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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.

TCS: GUMPTION

Posted on June 26, 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: June 25, 2017

Posted on June 25, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 25th is National Catfish Day Color TV Day Global Beatles Day International Day of the Seafarer Please Take My Children to Work Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Antonio Gaudi, Sonia Sotomayor and Ho Chi Minh, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 24, 2017

Posted on June 24, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 24th is Pralines Day Swim a Lap Day International Fairy Day Celebration of the Senses Day * Stonewall National Monument Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Robert the Bruce, Pablo Picasso and Mary Pickford, click 

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ON THIS DAY: June 23, 2017

Posted on June 23, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 23th is National Hydration Day * Plastic Pink Flamingo Day Pecan Sandies Day Take Your Dog to Work Day * UN Public Service Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE!  John Fell, Lena Horne and Alan Turing, click

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Word Cloud: ONYX

Posted on June 23, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I sometimes wonder if what critics condemn in the writers they review are really the motes and beams which blind them in their own work. When reviewer Peter Craft “damns with faint praise” the first published … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 22, 2017

Posted on June 22, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 22nd is Chocolate Éclair Day Journey’s End Day * Onion Rings Day Worldwide VW Beetle Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Wu Zeitan, Giuseppe Mazzini, and George V, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 21, 2017

Posted on June 21, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 21st is Atheist Solidarity Day Daylight Appreciation Day * Day of the Gong * International Day of Yoga * Peaches ‘N’ Cream Day World Make Music Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Jean-Paul Sartre, Mary McCarthy and Benazir Bhutto, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 20, 2017

Posted on June 20, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 20th is American Eagle Day * Kouign Amann Day * Lambrusco Wine Day Vanilla Milkshake Day World Refugee Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Samuel Morse, Lillian Hellman and Virginia Raggi , click

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ON THIS DAY: June 19, 2017

Posted on June 19, 2017 by wordcloud9

June 19th is Cherry Garcia Day * 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 … Continue reading →

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TCS: Thoreau and the Art of the Saunter

Posted on June 19, 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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