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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: August 26, 2017

Posted on August 26, 2017 by wordcloud9

August 26th is National Women’s Equality Day * National Cherry Popsicle Day National Dog Day * International Tongue Twister Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Michelangelo, Zona Gale and Charles de Gaulle, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 25, 2017

Posted on August 25, 2017 by wordcloud9

August 25th is Banana Split Day * Kiss and Make Up Day Whisky Sour Day World Daffodil Day * Park Service Founders Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE!  Galileo, Leonard Bernstein and Dolly Parton, click

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Word Cloud: WORDPLAY

Posted on August 25, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD American schoolchildren now go back to school before Labor Day in a number of school districts in 13 states. Between 1900 and 1990, most U.S. schools had a summer break beginning sometime in June and going … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 24, 2017

Posted on August 24, 2017 by wordcloud9

August 24th is Pluto Demoted Day * Strange Music Day * Vesuvius Day * Waffle Iron Day * William Willberforce Day * Sack Like a Visigoth Day * new! ________________________________________________________________ MORE! William Wilberforce, Jean Rhys and Abbie Hoffman, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 23, 2017

Posted on August 23, 2017 by wordcloud9

August 23rd is Spongecake Day National Ride the Wind Day * Valentino Day * International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade & Its Abolition * ________________________________________________________________ MORE!  Arnold Toynbee, Malvina Reynolds and Mahatma Gandhi, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 22, 2017

Posted on August 22, 2017 by wordcloud9

August 22nd is Be an Angel Day * Eat a Peach Day Pecan Torte Day Tooth Fairy Day National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Claude Debussy, Dorothy Parker and Count Basie, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 21, 2017

Posted on August 21, 2017 by wordcloud9

August 21st is National Senior Citizens Day * National Spumoni Day Sweet Tea Day World P.O.E.T. Day (Piss Off Early Today) ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Aubrey Beardsley, Lili Boulanger and Count Basie, click

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TCS: Tribute to a Soul Full of Wonder on Eclipse Day 2017

Posted on August 21, 2017 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: August 20, 2017

Posted on August 20, 2017 by wordcloud9

August 20th is National Honey Bee Day * Chocolate Pecan Pie Day National Lemonade Day * National Radio Day International Homeless Animals Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Bernardo O’Higgins, Connie Chung and Akira Kurosawa, click

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ON THIS DAY: August 19, 2017

Posted on August 19, 2017 by wordcloud9

August 19th is Coco Chanel Day * National Aviation Day * International Orangutan Day Soft-Serve Ice Cream Day World Honey Bee Day World Humanitarian Day * World Photography Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! John Flamsteed, Coco Chanel and Gene Roddenberry, click

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