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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.

ON THIS DAY: May 13, 2019

Posted on May 13, 2019 by wordcloud9

May 13th is Apple Pie Day Fruit Cocktail Day Frog Jumping Day * Hummus Day Children of Fallen Patriots Day ________________________________ May 13 to 19 is National Public Gardens Week in the U.S. _________________________________ MORE! Inge Lehmann, Bruce Chatwin and  … Continue reading →

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TCS: A Garden Smelling Like Honey and Peace

Posted on May 13, 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 add … Continue reading →

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For Mother’s Day

Posted on May 12, 2019 by wordcloud9

May Sarton (born Eleanore Marie Sarton), was an only child. Her parents fled with their two-year-old daughter from their Belgian homeland when the Germans invaded in 1914, first to Britain, and then on to America. Her father, who was a … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: May 12, 2019

Posted on May 12, 2019 by wordcloud9

May 12th is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day Fibromyalgia Awareness Day Mother’s Day in the U.S. National Limerick Day * Nutty Fudge Day Odometer Day International Nurses’ Day International Women in Mathematics Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Mary Reibey, Gabriel Faure and Maryam … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: May 11, 2019

Posted on May 11, 2019 by wordcloud9

May 11th is Eat What You Want Day Hostess CupCake Day * National Foam Rolling Day * Twilight Zone Day _____________________________________ MORE! Isabelle Bogelot, Salvador Dali and Judith Weir, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 10, 2019

Posted on May 10, 2019 by wordcloud9

May 10th is Clean Up Your Room Day National Lipid Day * National Shrimp Day World Lupus Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Tonita Peña, Mbongeni Ngema and Elena Kagan, click

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Word Cloud: MAYHAPPENSTANCE (Redux)

Posted on May 10, 2019 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD There are over 40 poets on the May birthday list, and I already knew the work of of 27 of them, and the names of several others, before I began to look them up. So May … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: May 9, 2019

Posted on May 9, 2019 by wordcloud9

May 9th is Butterscotch Brownie Day National Sleepover Day World Moscato Wine Day National Lost Sock Memorial Day _____________________________________ MORE! J. M. Barrie, Fay Kanin and John Uzo Ogbu, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 8, 2019

Posted on May 8, 2019 by wordcloud9

May 8th is Coconut Cream Pie Day National Student Nurse Day * World Ovarian Cancer Day * Animal Disaster Preparedness Day World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Margarete Böhme, Romain Gary and Miyoshi Umeki, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 7, 2019

Posted on May 7, 2019 by wordcloud9

May 7th is Beaufort Wind Scale Day Cystinosis Awareness Day * Roast Leg of Lamb Day Cosmopolitan Cocktail Day National Barrier Awareness Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Olympe de Gouges, Gary Cooper and Almudena Grandes, click

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