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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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Tagged Ana María Matute, Emmy Noether, George Bernard Shaw, Ibn-e-Safi, Jacinda Ardern, Jun Henmi, Justin Holland
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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
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged A Bad Child’s Book of Beasts, G.K. Chesterton, George Bernard Shaw, Hilaire Belloc, Humorous verse for children, Whirligig
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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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Tagged Donaldina Cameron, Emmy Noether, George Bernard Shaw, Ibn-e-Safi, Jun Henmi, Justin Holland, Tanni Grey-Thompson
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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
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
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
Posted in History, Holidays, On This Day
Tagged George Bernard Shaw, Grace M. Hopper, Joan Armatrading, John Milton, Lech Walesa, Marguerite Durand, Thomas “Tip” O’Neill
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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
Posted in Poetry, Word Cloud
Tagged A Bad Child’s Book of Beasts, A Moral Alphabet, Cautionary Tales for Children, G.K. Chesterton, George Bernard Shaw, Hilaire Beloc, Whirligig
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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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Tagged Aldous Huxley, Benjamin Franklin, Carl Jung, Donaldina Cameron, George Bernard Shaw, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Marilyn Monroe
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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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Tagged Catherine the Great, Edvard Munch, Ella Fitzgerald, George Bernard Shaw, Nannie Helen Burroughs, Sergei Prokofiev, William Herschel
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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