Monthly Archives: June 2020

ON THIS DAY: June 17, 2020

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June 17th is Apple Strudel Day Dollars Against Diabetes Day * Eat Your Vegetables Day World Tesselation Day * World Day to Combat Desertification & Drought * ________________________________ MORE! Mumtaz Mahal, Charles Eames and Carol Anderson, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 16, 2020

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June 16th is National Fudge Day World Sea Turtle Day * International Day of the African Child * _______________________________ MORE! Geronimo, Eileen Atkins and Rudolf Nureyev, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 15, 2020

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June 15th is Lobster Day Global Wind Day * Magna Carta Day * Nature Photography Day * World Elder Abuse Awareness Day * ______________________________________ MORE! Issa, Bessie Coleman and Ibn-e-Insha, click

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TCS: Insomnia in a Plague Year

Posted on June 15, 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. __________________________________ “Sleep that … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 14, 2020

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June 14th is Strawberry Shortcake Day National Bourbon Day * International Bath Day * UN World Blood Donor Day * __________________________________ MORE! Judith Kerr, Che Guevara and Kirron Kher, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 13, 2020

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June 13th is International Albinism Awareness Day * Cupcake Lover’s Day Random Acts of Light Day * Kitchen Klutzes of America Day Sewing Machine Day Weed Your Garden Day _____________________________ MORE! Fanny Burney, W.B. Yates and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 12, 2020

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June 12th is Crowded Nest Awareness Day * Peanut Butter Cookie Day  Little League Girls Baseball Day * National Jerky Day * National Loving Day * National Red Rose Day Orlando United Day * International Falafel Day * World Day … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: SKIN

Posted on June 12, 2020 by wordcloud9

In light of the international conversation and protests about police abuse of peopleof color, I am republishing this Word Cloud, which was first posted in March, 2017. by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Skin is the largest organ of the human body, … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 11, 2020

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June 11th is German Chocolate Cake Day Corn on the Cob Day Cotton Candy Day Making Life Beautiful Day * ______________________________ MORE! Jeannette Rankin, Suleiman Mousa and Hazel Scott, click

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What His Nature Demands: Three Dutch Poets

Posted on June 10, 2020 by wordcloud9

By an odd coincidence, June 10th is the birthday of three very different Dutch poets: Henri Bruning (1900-1983), writer and poet, who was sympathetic to fascism and anti-semitism, and became a favored member of the Germanic SS in the Netherlands, … Continue reading →

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