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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: March 7, 2020

Posted on March 7, 2020 by wordcloud9

March 7th is Be Heard Day * National Cereal Day * Crown of Roast Pork Day World Maths Day Competition __________________________________________ MORE! Vibia Perpetua, Mary Norton and Wanda Sykes, click

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ON THIS DAY: March 6, 2020

Posted on March 6, 2020 by wordcloud9

March 6th is European Day of the Righteous Oreo Cookie Day * Frozen Food Day * Day of the Dude Dentist’s Day White Chocolate Cheesecake Day Sonya Kovalevsky High School Mathematics Day *_____________________________________ MORE! Ella P. Stewart, Mary Wilson and … Continue reading →

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Word Cloud: INCURSION

Posted on March 6, 2020 by wordcloud9

Originally published in 2016 – republished for Women’s History Month 2020 by Nona Blyth Cloud In an interview in the Kenyon Review in 2103,  the poet Solmaz Sharif  was asked: What have you learned about the writing process in the last … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: March 5, 2020

Posted on March 5, 2020 by wordcloud9

March 5th is Absinthe Day * Cheese Doodle Day Mercator Day * Multiple Personality Day _____________________________________ MORE! Dora Marsden, Louise Pearce and Letizia Battaglia, click

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A Poem for Absinthe Day

Posted on March 5, 2020 by wordcloud9

March 5th is Absinthe Day. In 2013, Pernod Fils approved the label design for the return of their pre-ban Absinthe original recipe, and the first Absinthe Day was celebrated.  Absinthe gained quite an unsavory reputation in the late 19th and … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: March 4, 2020

Posted on March 4, 2020 by wordcloud9

March 4th is Pound Cake Day Marching Band Day National Grammar Day * Toy Soldier Day * ___________________________________ MORE! Pearl White, Miriam Makeba and Fiona Ma, click

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ON THIS DAY: March 3, 2020

Posted on March 3, 2020 by wordcloud9

March 3rd is What If Cats and Dogs Had Opposable Thumbs Day World Hearing Day * Sun Day Mulled Wine Day World Press Freedom Day (United Nations) World Wildlife Day * ______________________________________ MORE! Elisabeth Abegg, Sameera Moussa and Hattie Winston, click

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ON THIS DAY: March 2, 2020

Posted on March 2, 2020 by wordcloud9

March 2nd is Banana Cream Pie Day Dr. Seuss Day * NEA’s Read Across America Day * Old Stuff Day _______________________________ MORE! Susanna Salter, Grete Hermann and Corazon Aquino, click

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TCS: Poems for Read Across America Day

Posted on March 2, 2020 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. … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: March 1, 2020

Posted on March 1, 2020 by wordcloud9

March 1st is UN Zero Discrimination Day * Peanut Butter Lover’s Day Horse Protection Day National Pig Day * World Civil Defense Day * Black Women in Jazz & the Arts Day March is National Women’s History Month in the … Continue reading →

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