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Tag Archives: Claude Monet
ON THIS DAY: November 14, 2018
November 14th is World Diabetes Day * Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day Pickle Appreciation Day Operating Room Nurse Day Spicy Guacamole Day National Speakers Association Spirit Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Nellie Bly, Steve Biko and Ruby Bridges, click
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Tagged Claude Monet, Emily Greene Balch, Jawaharlal Nehru, Mary Greyeyes, Nellie Bly, Ruby Bridges, Steve Biko
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ON THIS DAY: November 14, 2017
November 14th is World Diabetes Day * Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day Pickle Appreciation Day Spicy Guacamole Day Operating Room Nurse Day National Speakers Association Spirit Day * __________________________________________________ MORE! Leopold Mozart, Veronica Lake and Franklin Roosevelt , click
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Tagged Claude Monet, Fanny Mendelssohn, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Herman Melville, Leopold Mozart, Nellie Bly, Veronica Lake
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Word Cloud: FAÇADE
by NONA BLYTH CLOUD In Georgette Heyer’s novel Regency Buck, Mrs. Scattergood’s description of herself fits my first impression of Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) perfectly: “I am shockingly expensive, but you won’t mind that, I daresay. Oh, you are looking at my gown … Continue reading
ON THIS DAY: November 14, 2016
November 14th is Blue Circle Selfie Day & World Diabetes Day Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day National Spicy Guacamole Day Pickle Appreciation Day Operating Room Nurse Day National Speakers Association: Spirit of NSA Day ____________________________________________________________ MORE! Herman Melville, Nellie Bly … Continue reading
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Tagged Aaron Copeland, Claude Monet, Elvis Presley, Herman Melville, Leonard Bernstein, Nellie Bly, Veronica Lake
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Word Cloud: EMIGRANT
by Nona Blyth Cloud Emigrant – a person who leaves their homeland. Lisel Neumann’s family left Germany in the mid-1930s, moving to Italy, and then France, because her father was a political dissident. By 1939, he had found work in … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Germany, Immigrants, Poetry, United States, Word Cloud, World War II
Tagged Claude Monet, Emigrant, Lisel Mueller, National Book Award, Pulitzer Prize for Poetry
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