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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.

TCS: Ice Capades, Arctic Style

Posted on January 21, 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 a … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: January 20, 2019

Posted on January 20, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 20th is Buttercrunch Day Disc Jockey Day Cheese Lover’s Day Day of Acceptance * Penguin Awareness Day * __________________________________________ MORE! Clarice Cliff, Federico Fellini and Ruchi Sanghvi, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 19, 2019

Posted on January 19, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 19th is Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday * National Neon Patent Day * National Popcorn Day National Tin Can Day * __________________________________________ MORE! Pulcheria, Edgar Allan Poe and Thit Jensen, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 18, 2019

Posted on January 18, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 18th is Gourmet Coffee Day Peking Duck Day Thesaurus Day * Winnie the Pooh Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Peter Roget, Elena Arizmendi and Louis Mantin, click

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Word Cloud: BEGINNINGS (Redux)

Posted on January 18, 2019 by wordcloud9

Originally posted on January 15, 2016 – Revised and expanded by NONA BLYTH CLOUD For there’s more enterprise In walking naked     – William Butler Yeats, “A Coat” ________________________________________________ from A Cloak by Denise Levertov  And I walked naked from the … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: January 17, 2019

Posted on January 17, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 17th is Cable Car Day * Kid Inventors’ Day * Hot Buttered Rum Day Popeye the Sailor Day * International Mentoring Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Ben Franklin, Eartha Kitt and Rangeya Raghaw, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 16, 2019

Posted on January 16, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 16th is Appreciate a Dragon Day * Civil Service Day * Hot and Spicy Food Day National Religious Freedom Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Robert Service, Nel Benschop and Buckminster Fuller, click

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U.S. Religious Freedom Day – Mother Ann Lee and the Shakers in America

Posted on January 16, 2019 by wordcloud9

The Thomas Jefferson statue at Williamsburg, Virginia 1786 – The Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, written by Thomas Jefferson, was signed January 16, 1786, and is commemorated each year on National Religious Freedom Day. Thomas Jefferson’s landmark statute became the basis … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: January 15, 2019

Posted on January 15, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 15th is National Hat Day * Strawberry Ice Cream Day Fresh-Squeezed Juice Day _______________________________________ MORE! Molière, Sylvia Lawler and Martin Luther King, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 14, 2019

Posted on January 14, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 14th is International Kite Day Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day National Ratification Day * Organize Your Home Day _______________________________________ MORE! Berthe Morisot, Judas Mahlangu and Anchee Min, click

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