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A Poem for World Pasta Day

Posted on October 25, 2022 by wordcloud9

World Pasta Day: launched at the World Pasta Congress in Rome in 1995. Brian Bilston, the unofficial “Poet Laureate of Twitter” is a mystery man – very little is known about him, other than his intense dislike of Jeremy Clarkson. … Continue reading →

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A Poem for National Buttermilk Biscuit Day

Posted on May 14, 2021 by wordcloud9

May 14 is National Buttermilk Biscuit Day. Biscuits have been popular in America since before the U.S. Civil War. Alexander P. Ashbourne patented the first biscuit cutter in 1875. Willa Schneberg (1952 – ) American interdisciplinary artist and poet, author … Continue reading →

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A Belated Poem for National Agriculture Day

Posted on March 24, 2021 by wordcloud9

National Agriculture Day was first proclaimed by a U.S. president on March 23, 2016. It was proposed and is organized by the Agriculture Council of America. Greg Horstmeier, chair of the council’s board, says, “it reminds everyone that the affordable, … Continue reading →

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Slow Food is not a fast answer

Posted on March 7, 2016 by ann li-summers

By ann summers The need for better tools to analyze capitalism makes it important to look at the larger systemic pathologies that have brought us to a place where we tend to think less of Bread and Puppets and more … Continue reading →

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