Poetry: Tasting the Earth by James OppenheimIn a dark hour, tasting the Earth.As I lay on my couch in the muffled night, and the rain lashed at my window,And my forsaken heart would give me no rest, no pause and no peace,Read more Song In My Head: Time in a Bottle by Jim Croce https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO1rMeYnOmM …
Month: August 2020
A DATE WITH HISTORY: Sunday, Aug. 17, 1969
In the Top Ten: Crystal Blue Persuasion by Tommy James and the Shondells https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvoD2ud1BSw On the Bestseller List: The Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton Photo credit: jwkbooks.com New In Theaters: Easy Rider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GwST6mpT7Ds New In Comic Shops: The Atom and Hawkman #44 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: My Friend Tony https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KB_nwVXLkeY Magazine Roulette: Argosy Photo …
Care Package for Monday, Aug. 17, 2020
Poetry: Ducks Sat by Michele GlazerWhere ducks sat we sat nextAnd wanted to be Dutch.Read more Song In My Head: Some Change by Boz Skaggs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaQ8H729kBE Art: Wolfgang Paalen’s Taches Solaires Photo credit: artsy.net Quote: “Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We …
A DATE WITH HISTORY: Friday, Aug. 16, 1991
In the Top Ten: Wind of Change by Scorpions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4RjJKxsamQ On the Bestseller List: Maximum Bob by Elmore Leonard Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: Pure Luck https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1v62J4tishs New In Comic Shops: X-Force #1 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Hi Honey, I’m Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aylSUJ-emxY Magazine Roulette: Sassy Photo credit: worthpoint.com Sports: Chicago White Sox at …
Care Package for Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020
Poetry: The Bistro Styx by Rita DoveShe was thinner, with a mannered gauntnessas she paused just inside the doubleglass doors to survey the room, silvery capeRead more Song In My Head: Stay Clean by Motörhead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvScReIRZOA Art: John Finnie’s Moe Siabod, from Capel Curig Photo credit: artuk.org Quote: “The only way to make sense out …