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Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims

_______________________________________ I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.  – Henry David Thoreau _______________________________________ Thanksgiving – an American national holiday, where we celebrate the Pilgrims’ thanksgiving after the first harvest in their new land, right? … Continue reading

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TCS: In Their Own Words – Presidents Day 2021

 Good Morning! ______________________________ Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early riserson Monday mornings. This is an Open Thread forum,so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a hole inyour brainpan, feel free to add a comment. ______________________________ “Speech is power: speech … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: December 24, 2019

December 24th is Christmas Eve Eggnog Day * Silent Night Day * ______________________________________ MORE! Lydia Koidula, Wilton Mkwayi and Tarja Halonen, click

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Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims

______________________________________________________ I am grateful for what I am and have. My thanksgiving is perpetual.  – Henry David Thoreau   ____________________________________________________ Thanksgiving – an American national holiday, where we celebrate the Pilgrims’ thanksgiving feast after the first harvest in their new … Continue reading

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Word Cloud: ONYX (Redux)

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I sometimes wonder if what critics condemn in the writers they review are really the motes and beams which blind them in their own work. When reviewer Peter Craft “damns with faint praise” the first published … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: November 2, 2018

November 2nd is Deviled Egg Day Broadcast Traffic Directors Day * International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists * _________________________________________ MORE! Rose Bird, Harry Truman and Sofia Polgár , click

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ON THIS DAY: September 17, 2018

September 17th is Citizenship Day U.S. Constitution Day * Monte Cristo Sandwich Day * _________________________________________ MORE! Harriet Tubman, C.P. Rogers and Lea Gottlieb, click

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ON THIS DAY: December 24, 2017

December 24th is Christmas Eve Eggnog Day * Silent Night Day *  ________________________________________________ MORE!  Franz Gruber, Noel Streatfeild and Gian Carlo Menotti, click

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TCS: Thanksgiving Without Pilgrims

Good Morning! _________________________________________________________ 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 … Continue reading

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ON THIS DAY: November 2, 2017

November 2nd is Deviled Egg Day Traffic Directors Day * International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists * _________________________________________________ MORE!  Margaret Sanger, Haile Selassie and k.d. lang, click

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