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TCS: The Starless Midnight and the Bright Daybreak
. 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. ______________________________ Justice in the … Continue reading
Posted in Civil Rights, Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged Audre Lorde, Frederick Douglass, Gwendolyn Brooks, Langston Hughes, Martin Luther King Jr, Plato, TCS
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TCS: Thank You Day – The Slant of Hope
. .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. ______________________________ Silent gratitude isn’t … Continue reading
TCS: A Certain Slant of Light – 2021
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. ______________________________ In the depths of … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry, The Coffee Shop
Tagged A Certain Slant of Light, Albert Camus, Billy Collins, Dorothy Porter, Emily Dickinson, Hone Tuwhare, TCS
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ON THIS DAY: October 6, 2020
Dear Readers: This is my last post at Flower for Socrates. Please see yesterday’s TCS: Some Last Thoughts October 6th is American Libraries Day * Mad Hatter Day * National Badger Day National Noodle Day Physician Assistant Day _______________________________ MORE! Settimia … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Ayten Mutlu, Fannie Lou Hamer, Henri Christophe, Liu Yang, Lonnie Johnson, Settimia Caccini, Tomas Tranströmer
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ON THIS DAY: October 5, 2020
October 5th is Apple Betty Day Chic Spy Day * Do Something Nice Day World Teacher’s Day * International Day of No Prostitution * _______________________________ MORE! Bing Xin, Chief Joseph and Zahida Hina, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Bing Xin, Chief Joseph, Lech Walesa, Mafika Pascal Gwala, Maya Lin, Michèle Pierre-Louis, Zahida Hina
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TCS: Dear Readers – Some Last Thoughts
All good things must come to an end – Geoffrey Chaucer, 1380s My very first post at Flowers for Socrates, in July 2015, was a Word Cloud about James Dickey, a poet better known for his novel Deliverance. My very last … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: October 4, 2020
October 4th is World Animal Day * National Taco Day National Vodka Day Golf Lover’s Day * Ship in a Bottle Day * Improve Your Office Day _____________________________________ MORE! Violetta Parra, Leonard Bernstein and Diahann Carroll, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Buster Keaton, Diahann Carroll, Frederic Remington, Leonard Bernstein, Lucy Tayiah Eads, Violetta Parra, Zinha Vaz
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ON THIS DAY: October 3, 2020
October 3rd is National Techies Day * Boyfriend Day Pumpkin Seed Day Walk to School Day National Soft Taco Day ______________________________ MORE! Eleonora Duse, Thomas Wolfe and Buket Uzuner, click
ON THIS DAY: October 2, 2020
October 2nd is Custodial Workers Day Fried Scallops Day Guardian Angels Day * Name Your Car Day World Farm Animals Day * International Day of Non-Violence * _____________________________________ MORE! Elizabeth Montagu, Nat Turner and Joan Baez, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Diane Abbott, Dr Margaret Chung, Elizabeth Montagu, Francisco Morazán, Joan Baez, Mahatma Gandhi, Nat Turner
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ON THIS DAY: October 1, 2020
October 1st is Homemade Cookies Day Black Dog Day * Fire Pup Day * International Music Day * International Coffee Day * U.N. International Day of Older Persons * Raccoon Appreciation Day * _______________________________ MORE! Annie Besant, Paul Dukas and … Continue reading