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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: May 11, 2020

Posted on May 11, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 11th is Eat What You Want Day Foam Rolling Day * Hostess CupCake Day * Twilight Zone Day _____________________________________ MORE! Isabelle Bogelot, Clarence Ellis and Cecile Licad, click

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TCS: Stocking the Pantry in a Plague Year

Posted on May 11, 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 … Continue reading →

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Two Poems for Mother’s Day

Posted on May 10, 2020 by wordcloud9

May Sarton (born Eleanore Marie Sarton), was an only child. Her parents fled with their two-year-old daughter from their Belgian homeland when the Germans invaded in 1914, first reaching Britain, and then on to America. Her father, who was a … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: May 10, 2020

Posted on May 10, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 10th is Clean Up Your Room Day National Lipid Day * National Shrimp Day World Lupus Day * _______________________________ MORE! Tonita Peña, Mbongeni Ngema and Elena Kagan, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 9, 2020

Posted on May 9, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 9th is Butterscotch Brownie Day National Sleepover Day World Moscato Wine Day National Lost Sock Memorial Day ___________________________________ MORE! Fay Kanin, John Uzo Ogbu and Eleanor Roosevelt, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 8, 2020

Posted on May 8, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 8th is Coconut Cream Pie Day National Student Nurse Day * World Ovarian Cancer Day * Animal Disaster Preparedness Day World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Margarete Böhme, Romain Gary and Miyoshi Umeki, click

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Word Cloud: BEHOLDER

Posted on May 8, 2020 by wordcloud9

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD  On April 27, 2020, Ireland lost one of its great poets.  Eavan Boland (1944-2020) was born in Dublin, Ireland, but her father was a career diplomat, so she spent part of her childhood in London, where … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: May 7, 2020

Posted on May 7, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 7th is Cosmopolitan Cocktail Day Beaufort Wind Scale Day Cystinosis Awareness Day * Roast Leg of Lamb Day National Barrier Awareness Day * ___________________________________ MORE! Olympe de Gouges, Gary Cooper and Almudena Grandes, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 6, 2020

Posted on May 6, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 6th is Beverage Day Crepe Suzette Day Joseph Brackett Day * National Nurses Day * No Homework Day International No Diet Day * ___________________________________ MORE! Gloria Richardson, John Steinbeck and Maya Lin, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 5, 2020

Posted on May 5, 2020 by wordcloud9

May 5th is Cinco de Mayo Cartoonists’ Day * Enchilada Day International Midwives Day * Revenge of the Fifth Day * _____________________________________ MORE! Nellie Bly, James Beard and Efrat Mishori, click

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