Category Archives: Art

TCS: A Third Act at New Years

Posted on December 27, 2021 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.____________________________ Experience is the only … Continue reading →

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Happy Holidays

Posted on December 25, 2021 by wordcloud9
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Joan Didion 1934-2021

Posted on December 24, 2021 by wordcloud9

Joan Didion, author of Play It as It Lays and Slouching Toward Bethlehem, journalist, short story writer, and screenwriter, died yesterday after years of battling Parkinson’s disease. She was 87 years old.

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Holidays

Posted on December 24, 2021 by wordcloud9

However and whatever you celebrate in December, may it bring you and yours much joy and all good things. I offer these two poems for those who may be looking for some “all is calm.” To read “Holidays” and “Another … Continue reading →

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The World at Midnight

Posted on December 23, 2021 by wordcloud9

by IRENE FOWLER, Correspondent I’m delighted that Irene has a new poem to share, and asked me to include this greeting: To read Irene’s poem “The World at Midnight” click:

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TCS: Not Burning the Clocks

Posted on December 20, 2021 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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A Poem by George Santayana on His Birthday

Posted on December 16, 2021 by wordcloud9

George Santayana (1863-1952) was born in Spain as Jorge Ruiz de Santayana y Borrás; American philosopher, essayist, poet, and novelist. His mother had promised her first husband, an American, that their children would be raised in the U.S., and took … Continue reading →

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TCS: The Frost-Fires Kindle – Winter Poems

Posted on December 13, 2021 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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Happy Birthday Jean Sibelius

Posted on December 8, 2021 by wordcloud9

Jean Sibelius, Finland’s greatest composer, was born on December 8, 1865.  He began taking piano lessons at age nine, but it was the violin that became his favorite instrument. He became a very good player, but as composing quickly became … Continue reading →

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TCS: Winter Poets – Musical and Rumorous

Posted on December 6, 2021 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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