Poetry: Scaffolding by Seamus Heaney Collage: John Stezaker’s Marriage Photo credit: theapproach.co.uk Quote: “Chains do not hold a marriage together. It is threads, hundreds of tiny threads, which sew people together through the years.” – Simone Signoret 50 States, 100 Weeks: Bellingrath Gardens & Home, Theodore, AL Photo credit: bellingrath.org Song: Time in a Bottle …
Month: September 2019
Care Package for Sept. 4, 2019
Poetry: [we are] by Quenton Baker Collage: Hannah Höch’s Roma Photo credit: awarewomenartists.com Quote: “Life is a concept, like the ‘universe,’ that expands as soon as we reach what we think is its edge.” – Kamand Kojouri 50 States, 100 Weeks: Alabama Jazz Hall of Fame, Birmingham, AL Photo credit: onthisveryspot.com Song: Egyptian Joint (All …
Care Package for Sept. 3, 2019
Poetry: Tom Deadlight by Herman Melville Collage: Nick Gentry’s Untitled Photo credit: twistedsifter.com Quote: “Trees are poems the earth writes upon the sky. We fell them down and turn them into paper, that we may record our emptiness.” – Kahlil Gibran 50 States, 100 Weeks: Muscle Shoals Sound Studio, Sheffield, AL Photo credit: udiscovermusic.com Song: …
Shelf Life for August 2019
Books readWorld War Z by Max BrooksI Know What I Saw by Linda S. GodfreySupergods by Grant MorrisonFangirl by Rainbow Rowell Books Bought/Found/GivenNone I swore off book purchases for the month, and I actually managed to stick to that expectation. I’m as shocked as anybody. That said, I discovered a ton of books I want …
Care Package for Sept. 2, 2019
Poetry: At a Deli Counter in Vermont by Stephanie Burt Collage: Mark Bradford’s Potable Water Photo credit: widewalls.ch Quote: “Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession. Friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel 50 States, 100 Weeks: Edmund Pettis Bridge, Selma, AL Photo credit: civilrightstrail.com Song: …