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Monthly Archives: July 2020
Word Cloud: MUTTS
by Nona Blyth Cloud July 31 is National Mutt Day. Millions of dogs wind up in animal shelters across the U.S. every year. Most of them are Mutts. Too many of them never get adopted, but the ones who do … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged Dorothy Parker, Judith Viorst, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Linda Pastan, Mark Twain, Mutts, Robert Service
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ON THIS DAY: July 29, 2020
July 29 is International Tiger Day * Lasagna Day Chicken Wing Day Lipstick Day Army Chaplain Corps Anniversary * ____________________________________ MORE! Betty Harris, Ken Burns and Bidisha, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Betty W. Harris, Bidisha, Dag Hammarskjold, Ken Burns, Maria L. de Hernandez, Mikis Theodorakis, Solita Collas-Monsod
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ON THIS DAY: July 28, 2020
July 28th is Buffalo Soldiers Day * Waterpark Day Milk Chocolate Day World Hepatitis Day * ________________________________________ MORE! Judith Leyster, Harry Bridges and Fahmida Riaz, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Fahmida Riaz, Harry Bridges, Judith Leyster, Lucy Burns, Malcolm Lowry, Marcel Duchamp, Sossina M. Haile
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ON THIS DAY: July 27, 2020
July 27th is Bagpipe Appreciation Day Barbie-in-a-Blender Day Crème Brulee Day Helen Keller Day Scotch Whisky Day Walk on Stilts Day ________________________________ MORE! Myrtle Lawrence, Frederick Banting, and Marielle Franco, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Frederick Banting, Hilaire Belloc, Lucy Maynard Salmon, Mama Cass Elliot, Marielle Franco, Myrtle Lawrence, Vincent Van Gogh
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TCS: Van Gogh – A Great Fire Burns Within Me
..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
Posted in Art, Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Don McClean, Marilyn Chandler McEntyre, Van Gogh - A Great Fire Burns Within Me, Vincent Van Gogh
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ON THIS DAY: July 26, 2020
July 26 is Americans With Disabilities Day * Bagelfest Day Esperanto Day * One Voice Day * All or Nothing Day Aunt and Uncle Day Coffee Milkshake Day _________________________________ MORE! Emmy Noether, Ibn-e-Safi and Jacinda Ardern, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Ana María Matute, Emmy Noether, George Bernard Shaw, Ibn-e-Safi, Jacinda Ardern, Jun Henmi, Justin Holland
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A Poem for Merry-Go-Round Day
Langston Hughes (1902-1967) was born in Joplin Missouri. American poet-author-playwright, social activist, novelist, and columnist. After working his way to Europe as a ship’s crewman, he spent time in Paris, and London, then returned to the states, spending time in … Continue reading
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Tagged A Poem for Merry-Go-Round Day, Jim Crow, Langston Hughes, Merry-Go-Round, Segregation
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ON THIS DAY: July 25, 2020
July 25 is Culinarians Day * Red Shoe Day * Hire a Veteran Day * Hot Fudge Sundae Day Merry-Go-Round Day Thread the Needle Day ___________________________________ MORE! Josephine Tey, Mohamed Helmy and Iman, click
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Tagged Eric Hoffer, Hawys Gadarn, Iman, Josephine Tey, Masaharu Anesaki, Mohamed Helmy, Pratibha Patil
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