I woke up the same way I went to bed: thinking about COVID-19. I’m sure I’m not the only one. “It can’t happen here” has been on a loop in my head since I got up. Not because I think this is true, but because America has suffered from this mentality since the Mayflower took …
Month: March 2020
Care Package for Thursday, March 12, 2020
Happy Birthday: Jack Kerouac, authorBorn March 12, 1922 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LLpNKo09Xk 50 States, 100 Weeks: Lionhead Natural Water Slides, Coolin, ID Photo credit: youtube.com Music: Think It Over by The Delfonics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2r0Nl-rXJ30 Poetry: The Envoy of Mr. Cogito by Zbigniew Herbert, translated by Bogdana CarpenterGo where those others went to the dark boundaryfor the Golden Fleece of …
Toilet Paper, Prevention, and Inconvenience
I just got back from the grocery store. My family was almost out of toilet paper, and as COVID-19 events begin to move at a quicker pace, I decided I’d better go buy more before panic shopping really takes hold in northern Vermont. Turns out it was a good call. I managed to get some …
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Care Package for Wednesday, March 11, 2020
Happy Birthday: Bobby McFerrin, musicianBorn March 11, 1950 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne6tB2KiZuk 50 States, 100 Weeks: Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve Photo credit: backpacker.com Music: Can You Remember by The Delfonics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIwm3VHjkUE Poetry: What Kinds of Times Are These by Adrienne RichThere’s a place between two stands of trees where the grass grows uphilland the …
Care Package for Tuesday, March 10, 2020
Happy Birthday: Chuck Norris, actorBorn March 10, 1940 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsabFEisZ2Y 50 States, 100 Weeks: Dugout Dick Memorial, Salman, ID Photo credit: clui.org Music: Hurt So Bad by The Delfonics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SvFYx4MnyQ Poetry: Making Peace by Denise LevertovA voice from the dark called out, ‘The poets must give usimagination of peace, to oust the intense, familiarimagination of …
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