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ON THIS DAY: February 20, 2018
February 20th is Cherry Pie Day Handcuff Day * Love Your Pet Day World Day for Social Justice * ____________________________________________ MORE! Jimmy Yancey, Sidney Poitier and Nancy Wilson, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Angelina Grimké Weld, Ansel Adams, Elizabeth Holloway Marston, Jimmy Yancey, Joshua Slocum, Nancy Wilson, Sidney Poitier
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ON THIS DAY: February 19, 2018
February 19th is Presidents’ Day * Chocolate Mint Day Iwo Jima Day * ____________________________________________ MORE! Lugenia B. Hope, W.E.B Du Bois and the Tuskegee Airmen, click
TCS: Spaghetti Westerns – Danish Style?
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
Posted in Movies, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Clint Eastwood, Ennio Morricone, For a Few Dollars More, Once Upon a Time in the West, Spaghetti Westerns - Danish Style?, The Good the Bad and the Ugly, Tom Hanks
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ON THIS DAY: February 18, 2018
February 18th is Battery Day * National Drink Wine Day Pluto Day * World Whale Day Crab Stuffed Flounder Day ____________________________________________ MORE! Max Klinger, Toni Morrison and Ray Charles, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Audre Lorde, Irma Thomas, Mary Amdur, Max Klinger, Nikos Kazantzakis, Ray Charles, Toni Morrison
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ON THIS DAY: February 16, 2018
February 16th is Do a Grouch a Favor Day Kyoto Protocol Day * National Almond Day National Innovation Day ____________________________________________ MORE! Isaiah Mays, Bessie Smith and Otis Blackwell, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Aretha Franklin, Bessie Smith, Henry Brooks Adams, Isaiah Mays, Katharine Cornell, Otis Blackwell, William Sanders Scarborough
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Word Cloud: CONVERSATION
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD There is a strong tradition of women in America being involved in social justice movements. The Abolitionist, Women’s Rights and Civil Rights movements all have notable women in their histories. So it should be no surprise … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged African American women, Black History Month, Conversation, Gwendolyn Brooks, Natasha Trethewey, Nikki Finney, Nikki Giovanni, Robin Coste Lewis
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ON THIS DAY: February 15, 2018
February 15th is International Angelman Day * Gumdrop & Chewing Gum Day Remember the Maine! Day * Singles Awareness Day * Susan B. Anthony Day * ____________________________________________ MORE! Sarah Roberts, Shadrach Minkins and Duke Ellington, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Duke Ellington, Harold Arlen, Harry Belafonte, Sarah Roberts, Shadrach Minkins, Susan B Anthony, Susan Brownmiller
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A Poem for Valentine’s Day
Sonnet for the 14th of February by Thomas Hood No popular respect will I omit To do thee honor on this happy day, When every loyal lover tasks his wit His simple truth in studious rhymes to pay, And to … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged English Poets, Sonnet for the 14th of February, Thomas Hood, Valentine's Day
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