Your Doctor Day * Sewing Machine Day Weed Your Garden Day Random Acts of Light Day * . . . . . . .  Kitchen Klutzes of America … Continue reading →

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