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Nona Blyth Cloud has lived and worked in the Los Angeles area for over 50 years, spending much of that time commuting on the 405 Freeway. After Hollywood failed to appreciate her genius for acting and directing, she began a second career managing non-profits, from which she has retired. Nona has now resumed writing whatever comes into her head, instead of reports and pleas for funding. She lives in a small house overrun by books with her wonderful husband.

Word Cloud: Flutterbys (Redux)

Posted on July 5, 2019 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Summer has filled her veins with light and her heart is washed with noon.  – C. Day Lewis We are in deep summer now in the Northern Hemisphere. Summer brings abundance and sunlit hours that give … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 4, 2019

Posted on July 4, 2019 by wordcloud9

July 4th is: Happy U.S. Independence Day! Barbecued Spareribs Day Caesar Salad Day Country Music Day Sidewalk Egg Frying Day  Independence from Meat Day _____________________________________ MORE! Pilar Barbosa, Manolete and Sonia Pierre, click

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Poem for the 4th of July, 2019

Posted on July 4, 2019 by wordcloud9

Archibald MacLeish (1892-1982) is probably most remembered for his play J.B. He spent some time in and out of the writing life, as a lawyer, an ambulance driver in WWI, an Ivy League professor, and, at the request of President Franklin Roosevelt, as … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 3, 2019

Posted on July 3, 2019 by wordcloud9

July 3rd is: Chocolate Wafer Day Disobedience Day Fried Clam Day Stay Out of the Sun Day International Plastic Bag Free Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Franz Kafka, M.F.K. Fisher and Tom Stoppard, click

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ON THIS DAY: July 2, 2019

Posted on July 2, 2019 by wordcloud9

July 2nd is: Anisette Liqueur Day I Forgot Day World UFO Day * Salvation Army Founding Day * 2nd Half of the Non-Leap Year Day ______________________________________ MORE! Lily Braun, Thurgood Marshall and Ivi Eenmaa, click

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ON THIS DAY: July 1, 2019

Posted on July 1, 2019 by wordcloud9

July 1st is: Gingersnap Day International Joke Day Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day National Postal Workers Day * U.S. Postage Stamp and Zip Code Days * ____________________________________ MORE! Amber Reeves, Louis Bleriot and Ela Gandhi, click

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TCS: Poems for Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day

Posted on July 1, 2019 by wordcloud9

. .  Good Morning! ___________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 30, 2019

Posted on June 30, 2019 by wordcloud9

June 30th is: Asteroid Day/ Meteor Watch Day * Disabled Veterans Day Mai Tai Day Social Media Day * National Organization for Women Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Harold Laski, Assia Djebar and Esa-Pekka Salonen, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 29, 2019

Posted on June 29, 2019 by wordcloud9

June 29th is: Almond Buttercrunch Day Camera Day Waffle Iron Day World Scleroderma Day * International Mud Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Julia Lathrop, Paul Klee and  Ellen Kuzwayo, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 28, 2019

Posted on June 28, 2019 by wordcloud9

June 28th is: Tau Day * Paul Bunyan Day Tapioca Day International Body Piercing Day Stonewall Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Clara Maass, Ashley Montague and Amira Hass, click

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