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International Polar Bear Day 2021
February 27th is International Polar Bear Day, and polar bears are under threat because of the melting ice caps. But they are far from the only animals we are in danger of losing. Jackie Kay (1961 – ) is a … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Climate Crisis, Extinction, Jackie Kay, Polar Bears
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TCS: Connected By Love and A Leash
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. ______________________________ “I care not for … Continue reading
Two Views of the Celestial Spheres
This engraving by an unknown artist is called Empedocles Breaks through the Crystal Spheres. It first appeared in 1888 in a book by Camille Flammarion with the caption: “A missionary of the Middle Ages tells that he had found the point where … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Poetry, Science
Tagged George Santayana, Nicolaus Copernicus, Two Views of the Celestial Spheres
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A Poem for Pluto Day
Pluto is as far across as Manhattan to Miami, but its atmosphere is bigger than the Earth’s. – Alan Stern, American planetary scientist On February 18, 1930, the planet Pluto was discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, at Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff … Continue reading
A Poem for National Almond Day
February 16 is National Almond Day. English author D.H. Lawrence (1885-1930) is far more famous for his novels, especially Lady Chatterley’s Lover, which was considered quite shocking. It was first published privately in 1928 in Italy, and in 1929 in … Continue reading
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Tagged Almond Blossom, D.H. Lawrence, National Almond Day
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TCS: In Their Own Words – Presidents Day 2021
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. ______________________________ “Speech is power: speech … Continue reading
Posted in American History, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, In Their Own Words - Presidents Day 2021, Presidents' Day, TCS
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If You’re Cynical About Valentine’s Day – This is For You
I went into marriage at age 34, after a long series of failed relationships — but I have never been more certain that it was absolutely the right choice, because it took all those failures to teach me what to value in … Continue reading
A Poem for the Lunar New Year
Lynda Hull (1954-1994), American Poet; as a teenager, she ran away from home. For the next several years, Hull lived in various Chinatowns across North America and married a Chinese immigrant. After reconnecting with her family in the early 1980s, … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Poetry
Tagged A Poem for the Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year, Lynda Hull
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Umbrella Day
Today is Umbrella Day, because on February 10, 1899, John Warren filed a patent for an improved folding umbrella. Of course, in searching for poems about umbrellas, I found a huge amount of dreadful poetry, but very few poems, good or … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Brollies, Jack Prelutsky, Marion Rankine, Prose, Umbrella Day, Umbrellas
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