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A Poem for the New and Ancient Math
“It is impossible to be a mathematician without being a poet in soul.” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . – Sonya Kovalevsky “Naomi Shihab Nye is an American, … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged A Poem for the New and Ancient Math, Before I was a Gazan, Bill Moyers, Middle East, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sonya Kovalevsky, The Gaza Strip
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A Poem for Absinthe Day
Absinthe gained quite an unsavory reputation in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Its high alcohol content (90 proof or higher) combined with its popularity among adherents of bohemianism, especially artists and writers in Paris, led to its condemnation … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Prohibition
Tagged Absinthe, Bohemianism, fin-de-siècle Paris, Marie Corelli, the green fairy, thujone
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ON THIS DAY: March 5, 2019
March 5th is Absinthe Day * Cheese Doodle Day Mercator Day * Pancake Day __________________________________________ MORE! Dora Marsden, Annie Oakley and Letizia Battaglia, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Annie Oakley, Dora Marsden, Letizia Battaglia, Louise Pearce, Lynn Margulis, Oh Eun-sun, Rosa Luxemburg
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ON THIS DAY: March 4, 2019
March 4th is Pound Cake Day Marching Band Day National Grammar Day * Toy Soldier Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Pearl White, Miriam Makeba and Jean O’Leary, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Jean O’Leary, Lynn Sherr, Margaret D. Foster, Marguerite Taos Amrouche, Miriam Makeba, Pearl White, Rebecca Gratz
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TCS: Try to Remember
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 a … Continue reading
Posted in Dogs, Music, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Edmond Rostand, Fernando Pessoa, Harvey Schmidt and Tom Jones, TCS, The Fantasticks, Try to Remember, William Shakespeare - As You Like It
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ON THIS DAY: March 3, 2019
March 3rd is Sun Day Mulled Wine Day World Hearing Day * World Press Freedom Day (UN) World Wildlife Day * What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day __________________________________________ MORE! Elisabeth Abegg, Sameera Moussa and Myra Sadker, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Beatrice Wood, Elisabeth Abegg, Hattie Winston, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Myra Sadker, Sameera Moussa
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ON THIS DAY: March 2, 2019
March 2nd is Banana Cream Pie Day Dr. Seuss Day * NEA’s Read Across America Day * National Speech & Debate Education Day * Old Stuff Day __________________________________________ MORE! Susanna Salter, Grete Hermann and Ann Leckie, click
ON THIS DAY: March 1, 2019
March 1st is UN Zero Discrimination Day * Peanut Butter Lover’s Day World Civil Defense Day * Horse Protection Day National Pig Day * Black Women in Jazz & the Arts Day March is National Women’s History Month in the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Javiera Carrera, Lupita Nyong'o, Merlie Evers-Williams, Sarah Vaughn
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Word Cloud: SKIN (REDUX – Women’s History Month)
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Skin is the largest organ of the human body, the envelope that keeps everything else together. It’s also a map that tells strangers something about who we are, like our approximate age, and the kind of … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged apartheid, Australian-Ghanian, Chiwoniso Maraire, Keorapetse Kgositsile, Philippa Yaa de Villiers, Skin, South Africa, Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
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