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In Scotland, This is Hogmanay
This is updated from the original posting in January 2016, and the redux in 2018 ____________________________________________ A guid New Year to ane an` a` and mony may ye see! ____________________________________________ New Year’s Eve is celebrated around the world, but in … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Poetry
Tagged Calton Hill in Edinburgh, First Footing, For Auld Lang Syne, Hogmanay, Liz Lochhead, Robert Burns, Stonehaven
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ON THIS DAY: December 31, 2018
December 31st is Champagne Day Make Up Your Mind Day Universal Hour of Peace * World Healing Day _______________________________________ MORE! Arthur Guinness, Selma Burke and Garry Kasparov, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Arthur Guinness, Carmen Contreras-Bozak, Eleonora Gonzaga, Garry Kasparov, John Denver, Marie d'Agoult, Selma Burke
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TCS: Hope Smiles from the Threshold of 2019
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 The Coffee Shop
Tagged Alfred Lord Tennyson, Hope Smiles from the Threshold of 2019, Naomi Shihab Nye, New Years Eve, Ranier Maria Rilke, TCS, W.S. Merwin
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ON THIS DAY: December 30, 2018
December 30th is Bacon Day * Bicarbonate of Soda Day Falling Needles Cleanup Day _______________________________________ MORE! Elyne Mitchell, Wilfred Owen and Tu Youyou, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Dita Indah Sari, Elyne Mitchell, Osman Hamid Bey, Rudyard Kipling, Tu Youyou, Wilfred Owen, Yvonne Brill
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ON THIS DAY: December 29, 2018
December 29th is Pepper Pot Day * Tick Tock Day YMCA USA Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Pablo Casals, Molly Bang and Allan Rusbridger, click
ON THIS DAY: December 28, 2018
December 28th is Card Playing Day Box of Chocolates Day Endangered Species Act Day * Pledge of Allegiance Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Eliza Pinckney, F. W. Murnau and Mariam Aleem, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Arthur Eddington, Edmond Rostand, Eliza Lucas Pinckney, F. W. Murnau, Frederick Pethick-Lawrence, Margaret of Parma, Mariam A. Aleem
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Word Cloud: WABI-SABI (Redux)
Updated – originally posted on December 25, 2015 by Nona Blyth Cloud Wabi–sabi (侘寂) represents a comprehensive Japanese world view or aesthetic centered on the acceptance of transience and imperfection. The aesthetic is sometimes described as one of beauty that is “imperfect, impermanent, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Billy Collins, Holiday Season, Jane Kenyon, Shel Silverstein, Susan Elizabeth Howe, Wabi-Sabi
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ON THIS DAY: December 27, 2018
December 27th is Fruitcake Day Howdy Doody Day * Visit the Zoo Day _______________________________________ MORE! Ghalib, Marlene Dietrich and Ray Charles, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Ghalib, Johannes Kepler, Lady Jane Wilde, Marlene Dietrich, Rabindranath Tagore, Ray Charles, Thea von Harbou
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A Very British Holiday: BOXING DAY
Originally posted on December 26, 2017, as part of The Coffee Shop series ______________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Boxing Day is December 26, the day after Christmas, and is celebrated in Great Britain and in most areas settled by the English (the U.S. is … Continue reading
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