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Monthly Archives: May 2018
ON THIS DAY: May 16, 2018
May 16th is Biographer’s Day * Coquilles Saint Jacques Day National Mimosa Day Honor Our LGBT Elders’ Day * National Love a Tree Day _________________________________________ MORE! James Boswell, Margret Rey and Studs Terkel, click
ON THIS DAY: May 15, 2018
May 15th is International Day of Families * Chocolate Chip Day National Straw Hat Day Nylon Stockings Day * Peace Officer Memorial Day * TSC Global Awareness Day * International MPS Awareness Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Johannes Kepler, Ida Rhodes and Utah Phillips, … Continue reading
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Tagged Ida Rhodes, Johannes Kepler, L. Frank Baum, Maria Theresia Paradis, Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Utah Phillips, Williamina Fleming
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ON THIS DAY: May 14, 2018
May 14th is Buttermilk Biscuit Day Lewis and Clark Day * The Stars and Stripes Forever Day * Underground America Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Gail Borden, Virginia Woolf and Aaron Copland, click
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Tagged Aaron Copland, Anna Laurens Dawes, Gail Borden, John Philip Sousa, Tania León, Thomas Gainsborough, Virginia Woolf
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TCS: Last of the Great Train Stations
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
A Poem for Mother’s Day
Thanking My Mother for Piano Lessons by Diane Wakowski The relief of putting your fingers on the keyboard, as if you were walking on the beach and found a diamond as big as a shoe; as if you had just … Continue reading
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Tagged Diane Wakoski, Emerald Ice, Mothers Day, Thanking My Mother for Piano Lessons
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ON THIS DAY: May 13, 2018
May 13th is Apple Pie Day Frog Jumping Day * National Windmill Day World Belly Dance Day Armed Forces Day Crossband Military/Amateur Radio Communications Test * _________________________________________ MORE! Arthur Sullivan, Linda Gilbert and Igor Sikorsky, click
ON THIS DAY: May 12, 2018
May 12th is Animal Disaster Preparedness Day * Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day Nutty Fudge Day Odometer Day International Nurses’ Day Fibromyalgia Awareness Day National Limerick Day _________________________________________ MORE! Edward Lear, Kate Hepburn and Farley Mowat, click
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Tagged Edward Lear, Farley Mowat, George Carlin, Katherine Hepburn, Mary H. Reibey, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, William Wilberforce
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ON THIS DAY: May 11, 2018
May 11th is Eat What You Want Day Hostess CupCake Day * Public Gardens Day * Twilight Zone Day _________________________________________ MORE! Irving Berlin, Martha Graham and Salvador Dali, click
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Tagged Alma Gluck, Irving Berlin, Laskarina Bouboulina, Martha Graham, Richard Feynman, Salvador Dali, William Grant Still
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Word Cloud: CONVERGENCE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Writing a weekly column about poetry is sometimes frustrating. It’s a subject that so many people in my country find “irrelevant” to Modern Life. But if three contestants in this week’s Jeopardy! Teachers’ Tournament had been … Continue reading
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