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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: Ogden Nash and ‘The Common Cold’

Posted on December 3, 2018 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: December 2, 2018

Posted on December 2, 2018 by wordcloud9

December 2nd is National Fritters Day National Mutt Day II * Safety Razor Day Special Education Day * International Day for the Abolition of Slavery * _______________________________________ MORE! Harriet Cohen, Pu Yi and Maria Callas, click

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ON THIS DAY: December 1, 2018

Posted on December 1, 2018 by wordcloud9

December 1st is Antarctica Day * Civil Air Patrol Day * Day With(out) Art * Eat a Red Apple Day National Fried Pie Day World AIDS Awareness Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Anna Komnene, Rex Stout and Marie Bashir, click

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ON THIS DAY: November 30, 2018

Posted on November 30, 2018 by wordcloud9

November 30th is Cities for Life Day * Computer Security Day * Mason Jar Day * National Mousse Day _______________________________________ MORE! Mark Twain, Takako Doi and U Thant, click

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Word Cloud: EARTHDRUM

Posted on November 30, 2018 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD For this final day of Native American Heritage Month, I offer you some poems by Joseph Bruchac (1942 –)  an Abenaki poet, storyteller and editor who won a Cherokee Nation Prose Award, the Hope S. Dean Award for … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: November 29, 2018

Posted on November 29, 2018 by wordcloud9

November 29th is Electronic Greetings Day National Square Dance Day National Lemon Cream Pie Day International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People * _______________________________________ MORE! Gertrude Jekyll, C.S. Lewis and Afet İnan, click

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ON THIS DAY: November 28, 2018

Posted on November 28, 2018 by wordcloud9

November 28th is French Toast Day Red Planet Day * Talking Leaves Day * _______________________________________  MORE! Skanderbeg, Gladys Kokorwe and John Lennon, click

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ON THIS DAY: November 27, 2018

Posted on November 27, 2018 by wordcloud9

November 27th is American Statistics Day * Bavarian Cream Pie Day International CARE Day * Pins and Needles Day * World Day of Giving * ____________________________________________ MORE! Anders Celsius, Fanny Kemble and ‘Dadasaheb’, click

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ON THIS DAY: November 26, 2018

Posted on November 26, 2018 by wordcloud9

November 26th is Cider Monday Cyber Monday National Cake Day _______________________________________ MORE! Johannes Bach, Inge King and Xavier Cugat, click

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TCS: BREVITY is the Soul of Wit

Posted on November 26, 2018 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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