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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: October 18, 2018

Posted on October 18, 2018 by wordcloud9

October 18th is Alaska Day * Chocolate Cupcake Day No Beard Day Hard-Boiled Detective Day * Rocky Horror Picture Show Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Canaletto, Violeta Chamorro and Min Ko Naing, click

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ON THIS DAY: October 17, 2018

Posted on October 17, 2018 by wordcloud9

October 17th is Black Poetry Day * Mulligan Day * National Fossil Day * National Pasta Day Wear Something Gaudy Day * International Day for the Eradication of Poverty * _________________________________________ MORE! Lý Nam Đế, Elinor Glyn and Luiz Bonfá, click 

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A Poem for Black Poetry Day

Posted on October 17, 2018 by wordcloud9

Coal  by Audre Lorde I Is the total black, being spoken From the earth’s inside. There are many kinds of open. How a diamond comes into a knot of flame How a sound comes into a word, coloured By who … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: October 16, 2018

Posted on October 16, 2018 by wordcloud9

October 16th is National Dictionary Day * National Ether Day * National Feral Day * National Liqueur Day World Food Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Wu Zetian, Noah Webster and Charlotte Brontë, click

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ON THIS DAY: October 15, 2018

Posted on October 15, 2018 by wordcloud9

October 15th is I Love Lucy Day * National Grouch Day * World Students Day * World Maths Day * International Rural Women’s Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Virgil, Lucille Ball and Nelson Mandela, click

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TCS: Autumn Signs and Portents in Shakespeare

Posted on October 15, 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: October 14, 2018

Posted on October 14, 2018 by wordcloud9

October 14th is Be Bald and Free Day National Dessert Day Peace Corps Day * World Standards Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Lillian Gish, e.e. cummings and Katha Pollitt, click

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ON THIS DAY: October 13, 2018

Posted on October 13, 2018 by wordcloud9

October 13th is Fall Astronomy Day  U.S. Navy Birthday * National M&M Day U.N. International Day for Disaster Reduction * Yorkshire Pudding Day _________________________________________ MORE! Mary Kingsley, Arna Bontemps and Mollie Katzen, click

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ON THIS DAY: October 12, 2018

Posted on October 12, 2018 by wordcloud9

October 12th is World Arthritis Day * Old Farmer’s Day * Free Thought Day * Gumbo Day National Savings Day * U.N. Spanish Language Day * _________________________________________ MORE! William Phips, Ding Ling and Dick Gregory, click

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Word Cloud: DARKLING (revisited)

Posted on October 12, 2018 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The long days of summer are a pleasant memory. Now the warm days grow fewer, and the Autumn nights are longer, with winter-chill in the wee hours. It’s the darkling time of year, when we want … Continue reading →

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