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Monthly Archives: June 2019
ON THIS DAY: June 22, 2019
June 22nd is Chocolate Éclair Day Journey’s End Day * Onion Rings Day Worldwide VW Beetle Day * World Rainforests Day _________________________________________ MORE! H. Rider Haggard, Mei Zhi and Joe Papp, click
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Tagged Ada E. Yonath, Giuseppe Mazzini, H. Rider Haggard, Joseph Papp, Katherine Dunham, Mei Zhi, Octavia E. Butler
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ON THIS DAY: June 21, 2019
June 21st is World Make Music Day * Atheist Solidarity Day Daylight Appreciation Day * Day of the Gong * Go Skateboarding Day International Yoga Day * National Seashell Day Peaches ‘N’ Cream Day World Humanist Day UN World Hydrography … Continue reading
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Tagged Daisy Turner, Frida Kahlo, Jean-Paul Sartre, Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach, Josephine Webb, Paolo Soleri, Shirin Ebadi
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Word Cloud: ONYX (Redux)
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I sometimes wonder if what critics condemn in the writers they review are really the motes and beams which blind them in their own work. When reviewer Peter Craft “damns with faint praise” the first published … Continue reading
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Tagged George Washington, Gwendolyn Brooks, Henry Brooks Adams, Josephine Miles, Mentor, Onyx, Sardonyx, Thom Gunn
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ON THIS DAY: June 20, 2019
June 20th is American Eagle Day * Kouign Amann Day * Nystagmus Awareness Day * Vanilla Milkshake Day UN World Refugee Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Helena Rasiowa, Dumisani Mabaso and Virginia Raggi, click
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Tagged Adam Ferguson, Asrat Woldeyes, Dumisani Mabaso, Helena Rasiowa, Lillian Hellman, Muazzez İlmiye Çığ, Virginia Raggi
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ON THIS DAY: June 19, 2019
June 19th is Garfield the Cat Day * National Watch Day World Sickle Cell Day * National Martini Day Sauntering Day * International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict * ______________________________________ MORE! Laura Hobson, Abe Fortas and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abe Fortas, Blaise Pascal, Elizabeth Marbury, Joshua Mqabuko Nyongolo Nkomo, Kathleen Turner, Laura Hobson, Merata Mita
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ON THIS DAY: June 18, 2019
June 18th is Autistic Pride Day * Go Fishing Day International Picnic Day National Splurge Day International Sushi Day * Sustainable Gastronomy Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Susan B Anthony, Thabo Mbeki and Anu Tali, click
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Tagged Anu Tali, Carolyn Wells, Patti Webster, Sir Paul McCartney, Susan B Anthony, Thabo Mbeki, Winston Churchill
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ON THIS DAY: June 17, 2019
June 17th is Apple Strudel Day Dollars Against Diabetes Day * Eat Your Vegetables Day World Tesselation Day * World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought * ______________________________________ MORE! Mumtaz Mahal, Charles Eames and Carol Anderson, click
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Tagged Carol E. Anderson, Charles Eames, Igor Stravinsky, John Kay, Mumtaz Mahal, Susan B Anthony, Susan La Flesche Picotte
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TCS: Life Likes a Little Mess – Poems for Tesselation Day
. . 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 … Continue reading
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