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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.

One Person with a Good Idea

Posted on July 31, 2016 by wordcloud9

How much of a difference can one person make? There’s a lot of doom and gloom out there in the world these days. Some people are angry about it, and lashing out. Some people are depressed and feeling hopeless. Some … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 31, 2016

Posted on July 31, 2016 by wordcloud9

July 31 is Mutts Day World Ranger Day Jump for Jelly Beans Day Always Live Better than Yesterday Day Uncommon Musical Instruments Day ____________________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Canada – Calgary AB: Chasing Summer India – Martyrdom Day of … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 30, 2016

Posted on July 30, 2016 by wordcloud9

July 30 is Cheesecake Day Medicare’s Birthday National Dance Day Paperback Book Day Against Trafficking Persons Day National Support Public Education Day U.N. International Day of Friendship __________________________________________________ WORLD FESTIVALS AND NATIONAL HOLIDAYS Canada – Montreal: Osheaga Music Festival Iran … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 29, 2016

Posted on July 29, 2016 by wordcloud9

July 29 is Lipstick Day Lasagna Day Global Tiger Day (*continue reading) Talk in an Elevator Day Army Chaplain Corps Anniversary World Festivals & National Holidays Bermuda – Somers Day Faroe Islands – Saint Olav’s Day USA – Buffalo NY: … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: RACE

Posted on July 29, 2016 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Elizabeth Alexander. The name may sound familiar.  If I say “the inauguration of President Barak Obama,” a lightbulb might go off, because she was there, reading her poem for that momentous occasion, “Praise Song for the … Continue reading →

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Tiger Burning Bright

Posted on July 28, 2016 by wordcloud9

Tyger Tyger, burning bright, In the forests of the night; What immortal hand or eye, Could frame thy fearful symmetry? — from The Tyger by William Blake The Big Cats — Lions, Cheetahs, Panthers, Snow Leopards, Mountain Lions, Tigers — all the deadly cousins … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 28, 2016

Posted on July 28, 2016 by wordcloud9

July 28th is Buffalo Soldiers Day Chili Dog Day National Milk Chocolate Day World Hepatitis Day World Festivals and National Holidays Bermuda – Emancipation Day Peru – Día de la Independencia San Marino – Fall of Fascism Anniversary Spain – … Continue reading →

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Man and Bird: A Sweet Relationship

Posted on July 27, 2016 by wordcloud9

Mutualism: two organisms of different species in a relationship where each individual benefits from the activity of the other. Honeyguides in northern Mozambique know when a Yao hunter makes a special trilling sound, he wants to find a bees’ nest — and … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: July 27, 2016

Posted on July 27, 2016 by wordcloud9

July 27 is Walk on Stilts Day Scotch Whisky Day Bagpipe Appreciation Day Barbie-in-a-Blender Day National Crème Brulee Day World Festivals and National Holidays Croatia – Tisno: SuncéBeat North Korea – Victory Day Southern Hemisphere – Yulefest (ongoing) On This … Continue reading →

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Dearest Abigail Adams

Posted on July 26, 2016 by wordcloud9

On March 31, 1776, Abigail Adams penned a letter from their farm Peacefield to her husband, John Adams, laboring with the Continental Congress in Philadelphia to bring forth a new nation: “…I long to hear that you have declared an … Continue reading →

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