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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: June 19, 2018

Posted on June 19, 2018 by wordcloud9

June 19th is Garfield the Cat Day * National Watch Day National Martini Day Sauntering Day * World Sickle Cell Day * International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict * _________________________________________ MORE! Blaise Pascal, Laura Hobson and Abe Fortas, … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 18, 2018

Posted on June 18, 2018 by wordcloud9

June 18th is Autistic Pride Day * Go Fishing Day International Sushi Day * International Picnic Day National Splurge Day Sustainable Gastronomy Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Li Yuan, Susan B. Anthony and Gamal Nasser , click

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TCS: Talking With Trees

Posted on June 18, 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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A Poem for Fathers’ Day

Posted on June 17, 2018 by wordcloud9

Those Winter Sundays by Robert Hayden Sundays too my father got up early and put his clothes on in the blueblack cold, then with cracked hands that ached from labor in the weekday weather made banked fires blaze. No one … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 17, 2018

Posted on June 17, 2018 by wordcloud9

June 17th is Fathers’ Day Apple Strudel Day Eat Your Vegetables Day World Tesselation Day * World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought * _________________________________________ MORE! John Kay, Susan B. Anthony and M.C. Escher, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 16, 2018

Posted on June 16, 2018 by wordcloud9

June 16th is National Fudge Day World Sea Turtle Day * International Day of the African Child * _________________________________________ MORE! Camille Corot, Kay Graham and J.D. Salinger, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 15, 2018

Posted on June 15, 2018 by wordcloud9

June 15th is Lobster Day Global Wind Day * Magna Carta Day * Nature Photography Day * World Elder Abuse Awareness Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Benjamin Franklin, Margaret Abbott and Mario Cuomo, click

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Word Cloud: SUMMER-LONG

Posted on June 15, 2018 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD While Memorial Day has become the unofficial start of summer for Americans, the actual start of the season here in the Northern Hemisphere is the Summer Solstice.  The Solstice this year began at 6:07 AM, U.S. … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 14, 2018

Posted on June 14, 2018 by wordcloud9

June 14th is National Bourbon Day International Bath Day * Strawberry Shortcake Day UN World Blood Donor Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Charles Babbage, Margaret Bourke-White and Archimedes, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 13, 2018

Posted on June 13, 2018 by wordcloud9

June 13th is International Albinism Awareness Day * Cupcake Lover’s Day Random Acts of Light Day * Sewing Machine Day * Weed Your Garden Day Kitchen Klutzes of America Day _________________________________________ MORE! Ibn Battuta, Fanny Burney and Thurgood Marshall, click

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