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A Poem for Mother’s Day
Thanking My Mother for Piano Lessons by Diane Wakowski The relief of putting your fingers on the keyboard, as if you were walking on the beach and found a diamond as big as a shoe; as if you had just … Continue reading
Posted in Holidays, Poetry
Tagged Diane Wakoski, Emerald Ice, Mothers Day, Thanking My Mother for Piano Lessons
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ON THIS DAY: May 13, 2018
May 13th is Apple Pie Day Frog Jumping Day * National Windmill Day World Belly Dance Day Armed Forces Day Crossband Military/Amateur Radio Communications Test * _________________________________________ MORE! Arthur Sullivan, Linda Gilbert and Igor Sikorsky, click
ON THIS DAY: May 12, 2018
May 12th is Animal Disaster Preparedness Day * Chronic Fatigue Syndrome Day Nutty Fudge Day Odometer Day International Nurses’ Day Fibromyalgia Awareness Day National Limerick Day _________________________________________ MORE! Edward Lear, Kate Hepburn and Farley Mowat, click
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Tagged Edward Lear, Farley Mowat, George Carlin, Katherine Hepburn, Mary H. Reibey, Matilda Coxe Stevenson, William Wilberforce
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ON THIS DAY: May 11, 2018
May 11th is Eat What You Want Day Hostess CupCake Day * Public Gardens Day * Twilight Zone Day _________________________________________ MORE! Irving Berlin, Martha Graham and Salvador Dali, click
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Tagged Alma Gluck, Irving Berlin, Laskarina Bouboulina, Martha Graham, Richard Feynman, Salvador Dali, William Grant Still
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Word Cloud: CONVERGENCE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Writing a weekly column about poetry is sometimes frustrating. It’s a subject that so many people in my country find “irrelevant” to Modern Life. But if three contestants in this week’s Jeopardy! Teachers’ Tournament had been … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: May 10, 2018
May 10th is National Shrimp Day World Lupus Day * World Migratory Bird Day * __________________________________________ MORE! Max Steiner, Tonita Peña and Elena Kagan, click
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Tagged Ariel Durant, Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, Elena Kagan, Eric Clapton, Ernest Shackleton, Max Steiner, Tonita Peña
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ON THIS DAY: May 8, 2018
May 8th is World Ovarian Cancer Day * Coconut Cream Pie Day National Student Nurse Day * World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day * Time of Remembrance & Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the 2nd World … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Antoine Lavoisier, Edward Gibbon, Girija Devi, Harry S Truman, Henry Dunant, Mary Lou Williams, Miyoshi Umeki
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ON THIS DAY: May 7, 2018
May 7th is Roast Leg of Lamb Day Cosmopolitan Cocktail Day National Barrier Awareness Day * National Library Legislative Day * _________________________________________ MORE! David Hume, Anne Dudley and Edvard Munch, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Amy Heckerling, Anne Dudley, David Hume, Edvard Munch, Gary Cooper, Kristina M. Johnson, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
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TCS: Street of Memories
Good Morning! ________________________________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings. TCS is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ________________________________________________ “The town was paper, but … Continue reading
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