Monthly Archives: February 2018

ON THIS DAY: February 6, 2018

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February 6th is Chopsticks Day Frozen Yogurt Day Lame Duck Day International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation * ____________________________________________ MORE! Robert Tanner Jackson, Bob Marley and Stella Obasanjo, click

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ON THIS DAY: February 5, 2018

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February 5th is Adlai Stevenson Day * Shower With a Friend Day * Western Monarch Day * World Nutella Day * World Animal Reiki Day * ____________________________________________ MORE! John Morrow,  Carson McCullers and CliftonWharton, click

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TCS: Even Before Flowers, There Were Butterflies

Posted on February 5, 2018 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: February 4, 2018

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February 4th is Dump Your Significant Jerk Day Homemade Soup Day Stuffed Mushroom Day USO Day * World Cancer Day * Thank a Mail Carrier Day * ____________________________________________ MORE! Virginia Alexander, Rosa Parks and Purvis Young, click

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ON THIS DAY: February 3, 2018

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February 3rd is National Woman Physician Day * Bubble Gum Day * Carrot Cake Day National Wear Red Day * The Day the Music Died * Four Chaplains Memorial Day * National Missing Persons Day * ____________________________________________ MORE! Edwin Booth, … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: February 2, 2018

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February 2nd is Heavenly Hash Day Hedgehog Day * Play Your Ukulele Day Sled Dog Day * World Wetlands Day Change Windshield Wipers Day * ____________________________________________ MORE! José Posada, Hella Haasse and Jascha Heifetz, click

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Word Cloud: DREAM

Posted on February 2, 2018 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD February is Black History Month in the United States. When Martin Luther King Jr. made his famous speech, “I Have a Dream,” in 1963, he wasn’t the first African-American to talk about a dream for a … Continue reading →

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Poem for Black History Month

Posted on February 1, 2018 by wordcloud9

I, Too by Langston Hughes I, too, sing America. I am the darker brother. They send me to eat in the kitchen When company comes, But I laugh, And eat well, And grow strong. Tomorrow, I’ll be at the table … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: February 1, 2018

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February 1st is Robinson Crusoe Day * Change Password Day * Freedom Day * Get Up Day * Baked Alaska Day * Spunky Old Broads Day * ____________________________________________ MORE! Victor Herbert, Leila Denmark and Trygve Lie, click

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