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Monthly Archives: December 2019
TCS: Hazardous Bliss – Poems for Winter and Summer
. 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 … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Ada Limón, Albert Camus, Billy Collins, Claude McKay, Emily Dickinson, Hazardous Bliss - Poems for Winter and Summer, Hone Tuwhare, TCS
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ON THIS DAY: December 8, 2019
December 8th is Chocolate Brownie Day National Lard Day Pretend To Be A Time Traveler Day * ____________________________________ MORE! Camille Claudel, Diego Rivera and Conceição Lima, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Bill Bryson, Camille Claudel, Conceição Lima, Diego Rivera, Julia Robinson, Wang Anshi, Zelma Watson George
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ON THIS DAY: December 7, 2019
December 7th is Bakelite Day * International Civil Aviation Day * National Cotton Candy Day Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Akiko Yosano, Noam Chomsky and Melba Beals, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Akiko Yosano, Ayako Fujitani, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Joycelyn Elders, Melba Pattillo, Noam Chomsky, Tatamkhulu Afrika
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ON THIS DAY: December 6, 2019
December 6th is Microwave Oven Day * Mitten Tree Day * National Miners’ Day * National Gazpacho Day Pawnbroker’s Day _______________________________________ MORE! Ève Curie, Dave Brubeck and Mall Nukke, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alfred Eisenstaedt, Ève Curie, Dave Brubeck, Herta Taussig Freitag, Libbie Henrietta Hyman, Mall Nukke, Nelson Mandela
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Word Cloud: Wintertide
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The first week of December – three weeks before the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, or the Summer Solstice in the Southern Hemisphere. In many northern places, winter has already arrived: the summer birds left … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged David Malouf, December, Gail Mazur, Grace Schulman, Nona Blyth Cloud, Roberta Hill Whiteman, William Carlos Williams, Wintertide
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ON THIS DAY: December 5, 2019
December 5th is Comfort Food Day Repeal of Prohibition Day * Sacher-Torte Day * World Soil Day * International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development _______________________________________ MORE! Mozart, Joan Didion and Eddie the Eagle, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Eddie the Eagle, Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, Felicia Adetoun Ogunsheye, Gwen Lister, Joan Didion, Mozart, Robert Sobukwe
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ON THIS DAY: December 4, 2019
December 4th is Cab Franc Grape Day National Cookie Day * National Sock Day Wear Brown Shoes Day World Wildlife Conservation Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Juliette Récamier, Crazy Horse and Joan Brady, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Constance Davey, Crazy Horse, Jane Lubchenco, Joan Brady, Juliette Bernard Récamier, Kenneth Kaunda, Lord William Bentinck
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ON THIS DAY: December 3, 2019
December 3rd is Himalia Day * Peppermint Latte Day Roof over Your Head Day International Day for Persons with Disabilities * _______________________________________ MORE! Octavia Hill, Muntu Myesa and Marie Ouedraogo, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alice Schwarzer, Anna Freud, Frederick Douglass, Joseph Conrad, Marie Ouedraogo, Muntu Myesa, Octavia Hill
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ON THIS DAY: December 2, 2019
December 2nd is National Fritters Day National Mutt Day II * Safety Razor Day Special Education Day * International Day for the Abolition of Slavery * _______________________________________ MORE! Maria Callas, David Macaulay and Benazir Bhutto, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Benazir Bhutto, Charles Dickens, David Macaulay, Jean Donovan, Maria Callas, Pu Yi, Queen Munjeong
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