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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: EXTRAVAGANT (Redux for Poetry Month)

Posted on April 12, 2019 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD There is just a breath of Purtianism lurking in most American poetry. We admire the winnowing of excess words, the spareness of poets like Frost and Sandburg and the prose of Hemingway and Steinbeck. American poets … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 11, 2019

Posted on April 11, 2019 by wordcloud9

April 11th is Barbershop Quartet Day International “Louie Louie” Day * Cheese Fondue Day U.S. Submarine Day * World Parkinson’s Disease Day * ______________________________________ MORE! Christopher Smart, Misuzu Kaneko and Leo Rosten, click

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ON THIS DAY: April 10, 2019

Posted on April 10, 2019 by wordcloud9

April 10th is Encourage a Young Writer Day * ASPCA Day * Golfer’s Day * International Safety Pin Day * International Siblings Day * National Farm Animals Day * ___________________________________ MORE! William Hazlett, Dolores Huerta and Nat King Cole, click

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ON THIS DAY: April 9, 2019

Posted on April 9, 2019 by wordcloud9

April 9th is Appomattox Day * Jenkin’s Ear Day * Winston Churchill Day * Chinese Almond Cookie Day Cherish an Antique Day Chicken Little Awareness Day National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Emily Hobhouse, Paul Robeson … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 8, 2019

Posted on April 8, 2019 by wordcloud9

April 8th is All is Ours Day Draw A Bird Day * Dog Fighting Awareness Day * National Empanada Day International Romani Day * Zoo Lovers Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Mozart, Pancha Carrasco and Ernest Childers, click

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TCS: This Whole Experiment of Green

Posted on April 8, 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 … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 7, 2019

Posted on April 7, 2019 by wordcloud9

April 7th is Coffee Cake Day National Beer Day * International Beaver Day * International Snailpapers Day * World Health (Organization) Day * Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide * __________________________________ MORE! William Wordsworth, Gabriela Mistral … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 6, 2019

Posted on April 6, 2019 by wordcloud9

April 6th is Army Day * Twinkie Day * New Beers Eve * National Tartan Day * National Teflon Day * National Student Athlete Day * International Day of Sport for Development and Peace __________________________________ MORE! Raphael, Celestina Cordero and … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 5, 2019

Posted on April 5, 2019 by wordcloud9

April 5th is Caramel Day Read A Road Map Day Gold Star Spouses Day * Deep Dish Pizza Day * Go For Broke Day * Star Trek First Contact Day * __________________________________ MORE! A. P. Mda, Miet Smet and Jomo … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: DIGGER (Redux – National Poetry Month)

Posted on April 5, 2019 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD April is a good month for poetry-lovers. Just a partial list of April’s birthdays includes: Edmond Rostand, Maya Angelou, Algernon Charles Swinburne, William Wordsworth, Louise Gluck, Charlotte Brontë, Robert Penn Warren, Walter del la Mare, Ted … Continue reading →

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