Care Package for Thursday, Nov. 12, 2020

November is Native American Heritage Month. Care Packages between now and Nov. 30 will be dedicated to the culture and achievements of Native Americans. Poetry: The Call of the Wild by Alexander PoseyI’m tired of the gloomIn a four-walled room;Heart-weary, I sighFor the open sky,Read More Song In My Head: Electric Pow Wow Drum by …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Saturday, Nov. 11, 1972

In the Top Ten: Freddie’s Dead by Curtis Mayfield https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B6TKClPFQA On the Bestseller List: My Name is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok Photo credit: amazon.com New In Theaters: Superbeast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLXJrydZTf8 New In Comic Shops: Slow Death #4 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Emergency! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25IvNDpfjYw Magazine Roulette: Esquire Photo credit: mycomicshop.com Zodiac/Horoscope: Click here Photo credit: …

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Care Package for Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2020

Poetry: Thanks by Yusef KomunyakaaThanks for the treebetween me & a sniper’s bullet.I don’t know what made the grasssway seconds before the Viet Congraised his soundless rifle.Read More Song In My Head: I Can’t Write Left Handed by John Legend & The Roots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odpJw1OEM8s Art: Notable Veteran Artists Photo credit: usvaa.org Quote: “Veterans know better …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Saturday, Nov. 10, 1962

In the Top Ten: Popeye the Hitchhiker by Chubby Checker https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuxmYjrb8SA On the Bestseller List: The Blue Nile by Alan Moorehead Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: Mutiny on the Bounty https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ur25pXcI52o New In Comic Shops: Atom #3 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Sam Benedict https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_Zv-VwJx2w Magazine Roulette: The Saturday Evening Post Photo credit: wolfgangs.com …

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Care Package for Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020

Poetry: Nothing Is Lost by Lucyna ProstkoShe would emerge from nightmares,inch by inch, in the kitchen. Perchedon a wooden chair, she hugs her knees.Read More Song In My Head: Edible Flowers by The Finn Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkGSroCScz4 Art: Robert Colquhoun’s The Fortune Teller Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Your inconvenience should not override the health and happiness …

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