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Monthly Archives: July 2018
ON THIS DAY: July 25, 2018
July 25 is Red Shoe Day * Culinarians Day * Hire a Veteran Day * Hot Fudge Sundae Day Merry-Go-Round Day Thread the Needle Day _________________________________________ MORE! Hawys Gadarn, Thomas Eakins and Iman, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Annie Applebaum, David Belasco, Eric Hoffer, Hawys Gadarn, Iman, Josephine Tey, Thomas Eakins
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ON THIS DAY: July 24, 2018
July 24 is Cousins Day Drive-Thru Day Tell an Old Joke Day National Tequila Day Thermal Engineer Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Alexander Dumas, Amelia Earhart and Hiram Bingham, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Agnes Meyer Driscoll, Alexander Dumas pere, Amelia Earhart, Aminatou Haidar, Hiram Bingham, Marie Goegg-Pouchoulin, Robert Graves
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ON THIS DAY: July 23, 2018
July 23rd is Hot Enough for Ya Day International Yada, Yada, Yada Day National Vanilla Ice Cream Day _________________________________________ MORE! Raymond Chandler, Vera Rubin and Bob Dylan, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Étienne-Louis Malus, Bob Dylan, Dame Te Atairangikaahu, Judit Polgar, Michael Shaara, Raymond Chandler, Vera Rubin
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TCS: Journeywork of the Stars
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
ON THIS DAY: July 22, 2018
July 22nd is Casual Pi Day/22-7 Hammock Day Lion’s Share Day Penuche Fudge Day Spoonerism Day * Summer Leisure Day _________________________________________ MORE! Emma Lazarus, Alexander Calder, and Eve Beglarian, click
ON THIS DAY: July 21, 2018
July 21st is ASPCA No Pet Store Puppies Day Crème Brûlée Day Legal Drinking Age Day National Junk Food Day _________________________________________ MORE! Jean Picard, Janet Reno and Robin Williams, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Christina Hart, Hart Crane, Janet Reno, Jean Picard, Onyebuchi "Buchi" Emecheta, Robin Williams, Sarah Waters
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Word Cloud: SOLITUDE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD May Sarton (1912-1995) wrote in her Journal of a Solitude: “There is no doubt that solitude is a challenge and to maintain balance within it a precarious business. But I must not forget that, for me, being with … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged AIDS, Camel, Cats, Dr Martin Luther King Jr, Mabel Eleanor Elwes, May Sarton, Nootka tribe, Solitude
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ON THIS DAY: July 19, 2018
July 19th is Daiquiri Day Seneca Falls Opening Day * Stick Out Your Tongue Day _________________________________________ MORE! Edgar Degas, Lucretia Mott and Harry Belafonte, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Edgar Degas, Geraldine Ferraro, Harry Belafonte, Johannes Kepler, Lucretia Mott, Nicola Sturgeon, Rachel Isum Robinson
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Trump thinks Montenegro will start WW III because it’s “aggressive”
By ann summers Trump implied that Montenegro – NATO’s newest member, which joined last year – is an aggressive place which may drag America into World War III. Trump in his current “wouldn’t” mode, winds up taking the Russian position … Continue reading
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Tagged Donald Trump, Media, Politics, The Mouse That Roared, trumprussia
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