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Word Cloud: WINDIGO
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Louise Erdrich (1954 – ) grew up in North Dakota, where her Chippewa mother and German-American father taught at a boarding school run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. She describes the land as a place where the “earth and sky touch … Continue reading
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Tagged Bureau of Indian Affairs schools, Chippewa, Dartmouth, Louise Erdrich, North Dakota, Turtle Mountain Reservation, Wahpeton ND, Windigo
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ON THIS DAY: November 10, 2016
November 10th is Area Code Day * National Forget-Me-Not Day Sesame Street Day * Vanilla Cupcake Day U.S. Marine Corps Birthday * World Science Day for Peace and Development * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Martin Luther, Marilyn Bergman and Harry Winston, click
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Tagged Ennio Morricone, Harry Winston, Marilyn Bergman, Martin Luther, Sesame Street, The Moody Blues, Tim Rice
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ON THIS DAY: November 9, 2016
November 9th is Benjamin Banneker Day * Chaos Never Dies Day Microtia Awareness Day * National Greek Yogurt Day National Scrapple Day World Freedom Day * International Tempranillo Grape Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Theodore Roosevelt, Florence R. Sabin and Garry Kasparov, click
Election Day 2016 – Some Thank Yous
Status of Women’s Voting Rights 1913 U.S. Election Day 2016 It’s customary to thank all the people who helped you reach a milestone, so on behalf of all the Americans who voted today for the first time for a woman … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: November 8, 2016
November 8th is U.S. ELECTION DAY Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day International Comet Day * International Stout Day * World Town Planning Day * X-ray Day * ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Hernán Cortés, Sarah Bernhardt and Led Zeppelin, click
ON THIS DAY: November 7, 2016
November 7th is Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day Canine Lymphoma Awareness Day * Madame Curie Day * International Merlot Day Journée Très Absurde * (very absurd day) ______________________________________________________________ MORE! Butch Cassidy, Albert Camus and Joni Mitchell, click
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Tagged Albert Camus, Butch Cassidy, FDR, Fiorello La Guardia, Jeannette Rankin, Joni Mitchell, Marie Curie
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TCS: WHY VOTE? Poetry Tells Us What All the Polls Leave Out
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
ON THIS DAY: November 6, 2016
November 6th is Return to Standard Time Fill Our Staplers Day II Job Action Day * The March King Day * National Nachos Day Saxophone Day * International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Jefferson Davis, John Philip Sousa, Martha Rountree, Mohandas Gandhi, Universal Studios
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ON THIS DAY: November 5, 2016
November 5th is End of Daylight Savings Love Your Red Hair Day Gunpowder Day * National Succotash Day World Tsunami Awareness Day ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Guy Fawkes, Eugene V. Debbs and Shirley Chisholm, click
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Tagged Art Garfunkel, Eugene V. Debbs, Guy Fawkes, Saddam Husein, Shirley Chisholm, Susan B Anthony, Vienna State Opera
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