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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: June 29, 2020

Posted on June 29, 2020 by wordcloud9

June 29th is: Almond Buttercrunch Day Camera Day Waffle Iron Day World Scleroderma Day * International Mud Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Ellen Kuzwayo, Paul Klee and Usha Prashar, click

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TCS: Plague Year – There is a Light Somewhere

Posted on June 29, 2020 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. ______________________________ … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 28, 2020

Posted on June 28, 2020 by wordcloud9

June 28th is: Tau Day * Paul Bunyan Day Tapioca Day International Body Piercing Day Stonewall Day * ________________________________ MORE! Amira Hass, David Bowie and Sandra Bland, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 27, 2020

Posted on June 27, 2020 by wordcloud9

June 27th is Industrial Workers of the World Day * National HIV Testing Day * National Orange Blossom Day National Sunglasses Day * National PTSD Awareness Day * ____________________________________ MORE! Emma Goldman, José Barbosa and Margaret Ekpo, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 26, 2020

Posted on June 26, 2020 by wordcloud9

June 26th is International Day in Support of Victims of Torture * Beautician’s Day National Canoe Day Chocolate Pudding Day Same Sex Marriage Day * International Day Against Drug Abuse & Illicit Trafficking * ____________________________ MORE! Gauhar Jaan, Walter Sisulu and … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: DISPLACED

Posted on June 26, 2020 by wordcloud9

First published in February 2017. Updated and reformatted.  by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Illegal Immigrants. Aliens. Refugees. Migrants. Slave Trafficking. Words, most of them ugly, which represent an explosion of desperation among the world’s most vulnerable peoples. There are 70.8 million … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 25, 2020

Posted on June 25, 2020 by wordcloud9

June 25th is Global Beatles Day National Catfish Day Color TV Day * World Vitiligo Day * Strawberry Parfait Day International Day of the Seafarer _________________________________ MORE! Rose O’Neill, Ho Chi Minh and Nisha Ganatra, click

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A Poem for International Fairy Day

Posted on June 24, 2020 by wordcloud9

Some topics just call out for “old-fashioned” poetry – the kind that rhymes, and tells a story. Fairies are right up there on that list of themes. Walter de la Mare (1873-1956) – prolific English poet, and fiction author, best … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: June 24, 2020

Posted on June 24, 2020 by wordcloud9

June 24th is Celebration of the Senses Day * Cat World Domination Day Pralines Day Swim a Lap Day International Fairy Day Stonewall National Monument Day * ______________________________ MORE! Anita Desai, Lawrence Block and Vicky Phelan, click

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ON THIS DAY: June 23, 2020

Posted on June 23, 2020 by wordcloud9

June 23th is National Hydration Day * Plastic Pink Flamingo Day * Pecan Sandies Day UN Public Service Day * International Widows Day * International Women in Engineering Day * ___________________________________ MORE! Huda Sha’arawi, Alan Turing and Lena Horne, click

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