Monthly Archives: January 2020

ON THIS DAY: January 9, 2020

January 9th is Apricot Day Balloon Ascension Day * Cassoulet Day Static Electricity Day Law Enforcement Appreciation Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Empress Meishō, Joseph Strauss and Rigoberta Menchú, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 8, 2020

January 8th is Argyle Day Bubble Bath Day Earth’s Rotation Day * English Toffee Day Joy Germ Day * World Typing Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Elisabetta Sirani, Wilkie Collins and Ashapoorna Devi, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 7, 2020

January 7th is Bobblehead Day * Harlem Globetrotters Day * Old Rock Day Tempura Day Computer Programmers’ Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Galileo, Sadako Sasaki and Gerald Durrell, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 6, 2020

January 6th is Apple Tree Day Bean Day Cuddle Up Day Shortbread Day Technology Day * ____________________________________ MORE! Melchora Aquino, Kahlil Gibran and Nigella Lawson, click

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TCS: A Wild Thing Lurking There

. .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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ON THIS DAY: January 5, 2020

January 5th is Earth at Perihelion Screenwriters Day * National Bird Day * Whipped Cream Day _______________________________________  MORE! Lucienne Bloch, Umberto Eco and Mamata Banerjee, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 4, 2020

January 4th is Hypnotism Day * Pop Music Chart Day * Spaghetti Day National Trivia Day World Braille Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Clara Smitt, James Bond, and Sarojini Sahoo, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 3, 2020

January 3rd is Chocolate-Covered Cherries Day Drinking Straw Day * Festival of Sleep Day J.R.R. Tolkien Day * ______________________________________________ MORE! Lucretia Mott, Joseph Jenkins Roberts and Greta Thunberg, click

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Word Cloud: EARFUL

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD O chestnut-tree, great-rooted blossomer,  Are you the leaf, the blossom or the bole?  O body swayed to music, O brightening glance,  How can we know the dancer from the dance? – “Among School Children” by W. B. … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: January 2, 2020

January 2nd is Buffet Day Cream Puff Day Pet Travel Safety Day Science Fiction Day * 55 MPH Speed Limit Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Beatrice Hicks, Isaac Asimov and Kate Molali, click

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