Monthly Archives: August 2020

ON THIS DAY: August 25, 2020

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August 25th is Banana Split Day * Kiss and Make Up Day Whisky Sour Day Park Service Founders Day * _________________________ MORE! Althea Gibson, Harry Truman and Taslima Nasrin, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 24, 2020

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August 24th is Pluto Demoted Day * Sack Like a Visigoth Day * Strange Music Day * Vesuvius Day * William Wilberforce Day * _________________________________ MORE! Edith Sampson, Stephen Fry and Ava Du Vernay, click

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TCS: Something Disappearing as We Say Its Name

Posted on August 24, 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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ON THIS DAY: August 23, 2020

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August 23rd is International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & its Abolition * Ride the Wind Day * Spongecake Day Valentino Day * _________________________________ MORE! Nazik Al-Malaika, Frank Capra and Halimah Yacob, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 22, 2020

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August 22nd is Be an Angel Day * Eat a Peach Day Pecan Torte Day Tooth Fairy Day Take Your Cat to the Vet Day _________________________________ MORE! Dorothy Parker, Ray Bradbury and Althea Gibson, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 21, 2020

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August 21st is Senior Citizens Day * National Spumoni Day Sweet Tea Day World P.O.E.T. Day(Aussie slang: Piss Off Early Today) ________________________________ MORE! Nat Turner, Lili Boulanger and Count Basie, click

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Word Cloud: SWELTERING

Posted on August 21, 2020 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I don’t know what the weather is like where you are, but here, it’s too hot for serious poetry. So let’s take a look at some playful verse. It’s not too surprising that most funny poems … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 20, 2020

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August 20th is Chocolate Pecan Pie Day National Lemonade Day * National Radio Day World Mosquito Day * ________________________________ MORE! ‘Noni’ Jabavu, Akira Kurosawa and Connie Chung, click

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A Poem for International Orangutan Day

Posted on August 19, 2020 by wordcloud9

Both the endangered Bornean orangutan and the critically endangered Sumatran orangutan are in need of urgent help. Their habitats are being destroyed. For International Orangutan Day, the Orangutan Foundation posted a poem by one of their youngest supporters. ___________________________ To … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 19, 2020

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August 19th is International Orangutan Day National Aviation Day * Coco Chanel Day * Soft-Serve Ice Cream Day World Humanitarian Day * World Photography Day ______________________________ MORE! Mary Ellen Pleasant, Joaquim Nabuco and Patricia Scotland, click

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