Authors
Recent Comments
Category Archives: Blogs
ON THIS DAY: October 5, 2018
October 5th is Apple Betty Day Chic Spy Day * Do Something Nice Day World Teacher’s Day * International Day of No Prostitution * _________________________________________ MORE! Chief Joseph, Bing Xin and Václav Havel, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Bing Xin, Chief Joseph, Consuelo Ynares-Santiago, Joshua Logan, Lech Walesa, Maya Lin, Václav Havel
6 Comments
ON THIS DAY: October 4, 2018
October 4th is World Animal Day * National Taco Day Golf Lover’s Day * Improve Your Office Day Ship in a Bottle Day * National Vodka Day _________________________________________ MORE! Eliza Kellas, Brendan Gill and Elena Kagan, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Ann Rice, Brendan Gill, Buster Keaton, Eleanor Flexner, Elena Kagan, Eliza Kellas, Francisco Madero
2 Comments
ON THIS DAY: October 3, 2018
October 3rd is National Techie’s Day Boyfriend Day Soft Taco Day _________________________________________ MORE! George Bancroft, Gertrude Berg and Gore Vidal, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Buket Uzuner, Eleonora Duse, George Bancroft, Gertrude Berg, Gore Vidal, Hwanung, Mary McLeod Bethune
Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: October 3, 2018
ON THIS DAY: October 2, 2018
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! Thakkar Bapa, Joan Baez and Thurgood Marshall, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Annie Leibovitz, Groucho Marx, J.M. Coetzee, Jan Morris, Joan Baez, Thakkar Bapa, Thurgood Marshall
Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: October 2, 2018
ON THIS DAY: October 1, 2018
October 1st is Fire Pup Day * National Lace Day Homemade Cookies Day International Coffee Day * International Music Day * Raccoon Appreciation Day * U.N. International Day of Older Persons * _________________________________________ MORE! Maria Mitchell, Paul Dukas and Grete … Continue reading
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Alexander the Great, Annie Besant, Daniel J. Boorstin, Esther Boise Van Deman, Grete Waitz, Maria Mitchell, Paul Dukas
Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: October 1, 2018
TCS: Some Things Far Outside the Beltway that will Make You Laugh
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 … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: September 28, 2018
September 28th is National Drink a Beer Day National Good Neighbor Day * International Right to Know Day * Strawberry Cream Pie Day World Rabies Awareness Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Isabel Pell, Victor Jara and Mercy Manci, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Confucius, Elmer Rice, Florence Violet McKenzie, Frances Willard, Isabel Pell, Mercy Manci, Victor Jara
Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: September 28, 2018
ON THIS DAY: September 27, 2018
September 27th is Ancestor Appreciation Day Crush A Can Day (recycle) National Chocolate Milk Day World Tourism Day * Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Fatema Mernissi, Yasser Arafat and Anita Hill, click
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged Angela Merkel, Anita Hill, Fatema Mernissi, King Hussein of Jordan, Rachel Carson, Thomas Nast, Yasser Arafat
Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: September 27, 2018
Nicole Plyler Fisk
Gene Howington
FFS Guest Blogger
Joy of Fishes
Chuck Stanley
shortfinals
Terry Welshans
ann li-summers
wordcloud9
Flowers For Socrates 