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ON THIS DAY: December 24, 2018
December 24th is Christmas Eve Eggnog Day * Silent Night Day * ______________________________________ MORE! Ava Pauling, Wilton Mkwayi and Tarja Halonen, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Ali Salem Tamek, Ava Pauling, Franz Gruber and Josef Mohr, Hawayo Hiromi Takata, Helen M. Jones, Tarja Halonen, Wilton Mkwayi
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TCS: The Good, the Sad and the Fugly
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 Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Carol Ann Duffy, Christmas Eve, Erma Bombeck, Mistletoe, Samantha Bee, TCS, The Good the Sad and the Fugly, Walter de la Mare
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ON THIS DAY: December 23, 2018
December 23rd is Bake Day Festivus * HumanLight Day * National Roots Day Pfeffernüsse Day _______________________________________ MORE! Yohl Ik’nal, Vincent Van Gogh and Marie Bell, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Donna Tartt, Liis Koger, Marie Bell, Norman Maclean, Oscar S. Straus, Vincent Van Gogh, Yohl Ik’nal
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Summer Poem for the Southern Hemisphere
It’s Winter in the top half of the world, but south of the equator, the Sun is smiling. Hone Tuwhare (1922 -2008) was born in Kaikohe, Northland, New Zealand into the Maori Ngapuhi tribe. Well-known and much-loved in his own country, … Continue reading
Posted in New Zealand, Poetry
Tagged Hone Tuwhare, Maori, Summer Poem for the Southern Hemisphere, Toroa ~ Albatross
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ON THIS DAY: December 22, 2018
December 22nd is Be a Lover of Silence Day Date Nut Bread Day Forefathers Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Jean Racine, Sarada Devi and Lech Wałęsa, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Aya Takano, Frances Lannon, Jean Racine, Lech Walesa, Nguyễn Huệ, Sarada Devi, Thomas Mokopu Mofolo
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BURNING THE CLOCKS (Redux)
Updated – Originally posted December 11, 2017, as part of The Coffee Shop series by Nona Blyth Cloud _____________________________________________ The hours of folly are measured by the clock; but of wisdom, no clock can measure. – William Blake
Posted in Holidays, Poetry, United Kingdom
Tagged Brighton & Hove, Burning the Clocks, Burning the Old Year, Naomi Shihab Nye, Same Sky, William Blake, Winter Solstice
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Word Cloud: WINDOWS (Redux)
by Nona Blyth Cloud Through the small tall bathroom window the December yard is gray and scratchy, the tree calligraphic. ………………………… – Dave Eggers The view from Dave Eggers’ bathroom window is a close match to the view from my kitchen window. Most … Continue reading
Posted in Emily Dickinson, Holidays, Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Dave Eggers, December, Joseph Brodsky, Kenn Nesbitt, Nancy McCleery, Robert Louis Stevenson
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ON THIS DAY: December 20, 2018
December 20th is Games Day * Go Caroling Day Louisiana Purchase Day * Sangria Day International Human Solidarity Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Ivana Kobilca, Fred Astaire and Sandra Cisneros, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Elsie de Wolfe, Fred Astaire, Ivana Kobilca, Mehmet Akif Ersoy, Nalo Hopkinson, Sandra Cisneros, Vespasian
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