Monthly Archives: July 2020

ON THIS DAY: July 24, 2020

July 24 is Cousins Day Drive-Thru Day Tell an Old Joke Day National Tequila Day Thermal Engineer Day * _____________________________________ MORE! AliceBall, Hiram Bingham and Bella Abzug, click

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Word Cloud: SLOW-BURNING

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Poetry covers everything. If it ever was, or somebody dreamed it happened, or if somebody felt it happen, then there’s a poem about somewhere. But in these hard times, I’ve been searching for the answers to … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: July 23, 2020

July 23rd is Gorgeous Grandma Day * Hot Enough for Ya Day National Vanilla Ice Cream Day International Yada, Yada, Yada Day __________________________________ MORE! Te Atairangikaahu, Bob Dylan and Judit Polgár, click

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ON THIS DAY: July 22, 2020

July 22nd is Casual Pi Day/22-7 Lion’s Share Day Hammock Day Penuche Fudge Day Spoonerism Day * Summer Leisure Day _________________________________ MORE! Emma Lazarus, Edward Hopper and Ece Temelkuran, click

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ON THIS DAY: July 21, 2020

July 21st is ASPCA No Pet Store Puppies Day Crème Brûlée Day Legal Drinking Age Day National Junk Food Day Lowest Recorded Temperature Day * _________________________________ MORE! Buchi Emecheta, Robin Williams and Althea Gibson, click

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ON THIS DAY: July 20, 2020

July 20th is National Lollipop Day National Moon Day * Space Exploration Day Ugly Truck Day World Jump Day International Chess Day * ______________________________________ MORE! Simin Behbahani, Cormac McCarthy and Diana Rigg, click

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TCS: Watchers of the Moon

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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ON THIS DAY: July 19, 2020

July 19th is Daiquiri Day Robin Hood Day * Seneca Falls Opening Day * Stick Out Your Tongue Day ___________________________ MORE! Lucretia Mott, Charles Mayo and Balamani Amma, click

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A Poem for World Listening Day

“If speaking is silver, then listening is gold.” — Turkish Proverb “To listen fully means to pay close attention to what is being said beneath the words. You listen not only to the ‘music,’ but to the essence of the person … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: July 18, 2020

July 18th is Caviar Day Sour Candy Day World Listening Day Nelson Mandela International Day __________________________________ MORE! Pauline Viardot, Clifford Odets and Martha Reeves, click

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