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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: January 24, 2017

Posted on January 24, 2017 by wordcloud9

January 24th is Cell Phone Recycling Day * Peanut Butter Day Belly Laugh Day Eskimo Pie Day * Compliment Day Lobster Thermidor Day ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Frederick the Great, Marguerite Durand and Thurgood Marshall, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 23, 2017

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January 23rd is Handwriting Day National Pie Day * Snowplow Mailbox Hockey Day Into the Deep Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Charles Curtis, Gertrude Elion and Derek Walcott, click

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TCS: Old Friends and Ghosts Who Are With Us Yet

Posted on January 23, 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: January 22, 2017

Posted on January 22, 2017 by wordcloud9

January 22nd is Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day Blonde Brownie Day National Hot Sauce Day * Southern Food Day Roe v Wade Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Shah Jahan, Elizabeth Blackwell and  Gertrude B. Elion, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 21, 2017

Posted on January 21, 2017 by wordcloud9

January 21st is Granola Bar Day Squirrel Appreciation Day * Hugging Day *                                                       … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: January 20, 2017

Posted on January 20, 2017 by wordcloud9

January 20th is Buttercrunch Day Cheese Lover’s Day Day of Acceptance * Disc Jockey Day Inauguration Day Penguin Awareness Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE!  John Marshall,  Crystal Eastman and Felix Frankfurter, click

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Word Cloud: ODYSSEY

Posted on January 20, 2017 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Jane Kenyon (1947-1995)  made a long journey in a short life, before she died from leukemia a month and a day before her 48th birthday. In the years prior to her death, she published four volumes of … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: January 19, 2017

Posted on January 19, 2017 by wordcloud9

January 19th is National Neon Day * Popcorn Day Tin Can Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Edgar Allan Poe, Janis Joplin and Yasser Arafat, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 18, 2017

Posted on January 18, 2017 by wordcloud9

January 18th is Gourmet Coffee Day Peking Duck Day Thesaurus Day * Winnie the Pooh Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE!  Damaris Cudworth Masham, Thomas Sopwith, and Walter Winchell, click

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ON THIS DAY: January 17, 2017

Posted on January 17, 2017 by wordcloud9

January 17th is Cable Car Day * Kid Inventors’ Day * Ditch New Year’s Resolutions Day International Mentoring Day No More Fad Diets Day Popeye the Sailor Day * ___________________________________________________________ MORE! Catherine Booth, Betty White and Michelle Obama, click

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