Tag Archives: Simone Weil

A Poem for the Day of Simone Weil’s Birth

Posted on February 3, 2019 by

Simone Weil (1909-1943), was a French philosopher, Christian mystic and political activist. Disregarding her frail health, Weil worked for a year in factories to better understand the working people she was trying to help as a trade unionist. She was described … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: February 3, 2019

Posted on February 3, 2019 by

February 3rd is Carrot Cake Day The Day the Music Died * Women Physicians Day * Four Chaplains Memorial Day * National Missing Persons Day * _______________________________________ MORE! Elizabeth Blackwell, Percival Prattis and Eric Holder, click

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Word Cloud: EVERYDAY

Posted on April 6, 2018 by

by NONA BLYTH CLOUD I wrote this poem after opening my copy of For the Sleepwalkers to begin work on an earlier, shorter version of this profile, which I originally published at another website. There was still a faint smokiness in the … Continue reading →

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ON THIS DAY: February 3, 2018

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

February 3rd is National Woman Physician Day * Bubble Gum Day * Carrot Cake Day National Wear Red Day * The Day the Music Died * Four Chaplains Memorial Day * National Missing Persons Day * ____________________________________________ MORE! Edwin Booth, … Continue reading →

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