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Monthly Archives: September 2020
ON THIS DAY: September 30, 2020
September 30th is Ask a Stupid Question Day Hot Mulled Cider Day Chewing Gum Day National Mud Pack Day International Translation Day * _________________________________ MORE! Thelma Terry, Cesar Chavez and Cecile Richards, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Cecile Richards, Cesar Chavez, Laura Esquivel, Leticia Ramos-Shahani, Rumi, Thelma Terry, W.S. Merwin
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A Prose Poem in Honor of International Coffee Day
Ron Padgett (1942 – ) American poet, essayist, fiction writer, and translator. His first collection, a mix of poetry and prose called Bean Spasms, was written with Ted Berrigan, and published in 1972. Padgett has since produced over 20 collections of … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: September 28, 2020
September 28th is Freedom from Hunger Day * Drink a Beer Day National Good Neighbor Day * Strawberry Cream Pie Day World Rabies Awareness Day * International Right to Know Day * ___________________________________ MORE! Isis Pogson, Victor Jara and Sheikh … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Confucius, Isis Pogson, Mercy Manci, Naga Munchetty, Sheikh Hasina Wazed, Victor Jara, Wenceslao Q. Vinzons
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TCS: So With My Neighbor I Rejoice – Good Neighbor Day
. . .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 … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Adélia Prado, Benjamin Franklin, Fred Rogers, Helen Dunmore, Robert Service, Rudyard Kipling, So With My Neighbor I Rejoice - Good Neighbor Day, TCS
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ON THIS DAY: September 27, 2020
September 27th is Ancestor Appreciation Day Chocolate Milk Day Crush A Can Day (recycle) World Tourism Day * Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Grazia Deledda, Bud Powell and Fatema Mernissi, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Artie Shaw, Benjamin Franklin, Bud Powell, Fatema Mernissi, Grazia Deledda, Minnie Vautrin, Rachel Carson
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ON THIS DAY: September 26, 2020
September 26th is Johnny Appleseed Day * Lumberjack Pancake Day * World Contraception Day * U.N. International Day for TotalElimination of Nuclear Weapons* _____________________________________ MORE! Matilde Camus, Albert Einstein and Bessie Smith, click
ON THIS DAY: September 25, 2020
September 25 is First Comic Book Day * One-Hit Wonder Day World Dream Day * National Quesadilla Day National Psychotherapy Day * Research Administrators Day Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims * _________________________________ MORE! Lilian Ngoyi, Shel Silverstein and Doris … Continue reading
Word Cloud: EARTH
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Religion and Science — two different approaches to the questions, How Does Stuff Work? and Why Do Things Happen? When you start with the same questions, you often uncover similar answers. The Elements, for example. The “basic four”— … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: September 24, 2020
September 24 is Bluebird of Happiness Day Cherries Jubilee Day * Punctuation Day * _______________________________ MORE! Frances Harper, Jim Henson and Baleka Mbete, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged A.P. Herbert, Baleka Mbete, Esther Eng, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Frances Watkins Harper, Jim Henson, Shamim Sarif
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