Happy Birthday: Galileo Galilei, astronomer/physicist/polymathBorn Feb. 15, 1564 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J0-ZbbrD6U 50 States, 100 Weeks: Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden, Papaikou, HI Photo credit: bigislandguide.com Music: Galileo by The Indigo Girls https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dI1keSSwdcI Poetry: On Liberty and Slavery by George Moses HortonAlas! and I am born for this,To wear this slavish chain?Deprived of all created bliss,Through hardship, toil and …
Month: February 2020
Care Package for Friday, Feb. 14, 2020
Happy Birthday: Frederick Douglass, abolitionistBorn Feb. 14, 1818 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_z8vUM-I3NE 50 States, 100 Weeks: Braswell Mountain Rail Tunnel, Rockmart, GA Photo credit: steamphotos.com Music: Half Acre by Hem https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Sq5Bvvx5nc Poetry: Miz Rosa Rides the Bus by Angela JacksonThat day in December I sat downby Miss Muffet of Montgomery.I was myriad-weary. Feets swolefrom sewing seams on a …
Care Package for Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020
Happy Birthday: Leon Leonwood Bean, outdoor enthusiast/founder of L.L. BeanBorn Feb. 13, 1873 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5CJYEMcv-0 50 States, 100 Weeks: Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, GA Photo credit: gpb.org Music: I Am No Mermaid by Sinéad Lohan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejLpqw8KnO0 Poetry: Ghana Calls by W.E.B. Du BoisI was a little boy, at home with strangers.I liked my playmates, and …
Care Package for Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020
Happy Birthday: Charles Darwin, naturalistBorn Feb. 12, 1809 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfsUz2O2jww 50 States, 100 Weeks: Titan I Missile, Cordele, GA Photo credit: flickr.com Music: A Change is Gonna Come by Brian Owens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEXhZ8PwM-Y Poetry: I, Too by Langston HughesI, too, sing America. I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,Read more …
Care Package for Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020
Happy Birthday: Burt Reynolds, actorBorn Feb. 11, 1936 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhrSKzfFj54 50 States, 100 Weeks: The Dare Stones, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA Photo credit: ancient-origins.net Music: I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know by Donny Hathaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dko6eQl4w2s Poetry: Frederick Douglass by Robert HaydenWhen it is finally ours, this freedom, this liberty, this beautifulAnd terrible thing, needful …
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