ON THIS DAY: January 24, 2019

Posted on January 24, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 24th is

Belly Laugh Day

Cell Phone Recycling Day *

Compliment Day

Lobster Thermidor Day

Peanut Butter Day

_______________________________________

MORE! Hadrian, Signe Rink and Thurgood Marshall, click

Continue reading →

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: January 24, 2019

ON THIS DAY: January 23, 2019

Posted on January 23, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 23rd is

Handwriting Day

Into the Deep Day *

National Pie Day *

_______________________________________

MORE! Edouard Manet, Florence Rush and Duke Ellington, click

Continue reading →

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: January 23, 2019

ON THIS DAY: January 22, 2019

Posted on January 22, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 22nd is

Answer Your Cat’s Questions Day

Blonde Brownie Day

National Hot Sauce Day *

Southern Food Day

Roe v Wade Day *

__________________________________________

MORE! Beatrice Webb, Kenneth Kaunda and Madeleine Albright, click

Continue reading →

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: January 22, 2019

ON THIS DAY: January 21, 2019

Posted on January 21, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 21st is

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Granola Bar Day

National Hugging Day *

Squirrel Appreciation Day *

New England Clam Chowder Day

_______________________________________

MORE! Sophia Jex-Blake, Vhan Tekeyan and Itō Noe, click

Continue reading →

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: January 21, 2019

TCS: Ice Capades, Arctic Style

Posted on January 21, 2019 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.

___________________________________________

The world cannot live without the Arctic;
it affects every living thing on Earth and
acts as a virtual thermostat, reflecting
sunlight and cooling the planet.

 – Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

Continue reading →

Posted in Short Video, The Coffee Shop | Tagged , , , , , | 2 Comments

ON THIS DAY: January 20, 2019

Posted on January 20, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 20th is

Buttercrunch Day

Disc Jockey Day

Cheese Lover’s Day

Day of Acceptance *

Penguin Awareness Day *

__________________________________________

MORE! Clarice Cliff, Federico Fellini and Ruchi Sanghvi, click

Continue reading →

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | 3 Comments

ON THIS DAY: January 19, 2019

Posted on January 19, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 19th is

Edgar Allan Poe’s Birthday *

National Neon Patent Day *

National Popcorn Day

National Tin Can Day *

__________________________________________

MORE! Pulcheria, Edgar Allan Poe and Thit Jensen, click

Continue reading →

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | 4 Comments

ON THIS DAY: January 18, 2019

Posted on January 18, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 18th is

Gourmet Coffee Day

Peking Duck Day

Thesaurus Day *

Winnie the Pooh Day *

_______________________________________

MORE! Peter Roget, Elena Arizmendi and Louis Mantin, click

Continue reading →

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Word Cloud: BEGINNINGS (Redux)

Posted on January 18, 2019 by wordcloud9
Originally posted on January 15, 2016 – Revised and expanded

Word Cloud Resizedby NONA BLYTH CLOUD

For there’s more enterprise
In walking naked

    – William Butler Yeats, “A Coat”

________________________________________________

from A Cloak

by Denise Levertov

 And I walked naked
from the beginning

breathing in
my life,
breathing out
poems,

            arrogant in innocence . . . . .

__________________________________________

Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on Word Cloud: BEGINNINGS (Redux)

ON THIS DAY: January 17, 2019

Posted on January 17, 2019 by wordcloud9

January 17th is

Cable Car Day *

Kid Inventors’ Day *

Hot Buttered Rum Day

Popeye the Sailor Day *

International Mentoring Day *

_______________________________________

MORE! Ben Franklin, Eartha Kitt and Rangeya Raghaw, click

Continue reading →

Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments Off on ON THIS DAY: January 17, 2019