Monthly Archives: November 2018

ON THIS DAY: November 8, 2018

November 8th is Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day World Urbanism Day * Cappuccino Day X-ray Day * Harvey Wallbanger Day _______________________________________ MORE! Julian of Norwich,  Arnold Bax and Dorothy Day, click

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ON THIS DAY: November 7, 2018

November 7th is Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day * Madame Curie Day * International Merlot Day Journée  Très Absurde * (Very Absurd Day) _______________________________________ MORE! Marie Curie, Jesús García and Helen Suzman, click

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ON THIS DAY: November 6, 2018

November 6th is U.S. Election Day Nachos Day Saxophone Day * International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict * _______________________________________ MORE! Opal Kunz, Derrick Bell and Sally Field, click

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ON THIS DAY: November 5, 2018

November 5th is Love Your Red Hair Day Firewood Day Gunpowder Day * Play Monopoly Day * World Tsunami Awareness Day _______________________________________ MORE! Ida Tarbell, Will Durant and Vandana Shiva, click

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TCS: WHY VOTE? Poets Tell Us What All the Polls Leave Out

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: November 4, 2018

November 4th is Easy-Bake Oven Day * King Tut Day * National Candy Day Use Your Common Sense Day * U.S. Daylight Savings Ends _________________________________________ MORE! Izumi Kyōka, Janaki Ammal, and Barack Obama, click

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Trump’s total commitment to whole cloth

  By ann summers Trump continues to claim that the media covered protests of his Pittsburgh visit as riots. Nobody covered the protests as riots. The reality is that Trump deliberately tried to incite violence in Pittsburgh on Tuesday by forcing … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: November 3, 2018

November 3rd is Cliché Day Homemaker’s Day Jellyfish Day Public Television Day * National Sandwich Day _________________________________________ MORE! Lucan, Olympe de Gouges and John Barry, click

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ON THIS DAY: November 2, 2018

November 2nd is Deviled Egg Day Broadcast Traffic Directors Day * International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists * _________________________________________ MORE! Rose Bird, Harry Truman and Sofia Polgár , click

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Word Cloud: CIRCLES

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD November in the U.S. is Native American Heritage Month.  It was not something that happened easily. In 1915, Red Fox James, a member of the Blackfoot nation, rode his horse from state to state seeking approval from … Continue reading

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