Monthly Archives: May 2020

Two Poems for Mother’s Day

Posted on May 10, 2020 by wordcloud9

May Sarton (born Eleanore Marie Sarton), was an only child. Her parents fled with their two-year-old daughter from their Belgian homeland when the Germans invaded in 1914, first reaching Britain, and then on to America. Her father, who was a … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: May 10, 2020

Posted on May 10, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 10th is Clean Up Your Room Day National Lipid Day * National Shrimp Day World Lupus Day * _______________________________ MORE! Tonita Peña, Mbongeni Ngema and Elena Kagan, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 9, 2020

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May 9th is Butterscotch Brownie Day National Sleepover Day World Moscato Wine Day National Lost Sock Memorial Day ___________________________________ MORE! Fay Kanin, John Uzo Ogbu and Eleanor Roosevelt, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 8, 2020

Posted on May 8, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 8th is Coconut Cream Pie Day National Student Nurse Day * World Ovarian Cancer Day * Animal Disaster Preparedness Day World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Margarete Böhme, Romain Gary and Miyoshi Umeki, click

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Word Cloud: BEHOLDER

Posted on May 8, 2020 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD  On April 27, 2020, Ireland lost one of its great poets.  Eavan Boland (1944-2020) was born in Dublin, Ireland, but her father was a career diplomat, so she spent part of her childhood in London, where … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: May 7, 2020

Posted on May 7, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 7th is Cosmopolitan Cocktail Day Beaufort Wind Scale Day Cystinosis Awareness Day * Roast Leg of Lamb Day National Barrier Awareness Day * ___________________________________ MORE! Olympe de Gouges, Gary Cooper and Almudena Grandes, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 6, 2020

Posted on May 6, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 6th is Beverage Day Crepe Suzette Day Joseph Brackett Day * National Nurses Day * No Homework Day International No Diet Day * ___________________________________ MORE! Gloria Richardson, John Steinbeck and Maya Lin, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 5, 2020

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May 5th is Cinco de Mayo Cartoonists’ Day * Enchilada Day International Midwives Day * Revenge of the Fifth Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Nellie Bly, James Beard and Efrat Mishori, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 4, 2020

Posted on May 4, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 4th is Bird Day * Respect for Chickens Day * World Give Day * Candied Orange Peel Day Intergalactic Star Wars Day * International Firefighters Day * ______________________________________ MORE! Ruth First, Thomas Kinsella and Audrey Hepburn, click

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TCS: Making the Days Different in a Plague Year

Posted on May 4, 2020 by wordcloud9

   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 comment. … Continue reading →

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