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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.

TCS: Poems – What to Eat If No Dreams Arrive

Posted on January 31, 2022 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 comment. ____________________________ “For … Continue reading →

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A Big World

Posted on January 27, 2022 by wordcloud9

by Irene Fowler, Contributor To read another wonderful new poem from Irene, click:

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TCS: How I Went Looking for Belly Laughs but Fell Into a Fable

Posted on January 24, 2022 by wordcloud9

  Good Morning! ____________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment.____________________________ There are two kinds … Continue reading →

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The Force of Life

Posted on January 20, 2022 by wordcloud9

by Irene Fowler, Contributor A new poem for the new year.

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TCS: There’s a Thread You Follow. It Goes Among Things that Change.

Posted on January 17, 2022 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 … Continue reading →

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The Woman’s Bible: the Feminist Book that Suffragists Rejected

Posted on January 13, 2022 by wordcloud9

by Nona Blyth Cloud Sunday, January 16, 2022, will be Religious Freedom Day, a celebration of this statute, written by Thomas Jefferson, and passed by the Virginia Assembly on January 16, 1786, which became the basis for the protections of … Continue reading →

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TCS: Reaching Toward Another – A Stranger Singing

Posted on January 10, 2022 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 comment. ____________________________ “Everyone … Continue reading →

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Truman’s Fair Deal and Rejection of “trickledown”

Posted on January 5, 2022 by wordcloud9

January 5, 1949 – United States President Harry S. Truman unveils his Fair Deal program, which included: Major improvements in unemployment compensation; Raising the minimum wage to 75¢ an hour, and extending who was covered; Increasing and extending Social Security … Continue reading →

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TCS: Above All Shadows Rides the Sun

Posted on January 3, 2022 by wordcloud9

 Good Morning! ____________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment.____________________________ “We have a long way … Continue reading →

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To the New Year

Posted on December 31, 2021 by wordcloud9

W. S. Merwin (1927–2019) was an American poet who wrote more than fifty books of poetry and prose, and produced many translations. In the 1980s and 1990s, his writing influence derived from an interest in Buddhist philosophy and deep ecology. … Continue reading →

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