October 3rd is
Boyfriend Day
National Soft Taco Day
National Techies Day *
Pumpkin Seed Day
Walk to School Day
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ON THIS DAY: October 3, 2020
October 3rd is
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 *
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Word Cloud: AIR
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD
AIR — it’s all around us, but invisible unless combined with something else. We must have it to live, yet air becomes an alien environment the moment we lift off into it, separating from the Earth.
It is silent when still, but makes everything for miles shriek and roar when its Wind races over land or sea.
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The whirling air takes form of dust –
A little hour – to fall again:
So whirling thought takes form of books,
Dust shaken from the minds of men.
— Bookplate by Sharlot Mabridth Hall
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Tagged Air, Arthur Symons and Philip Appleman, Bashō and Inahata Teiko, Ben Okri and Emily Dickinson, Sharlot Mabridth Hall and Christina Rossetti, Shinkichi Takahashi, Simon Armitage and Jimmy Santiago Baca
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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 *
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ON THIS DAY: September 30, 2020
September 30th is
Ask a Stupid Question Day
Hot Mulled Cider Day
Chewing Gum Day
National Mud Pack Day
International Translation Day *
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A Prose Poem in Honor of International Coffee Day
Ron Padgett (1942 – ) American poet, essayist, fiction writer, and translator. His first collection, a mix of poetry and prose called Bean Spasms, was written with Ted Berrigan, and published in 1972. Padgett has since produced over 20 collections of poetry and several collections of prose. In 2018, he won a Frost Medal from the Poetry Society of America.
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To read Ron Padgett’s “Prose Poem” – a cautionary tale about morning coffee, click:
ON THIS DAY: September 29, 2020
September 29th is
National Biscotti Day
World Heart Day *
V.F.W. Day *
International Coffee Day
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ON THIS DAY: September 28, 2020
September 28th is
Drink a Beer Day
Freedom from Hunger Day *
International Right to Know Day *
National Good Neighbor Day *
Strawberry Cream Pie Day
World Rabies Awareness Day *
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TCS: So With My Neighbor I Rejoice – Good Neighbor Day
. . .Good Morning!
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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.
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Be at war with your vices, at peace
with your neighbors, and let every
new year find you a better man.
– Benjamin Franklin,
Poor Richard’s Almanac
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ON THIS DAY: September 27, 2020
September 27th is
Ancestor Appreciation Day
Chocolate Milk Day
Crush A Can Day (recycle)
World Tourism Day *
Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day *
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