Poetry: A Year Dot by Dg Nanouk Okpik Native American Art: Marie Z. Chino’s Untitled Photo credit: eyeofthepot.com Quote: “You can’t wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.” – Navajo proverb 50 States, 100 Weeks: McWay Waterfall Trail, Big Sur, Ca. Photo credit: mcwayfalls.com Song: Gone ’Til November by Wyclef Jean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI6MWZrl8v8
Month: November 2019
Leveling Up
I’m not a video game guy. My gaming skills peaked at the House of Pizza in Morrisville, Vt., in April 1986. For a few glorious hours, I had the high score on the Centipede arcade game and was the coolest 12-year-old in Lamoille County (in my mind, at least). I didn’t own a gaming system …
Care Package for Friday, Nov. 29, 2019
Poetry: A Sheep Dog Locked in Photograph by Hershman John Native American Art: Awa Tsireh’s Elk Photo credit: americanart.si.edu. Quote: “A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.” – Iowa proverb 50 States, 100 Weeks: Chumash Painted Cave State Historic Park, Santa Barbara, Ca. Photo credit: 150.parks.ca.gov Song: Incense & Peppermints by Strawberry …
THANKSREADING 2019: So You’re a Little Sad, So Read
It’s the final day of Thanksreading 2019, and I’m focusing on an author whose new (and first prose) book I bought a little over a week ago: Alicia Tobin. Alicia Tobin Tobin’s new book, So You’re a Little Sad, So What? Nice Things to Say to Yourself on Bad Days and Other Essays, is a …
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Bonus Care Package for Thursday, Nov. 28, 2019
Poetry: Gratitude by Susan Ludvigson Art: Ryan Kirby’s Grandfather Gobbler Photo credit: ryankirbyart.com Quote: I am grateful for what I am and have. My Thanksgiving is perpetual.” – Henry David Thoreau Travel: Plymouth Rock, Ma. Photo credit: flickr.com Song: Roll Plymouth Rock by Brian Wilson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XPwFTEGIT0