Monthly Archives: August 2019

ON THIS DAY: August 23, 2019

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August 23rd is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition * Ride the Wind Day * Spongecake Day Valentino Day * ______________________________________ MORE! Nazik Al-Malaika, Frank Capra and Halimah Yacob, click

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Word Cloud: GOLDEN (Redux)

Posted on August 23, 2019 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD A poet with an MBA from the Stanford Business School who became a Vice President at General Foods and marketed Kool-Aid? Doesn’t sound very promising, does it? Even more damning, he’s written literary criticism, in books and … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 22, 2019

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August 22nd is Be an Angel Day * Eat a Peach Day Pecan Torte Day Tooth Fairy Day Take Your Cat to the Vet Day _______________________________________ MORE! Dorothy Parker, Ray Bradbury and Althea Gibson, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 21, 2019

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August 21st is Senior Citizens Day * National Spumoni Day Sweet Tea Day World P.O.E.T. Day (Aussie slang – Piss Off Early Today) _______________________________________ MORE! Nat Turner, Lili Boulanger and Count Basie, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 20, 2019

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August 20th is Chocolate Pecan Pie Day National Lemonade Day * National Radio Day World Mosquito Day * _______________________________________ MORE! ‘Noni’ Jabavu, Akira Kurosawa and Connie Chung, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 19, 2019

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August 19th is Coco Chanel Day * National Aviation Day * International Orangutan Day Soft-Serve Ice Cream Day World Humanitarian Day * World Photography Day _________________________________________ MORE! Mary Ellen Pleasant, Joaquim Nabuco and Patricia Scotland, click

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TCS: A Roar of Wings – Poems for National Aviation Day

Posted on August 19, 2019 by wordcloud9

. . . 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 … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 18, 2019

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August 18th is 19th Amendment Yellow Rose Day * Bad Poetry Day Ice Cream Pie Day Mail Order Catalog Day * National Fajita Day * Pinot Noir Day Serendipity Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Miss Febb, Harry Burn and Elayne Boosler, … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 17, 2019

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August 17th is Black Cat Appreciation Day * I Love My Feet Day * National Non-Profit Day * National Thrift Shop Day Vanilla Custard Day ______________________________________ MORE! Fredrika Bremer, Marcus Garvey and Pauline Young, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 16, 2019

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August 16th is National Airborne Day * National Bratwurst Day Roller Coaster Day * National Rum Day Tell a Joke Day _______________________________________ MORE! Ida Browne, Wallace Thurman and Rosita Baltazar, click

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