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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: REQUIEM

Posted on June 28, 2019 by wordcloud9

NOTE: This was originally posted July 1, 2016. With the daily news here in the U.S. of families seeking asylum being separated, children sleeping on concrete floors under glaring lights all night, without soap, or a toothbrush, or even a … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 27, 2019

Posted on June 27, 2019 by wordcloud9

June 27th is Industrial Workers of the World Day * National HIV Testing Day * National Orange Blossom Day National Sunglasses Day * National PTSD Awareness Day * ____________________________________ MORE! Emma Goldman, Joshua Slocum and Margaret Ekpo, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 26, 2019

Posted on June 26, 2019 by wordcloud9

June 26th is International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking * International Day in Support of Victims of Torture * Beautician’s Day National Canoe Day Chocolate Pudding Day Same Sex Marriage Day * __________________________________ MORE! Sunthorn Phu, Margarite Pindling and … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 25, 2019

Posted on June 25, 2019 by wordcloud9

June 25th is National Catfish Day Color TV Day * Global Beatles Day Strawberry Parfait Day World Vitiligo Day * International Day of the Seafarer ______________________________________ MORE! Rose O’Neill, Ho Chi Minh and Nisha Ganatra, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 24, 2019

Posted on June 24, 2019 by wordcloud9

June 24th is Celebration of the Senses Day * Pralines Day Swim a Lap Day International Fairy Day _____________________________________ MORE! Anita Desai, Hopalong Cassidy and Mindy Kaling, click

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TCS: History Within Breathing Distance

Posted on June 24, 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 23, 2019

Posted on June 23, 2019 by wordcloud9

June 23th is National Hydration Day * Plastic Pink Flamingo Day * Pecan Sandies Day UN Public Service Day * International Widows Day * International Women in Engineering Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Verena Holmes, Jean Anouilh and Wilma Rudolph, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 22, 2019

Posted on June 22, 2019 by wordcloud9

June 22nd is Chocolate Éclair Day Journey’s End Day * Onion Rings Day Worldwide VW Beetle Day * World Rainforests Day _________________________________________ MORE! H. Rider Haggard, Mei Zhi and Joe Papp, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 21, 2019

Posted on June 21, 2019 by wordcloud9

June 21st is World Make Music Day * Atheist Solidarity Day Daylight Appreciation Day * Day of the Gong * Go Skateboarding Day International Yoga Day * National Seashell Day Peaches ‘N’ Cream Day World Humanist Day UN World Hydrography … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: ONYX (Redux)

Posted on June 21, 2019 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I sometimes wonder if what critics condemn in the writers they review are really the motes and beams which blind them in their own work. When reviewer Peter Craft “damns with faint praise” the first published … Continue reading →

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