Monthly Archives: March 2019

ON THIS DAY: March 9, 2019

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March 9th is Crab Meat Day U.S. Meatball Day Get Over It Day * Panic Day __________________________________________ MORE! Sue Lee, Graciela Olivarez and Emma Bonino, click

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Thoughts from Poets for International Women’s Day

Posted on March 8, 2019 by wordcloud9

What would happen if one woman told the truth about . . . . her life? . . . The world would split open  – Muriel Rukeyser, from Käthe Kollwitz, part 3 ____________________ Tell all the truth but tell it … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: March 8, 2019

Posted on March 8, 2019 by wordcloud9

March 8th is International Women’s Day * Girls Write Now Day * National Peanut Cluster Day National Proofreading Day * Women’s Collaboration Brew Day * __________________________________________ MORE! Louise Beavers, Beatrice Shilling and Lilia Ann Abron, click

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Word Cloud: SYNTHESIS (Redux – Women’s History Month)

Posted on March 8, 2019 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud The United States is a nation of borrowers. What we borrow is stuff from other cultures: words, food, music, clothing – whatever catches our eyes and ears. Then we put our own spin on it, or combine … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: March 7, 2019

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March 7th is Be Heard Day * National Cereal Day * Crown of Roast Pork Day __________________________________________ MORE! Vibia Perpetua, Mary Norton and Wanda Sykes, click

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A Poem for the New and Ancient Math

Posted on March 6, 2019 by wordcloud9

“It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.”   . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – Sonya Kovalevsky “Naomi Shihab Nye is an American, … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: March 6, 2019

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March 6th is Oreo Cookie Day * Frozen Food Day * National Dentist’s Day White Chocolate Cheesecake Day European Day of the Righteous Sonya Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day * __________________________________________ MORE! Sarah Wambaugh, Mary Wilson and Berta Cáceres, click

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A Poem for Absinthe Day

Posted on March 5, 2019 by wordcloud9

Absinthe gained quite an unsavory reputation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its high alcohol content (90 proof or higher) combined with its popularity among adherents of bohemianism, especially artists and writers in Paris, led to its condemnation … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: March 5, 2019

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March 5th is Absinthe Day * Cheese Doodle Day Mercator Day * Pancake Day __________________________________________ MORE! Dora Marsden, Annie Oakley and Letizia Battaglia, click

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ON THIS DAY: March 4, 2019

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March 4th is Pound Cake Day Marching Band Day National Grammar Day * Toy Soldier Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Pearl White, Miriam Makeba and Jean O’Leary, click

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