Monthly Archives: July 2019

ON THIS DAY: July 9, 2019

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July 9th is: Open Heart Day * Gothic Novel Day * National Sugar Cookie Day _______________________________________ MORE! Ann Radcliffe, Daniel Williams, and June Jordan, click

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ON THIS DAY: July 8, 2019

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July 8th is: Chocolate with Almonds Day Bodypainting Day * Coca-Cola Day * Math 2.0 Day National Blueberry Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Raquel Correa, Jonathan Daniels and Ruby Sales, click

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TCS: Here, There Are Blueberries

Posted on July 8, 2019 by wordcloud9

. . .Good Morning! . . Today is National Blueberry Day ___________________________________________ 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 … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 7, 2019

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July 7th is: Strawberry Sundae Day World Chocolate Day * Tell the Truth Day Save the Dive Bar Day Father-Daughter Take a Walk Day ______________________________________ MORE! Nettie Stevens, Marc Chagall and Margaret Walker,  click

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ON THIS DAY: July 6, 2019

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July 6th is: U.S. Currency Day * International Kissing Day Hand Roll (Sushi) Day * National Fried Chicken Day ______________________________________ MORE! Jan Hus, Bessie Head and Earl Warren, click

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ON THIS DAY: July 5, 2019

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July 5th is: Apple Turnover Day Graham Cracker Day Bikini Day * Workaholics Day _________________________________________ MORE! Frederick Douglass, Clara Zetkin and Jean Cocteau, click

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Word Cloud: Flutterbys (Redux)

Posted on July 5, 2019 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.  – C. Day Lewis We are in deep summer now in the Northern Hemisphere. Summer brings abundance and sunlit hours that give … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 4, 2019

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July 4th is: Happy U.S. Independence Day! Barbecued Spareribs Day Caesar Salad Day Country Music Day Sidewalk Egg Frying Day  Independence from Meat Day _____________________________________ MORE! Pilar Barbosa, Manolete and Sonia Pierre, click

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Poem for the 4th of July, 2019

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Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) is probably most remembered for his play J.B. He spent some time in and out of the writing life, as a lawyer, an ambulance driver in WWI, an Ivy League professor, and, at the request of President Franklin Roosevelt, as … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 3, 2019

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July 3rd is: Chocolate Wafer Day Disobedience Day Fried Clam Day Stay Out of the Sun Day International Plastic Bag Free Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Franz Kafka, M.F.K. Fisher and Tom Stoppard, click

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