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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: April 9, 2017

Posted on April 9, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 9th is Appomattox Day * Jenkin’s Ear Day * Winston Churchill Day * Cherish an Antique Day Chinese Almond Cookie Day Global Day to End Child Sexual Abuse * National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Charles … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 8, 2017

Posted on April 8, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 8th is Draw A Bird Day * Dog Fighting Awareness Day * Empanada Day International Roma Day * Slow Art Day * Zoo Lovers Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Barbara Bodichon, “Yip” Harburg and Barbara Kingsolver, click

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SUPREME COURT: Imagine if Republicans Had Changed the Rules in 1970

Posted on April 7, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 8, 1970 – The Senate votes on President Richard Nixon’s nomination of G. Harrold Carswell to the Supreme Court. A combination of the high-reversal rate (58%) of his decisions on appeal, his support decades earlier of racial segregation and white … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 7, 2017

Posted on April 7, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 7th is Coffee Cake Day National Beer Day * International Beaver Day * International Snailpapers Day * National Walk to Work Day * World Health Organization Day * Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide * … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: DISINHERITED

Posted on April 7, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In pursuit of poetic history for National Poetry Month, I’ve dipped into the dusty past to look at a poet who was once an international figure in literary circles, but whose work has dwindled in the … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 6, 2017

Posted on April 6, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 6th is Army Day * Caramel Popcorn Day Twinkie Day * New Beers Eve * National Tartan Day * National Teflon Day * National Student Athlete Day * International Day of Sport for Development and Peace *  _______________________________________________________________ MORE! Julius … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 5, 2017

Posted on April 5, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 5th is Caramel Day Go For Broke Day * Deep Dish Pizza Day * Read A Road Map Day National Walking Day * National Day of Hope * Star Trek First Contact Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Thomas Hobbes, Sybil Ludington and Jagjivan … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: April 4, 2017

Posted on April 4, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 4th is Chicken Cordon Bleu Day Vitamin C Day World Rat Day International Day for Mine Awareness & Action National Sexual Assault Awareness & Action Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Francis Drake, Marguerite Duras and Martin Luther King, click

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ON THIS DAY: April 3, 2017

Posted on April 3, 2017 by wordcloud9

April 3rd is Chocolate Mousse Day Find a Rainbow Day Pony Express Day * Tweed Day * World Party Day * Weed Out Hate Day ________________________________________________________________ MORE! Washington Irving, Mathilde Anneke and Oscar Wilde, click

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TCS: Cut Out in Stars – POETRY in Shakespeare’s Plays

Posted on April 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 →

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