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ON THIS DAY: February 14, 2019
February 14th is Valentine’s Day National Donor Day * Ferris Wheel Day California Oranges Day * Pet Theft Awareness Day * Cream-Filled Chocolates Day International Book Giving Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Richard Allen, Charlotta Spears Bass and Aretha Franklin, click
ON THIS DAY: February 13, 2019
February 13th is Galentine’s Day * Italian Food Day International Condom Day * Tortellini Day World Radio Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Absalom Jones, Malcolm X and Rita Dove, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Absalom Jones, Edward T. Demby, Jean Muir, Leontine Sagan, Malcolm X, Malvin R. Goode, Rita Dove
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What the UN Red Hand Day is All About
There were all kinds of stories told about the war that made it sound as if it was happening in a faraway and different land. It wasn’t until refugees started passing through our town that we began to see that … Continue reading
Posted in Child Abuse, War
Tagged A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael Beah, Red Hand Day, United Nations, What the UN Red Hand Day is All About
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ON THIS DAY: February 11, 2019
February 11th is Get Out Your Guitar Day Make a Friend Day National Inventors’ Day Peppermint Patty Day Shut-In Visitation Day White Shirt Day * International Day of Women and Girls in Science _______________________________________ MORE! Josh White, Hazel Johnson and Cliff Alexander, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Clifford Alexander, Emma Goldman, Hannah Mitchell, Hazel Johnson, Josh White, Nelson Mandela, Paul Bocuse
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TCS: Love in Short-ish Poems
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
CROCODILE’S TOOTHACHE – Poem for Toothache Day
Shel Silverstein (1930-1999), beloved children’s book author, poet, singer-songwriter, cartoonist, and screenwriter, has over 20 million books in print in 30 languages. ________________________ To read Shel Silverstein’s poem, Crocodile’s Toothache, click here:
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Tagged Crocodile’s Toothache, Humor or Humour, Shel Silverstein, Toothache Day, Where the Sidewalk Ends
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ON THIS DAY: February 9, 2019
February 9th is Pizza Day Toothache Day Read in the Bathtub Day _______________________________________ MORE! Alice Walker, Satchel Paige and Eric Holder, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Aletta Jacobs, Alice Walker, Bernard Harris, Eric Holder, J.M. Coetzee, Satchel Paige, Sheila Kuehl
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ON THIS DAY: February 8, 2019
February 8th is Boy Scouts Day * Kite Flying Day Molasses Bar Day Opera Day * Potato Lover’s Day _______________________________________ MORE! Kate Chopin, Harry McAlpin and Oprah Winfrey, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Harry S. McAlpin, John Grisham, Kate Chopin, Marina Silva, Martin Robison Delany, Oprah Winfrey, Sophie Lihau-Kanza
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