Tag Archives: George Bernard Shaw

ON THIS DAY: July 26, 2020

July 26 is Americans With Disabilities Day * Bagelfest Day Esperanto Day * One Voice Day * All or Nothing Day Aunt and Uncle Day Coffee Milkshake Day _________________________________ MORE! Emmy Noether, Ibn-e-Safi and Jacinda Ardern, click

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Word Cloud: WHIRLIGIG

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD What is one to make of Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953)? A man of so many contradictions he seems like a human whirligig. Anti-German and Anti-Semitic. Combative and intolerant in his philosophical and political writings, but whimsical and amusing … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: July 26, 2019

July 26 is Americans With Disabilities Day * Bagelfest Day Esperanto Day * One Voice Day * All or Nothing Day Aunt and Uncle Day Coffee Milkshake Day _______________________________________ MORE! Justin Holland, Emmy Noether and Ibn-e-Safi, click

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ON THIS DAY: July 5, 2019

July 5th is: Apple Turnover Day Graham Cracker Day Bikini Day * Workaholics Day _________________________________________ MORE! Frederick Douglass, Clara Zetkin and Jean Cocteau, click

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ON THIS DAY: July 26, 2018

July 26 is Americans With Disabilities Day * All or Nothing Day Aunt and Uncle Day Bagelfest Day One Voice Day * Coffee Milkshake Day _________________________________________ MORE! Justin Holland, Helen Mirren and Harry Truman, click

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ON THIS DAY: December 9, 2017

December 9th is Official Lost & Found Day * National Pastry Day Weary Willie Day * International Anti-Corruption Day * International Day of Veterinary Medicine * _____________________________________________________ MORE! John Milton, Grace Hopper and Lech Walesa, click

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Word Cloud: WHIRLIGIG

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD What is one to make of Hilaire Beloc (1870-1953)? A man of so many contradictions he seems like a human whirligig. Anti-German and Anti-Semitic. Combative and intolerant in his philosophical and political writings, but whimsical and amusing in … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: July 26, 2017

July 26 is Americans With Disabilities Day * All or Nothing Day Aunt and Uncle’s Day Coffee Milkshake Day One Voice Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE!  Ben Franklin, Donaldina Cameron and Aldous Huxley, click

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ON THIS DAY: May 2, 2017

May 2nd is Children’s Book Week * Chocolate Truffle Day Foster Care Day * Life Insurance Day * Robert’s Rules of Order Day * World Asthma Day * ________________________________________________________________ MORE! George Bernard Shaw, Ella Fitzgerald and Edvard Munch, click

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Word Cloud: COOLE

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD Today is Saint Patrick’s Day, and it’s the middle of Women’s History Month, so my choice for this week’s poet was easy: Isabella Augusta, Lady Gregory (1852 – 1932). She was even born on March 15, just … Continue reading

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