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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: August 28, 2016

Posted on August 28, 2016 by wordcloud9

August 28th is Pony Express Day * Cherry Turnover Day Radio Commericals Day * National Bow Tie Day Race Your Mouse Around the Icons Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Czech Republic – Strakonice: Mezinárodní Dudácký Festivalu (Bagpipe Festival) … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 27, 2016

Posted on August 27, 2016 by wordcloud9

August 27th is Just Because Day The Duchess Who Wasn’t Day * National Pots de Creme Day Jeff Cook Day (state of Alabama) * ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Canada -Calgary: Fireworks Festival (finale) Japan – Makinohara: Windblow Sagara … Continue reading →

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A Poem for National Dog Day

Posted on August 26, 2016 by wordcloud9

Since today is National Dog Day, here’s a tribute to that All-American Dog, the Mutt. ____________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________ Mongrel Heart  by David Baker Up the dog bounds to the window, baying          like a basset his doleful, tearing sounds              from the … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 26, 2016

Posted on August 26, 2016 by wordcloud9

August 26th is National Women’s Equality Day * National Dog Day * World Daffodil Day * Cherry Popsicle Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Abkhazia – Official Recognition Day Bangladesh – Janamashtami (breaking fast after Lord Krishna’s birthday) Bhutan … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: TRANSLATION

Posted on August 26, 2016 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD The Nobel award committee’s citation called her the “Mozart of poetry,” a woman who mixed the elegance of language with “the fury of Beethoven.” Wislawa Szymborska (1923-2012) was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature.  The Nobel … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 25, 2016

Posted on August 25, 2016 by wordcloud9

August 25th is Banana Split Day * Kiss and Make Up Day National Park Service Day * Second-Hand Wardrobe Day Whisky Sour Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Bangladesh and India– Sri Krishna Jananti/Janmashtami (birthday of Lord Krishna) Nepal … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 24, 2016

Posted on August 24, 2016 by wordcloud9

August 24th is Pluto Demoted Day * Strange Music Day * Vesuvius Day * William Willberforce Day * Waffle Iron Day * ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS France – Saint-Jean-de-Luz: ◊ Baleapop Music & Art Hungary – Siófok: ◊ … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 23, 2016

Posted on August 23, 2016 by wordcloud9

August 23rd is ∞ National Ride the Wind Day * ∞ Valentino Day * ∞ National Spongecake Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Argentina – Buenos Airies: Tango Festival y Mundial Malaysia – Rajah if Perlis Birthday United States … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: August 22, 2016

Posted on August 22, 2016 by wordcloud9

August 22nd is Be an Angel Day * ∞ Eat a Peach Day ∞ National Take Your Cat to the Vet Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Brazil – Rio de Janiero: Olympics clean-up/recovery holiday Fiji – National Holiday: … Continue reading →

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Coffee Shop: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun – Part 3

Posted on August 22, 2016 by wordcloud9

The Coffee Shop is an open thread-style discussion forum for human interest news of the day. —oooOooo– In an open thread, there’s no hard and fast rule about staying on topic, especially if you have a personal story burning a hole … Continue reading →

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