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ON THIS DAY: March 25, 2017
March 25th is Earth Hour Day * Pecan Day * Tolkien Reading Day * World Endometriosis Day National Medal of Honor Day * National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy * International Day of Solidarity with Detained and … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: March 24, 2017
March 24th is International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for Dignity of Victims Chocolate Covered Raisins Day Red Nose Day * World Tuberculosis Day * _______________________________________________________________ MORE! Matilda Joslyn Gage, Isabel Perón and Halle Berry, … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Halle Berry, Isabel Perón, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Wesley Powell, Matilda Joslyn Gage, Tamerlane, William Morris
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Word Cloud: CONTRARY
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD ‘Light Verse’ – one of those labels like ‘children’s book’ that makes a many people assume a writer’s work is not quite good enough to be called poetry or literature. But labels, like the covers of books, are far … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged CONTRARY, Larchmont NY, Mad Men, Phyllis McGinley, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, Second Wave Feminism, Suburbia, The New Yorker magazine, Women's History Month
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ON THIS DAY: March 23, 2017
March 23rd is Chip and Dip Day National Puppy Day * National Chia Day OK Day World Meteorological Day * _______________________________________________________________ MORE! Fannie Farmer, Emmy Noethe and Helene Hale, click
WORLD POETRY DAY: A Billy Collins Poem
It’s World Poetry Day again. Even if you think you don’t like poetry, I’m betting that you will like Billy Collins. ________________________________________________________________ Here’s a poem he wrote about what he’d like people to get out of his poems, and what … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry
Tagged Billy Collins, Introduction to Poetry, U.S. Poet Laureate, World Poetry Day
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ON THIS DAY: March 21, 2017
March 21st is International Day of Forests * Common Courtesy Day French Bread Day National Memory Day Single Parent Day * Twitter Day * World Poetry Day * World Down Syndrome Day * International Day for the Elimination of Racial … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Antonia Maury, Benito Juárez, Kate Smith, Madonna, Mary Dixon Kies, Nizar Qabbani, Phyllis McGinley
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ON THIS DAY: March 20, 2017
March 20th is Alien Abduction Day * Atheist Pride Day Proposal Day Ravioli Day UN French Language Day * World Storytelling Day * Won’t You Be My Neighbor Day * Great American Meat Out Day * World Day of Theatre … Continue reading
TCS: You Got to Have Friends
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 Short Video, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Bette Midler, Big Cats, John Lennon, Pangolins, Wildlife Photography, You Got to Have Friends
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ON THIS DAY: March 19, 2017
March 19th is National Certified Nurses Day * Chocolate Caramel Day Deskfast Day * Let’s Laugh Day Oatmeal Cookie Day National Poultry Day International Read to Me Day ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Minna Canth, Minnie Fisher Cunningham and Mary Tyler Moore, click
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