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ON THIS DAY: May 16, 2020
May 16th is Coquilles Saint Jacques Day National Biographer’s Day * National Mimosa Day Honor LGBT Elders’ Day * National Love a Tree Day ___________________________________ MORE! H.E. Bates, Hana Brady and Eric Fanning, click
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Tagged Adrienne Rich, C Everett Koop, Eric Fanning, H.E. Bates, Hana Brady, Linda Coleman-Madison, Nancy Roman
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ON THIS DAY: May 15, 2020
May 15th is UN International Day of Families * Chocolate Chip Day National Straw Hat Day Nylon Stockings Day * Peace Officer Memorial Day * TSC Global Awareness Day * International Conscientious Objectors Day ___________________________________ MORE! Pierre Curie, Grace Ogot … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Édith Cresson, Francis Baily, Grace Ogot, Madeleine Albright, Pierre Curie, Utah Phillips, Williamina S. Fleming
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Word Cloud: MYSTIC
by Nona Blyth Cloud “Abstract Minimalist” — Sometimes the labels that get attached to a poet’s work obscure rather than illuminate. The poet Robert Lax (1915 – 2000) pared down his work and his life to the essentials. Robert Lax dealt … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged MYSTIC, Patmos Greece, Robert Lax
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ON THIS DAY: May 14, 2020
May 14th is Buttermilk Biscuit Day Lewis and Clark Day * Stars & Stripes Forever Day * Underground America Day * __________________________________ MORE! Cai Chang, Charley Furnas and Tania León, click
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Tagged Amma Asentewaa Asante, Cai Chang, Charley Furnas, Charlotte Auerbach, Dr. Edward Jenner, John Philip Sousa, Tania León
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ON THIS DAY: May 13, 2020
May 13th is Apple Pie Day Fruit Cocktail Day Frog Jumping Day * Hummus Day Children of Fallen Patriots Day ________________________________ MORE! Inge Lehmann, Bruce Chatwin and Sharon Belton, click
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Tagged Balasaraswati, Bruce Chatwin, Inge Lehmann, Kate Marsden, Richie Valens, Sharon Belton, Sir Arthur Sullivan
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A Poem for International Nurses Day
Today is International Nurses Day, and nurses are even more essential during this global pandemic. Everywhere, the pressure on nurses, on all medical personnel, is escalating to the breaking point. Even under ordinary circumstances, their jobs are stressful, as Linda … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Global pandemic, International Nurses Day, Linda Leeson, stay-at-home
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ON THIS DAY: May 12, 2020
May 12th is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day Fibromyalgia Awareness Day National Limerick Day * Nutty Fudge Day Odometer Day International Nurses’ Day International Women in Mathematics Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Indra Devi, Gabriel Faure and Maryam Mirzakhani, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Dorothy Hodgkin, Gabriel Faure, George Carlin, Indra Devi, Maryam Mirzakhani, Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, William Wilberforce
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ON THIS DAY: May 11, 2020
May 11th is Eat What You Want Day Foam Rolling Day * Hostess CupCake Day * Twilight Zone Day _____________________________________ MORE! Isabelle Bogelot, Clarence Ellis and Cecile Licad, click
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Tagged Cecile Licad, Clarence Ellis, Isabelle Bogelot, Laskarina Bouboulina, Mrinalini Sarabhai, Robert Frost, Salvador Dali
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TCS: Stocking the Pantry in a Plague Year
. . Good Morning! _________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a … Continue reading
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