Author Archives: wordcloud9

Unknown's avatar

About wordcloud9

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: July 3, 2017

Posted on July 3, 2017 by wordcloud9

July 3rd is: Chocolate Wafer Day Disobedience Day Fried Clam Day Stay Out of the Sun Day International Plastic Bag Free Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Nicolas de Condorcet, Franz Kafka and M.F.K. Fisher, click

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: July 3, 2017

TCS: Feminism FOR MEN – in 1914

Posted on July 3, 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 →

Posted in The Coffee Shop | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 24 Comments

ON THIS DAY: July 2, 2017

Posted on July 2, 2017 by wordcloud9

July 2nd is: Anisette Liqueur Day I Forgot Day  World UFO Day * Salvation Army Founders Day * Second Half of the Year Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Christoph Gluck, Wisława Szymborska and Noel Coward, click 

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

ON THIS DAY: July 1, 2017

Posted on July 1, 2017 by wordcloud9

July 1st is: Gingersnap Day Hop-a-Park-Day International Joke Day U.S. Postage Stamp Day U.S. Zip Code Day * National Postal Worker Day * Creative Ice Cream Flavors Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! George Sand, James M. Cain and Amy Johnson, click

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

ON THIS DAY: June 30, 2017

Posted on June 30, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 30th is: Mai Tai Day Meteor Watch Day * Social Media Day * California Avocado Day * Leap Second Time Adjustment Day National Handshake Day National Organization for Women Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Joseph Hooker, Assia Djebar and Esa-Pekka Salonen, click

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | 32 Comments

Word Cloud: EXTRAVAGANT

Posted on June 30, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD There is just a breath of Purtianism lurking in most American poetry. We admire the winnowing of excess words, the spareness of poets like Frost and Sandburg and the prose of Hemingway and Steinbeck. American poets … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Syria, Word Cloud | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

ON THIS DAY: June 29, 2017

Posted on June 29, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 29th is: Almond Buttercrunch Day Handshake Day International Mud Day * National Camera Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! George E. Hale, Kazue Togasaki and Mikhail Baryshnikov, click

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

ON THIS DAY: June 28, 2017

Posted on June 28, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 28th is: Paul Bunyan Day Tapioca Day Parchment Cooking Day International Body Piercing Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Adolphe Sax, Gilda Radner and Nelson Mandela, click

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

ON THIS DAY: June 27, 2017

Posted on June 27, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 27th is Industrial Workers of the World Day * National Orange Blossom Day National Sunglasses Day * National HIV Testing Day * National PTSD Awareness Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Alexis Bouvard, Emma Goldman and Joshua Slocum, click

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: June 27, 2017

ON THIS DAY: June 26, 2017

Posted on June 26, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 26th is Beautician’s Day National Canoe Day Chocolate Pudding Day Same Sex Marriage Day * International Day in Support of Victims of Torture * International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Tiberius, Shirley Jackson and The … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Holidays | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: June 26, 2017