Poetry: The Floral Apron by Marilyn ChinThe woman wore a floral apron around her neck,that woman from my mother’s villagewith a sharp cleaver in her hand.Read more (https://poets.org/poem/floral-apron) Song In My Head: Anthems for a Seventeen-Year Old Girl by Broken Social Scene https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DDqNL0js0iU Art: Douglas Coupland’s Slogans for the Early 21st Century Photo credit: canadianart.ca …
Month: July 2020
A DATE WITH HISTORY: Wednesday, July 9, 1958
In the Top Ten: Purple People Eater by Sheb Wooley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE&t=3s On the Bestseller List: How to Do Nothing With Nobody All Alone by Yourself by Robert Paul Smith Photo credit: scribd.com New In Theaters: King Creole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fy3juYtrhGU New In Comic Shops: Peter Panda #30 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: The Betty White Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPV3WmIb6y0 …
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Shelf Life for May 2020
Books In ProgressHow To Be An Anti-Racist by Ibram X. KendiA Wolf Called Wander by Rosanne ParryTime Loops by Eric Wargo Books FinishedNone Books Bought/Found/GivenNone “A room without books is like a body without a soul.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero Welcome to the newest installment of Shelf Life for May 2020. Not June. May. I’m …
Care Package for Thursday, July 9, 2020
Poetry: The Air of the Present by Robert ParhamI was trying to remember some important quipBy a famous person that rang of wisdomOr was prescient, so obviously so that evenRead more Song In My Head: Partyman by Prince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjY8HvpNu6o Art: Jean-Michel Basquiat’s Pez Dispenser Photo credit: jean-michel-basquiat.org Recipe: Best Tuna Salad Photo credit: delish.com Quote: …
A Contest Announcement and a Bit of Accountability
There's no way to start this piece that doesn't sound trite and/or hacky. "Life's been crazy, and I haven't kept up with blah blah blah." "Things are hard, and so many unexpected changes in my life blah blah blah." "In these trying times ..." *writer stabs self in eye* Anyway, I haven't dedicated enough (in …
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