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Monthly Archives: October 2019
ON THIS DAY: October 31, 2019
October 31st is Halloween Books for Treats Day * Caramel Apple Day National Magic Day * National UNICEF Day * U.N. World Cities Day * ____________________________________ MORE! Ethel Waters, Harry Houdini and Anna Geifman, click
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Tagged Anna Geifman, Annie Finch, Dumisa Ntsebeza, Ethel Waters, Harry Houdini, Laura Bassi, Philippe de Vitry
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ON THIS DAY: October 30, 2019
October 30th is Checklist Day * Devil’s Night Create a Great Funeral Day * Haunted Refrigerator Night * National Candy Corn Day World Audio Drama Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Zoë Akins, Orson Welles and Rosa Parks, click
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Tagged Angelica Kauffman, Ezra Pound, Gloria Oden, Jackie Robinson, Orson Welles, Rosa Parks, Zoë Akins
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ON THIS DAY: October 29, 2019
October 29th is International Internet Day * National Cat Day * National Hermit Day * National Oatmeal Day World Psoriasis Day _____________________________________ MORE! Shin Saimdang, Thambi Naidoo and Marcia Fudge, click
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Tagged Bill Mauldin, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Harriet Powers, Marcia Fudge, Rudyard Kipling, Shin Saimdang, Thambi Naidoo
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TCS: Morning After Calamity – A Kaleidoscope of Poets of Color
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
Posted in Immigration, Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Bigotry, Do Nguyen Mai and Justin Chin, Javier Zamora and Lorna Dee Cervantes, Langston Hughes, TCS: Morning After Calamity - A Kaleidoscope of Poets of Color, Yusef Komunyakaa and Lucille Clifton
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ON THIS DAY: October 27, 2019
October 27th is American Beer Day * Black Cat Day * (U.S.) Navy Day * Sylvia Plath Day * World Day for Audiovisual Heritage * International Religious Freedom Day _____________________________________ MORE! Mary Moser, Oliver Tambo and Ruby Dee, click
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Tagged Juan Seguín, Mary Moser, Nawal El Saadawi, Niccoló Paganini, Oliver Tambo, Ruby Dee, Sigrid Hjertén
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ON THIS DAY: October 26, 2019
October 26th is Eradication of Smallpox Day * Howl at the Moon Night Intersex Awareness Day * National Mule Day * National Mincemeat Day National Pumpkin Day National Day of the Deployed * _____________________________________ MORE! Tennessee Claflin, Uhuru Kenyatta and … Continue reading
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Tagged Adlai Stevenson, Gloria Conyers Hewitt, Karin Boye, Marisha Pessl, Pat Conroy, Tennessee Celeste Claflin, Uhuru Kenyatta
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ON THIS DAY: October 25, 2019
October 25th is Frankenstein Friday International Artist Day * National Greasy Food Day Sourest Day World Pasta Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Anne Tyler, Yazzie Johnson and Elif Shafak, click
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Tagged Anne Tyler, Chief Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti, Elif Shafak, Pablo Picasso, Paul Beatty, Sahle-Work Zewde, Yazzie Johnson
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Word Cloud: APPARITION
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Samhain or Samhuin (SAH-win or SOW-in – rhymes with cow) was the first day of the new year in the ancient Celtic calendar, the beginning of the “darker half” of the year. Samhain is Irish Gaelic. … Continue reading
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Tagged Apparition, Edna St. Vincent Millay, Ghosts, Halloween, Hughes Mearns, Samhain, Yusef Komunyakaa
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ON THIS DAY: October 24, 2019
October 24th is Bologna Day Tony Bennett Day * National Food Day * Through-the-Lens Day * World Polio Day International United Nations Day * World Development Information Day * _________________________________ MORE! Lakshmi Sahgal, Harry Houdini and Gabriella Sica, click
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Tagged Anthony van Leeuwenhoek, Charlotte Perriand, Gabriella Sica, Harry Houdini, Lakshmi Sahgal, Marie Foster, Moss Hart
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