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: In the First Place of My Life by Ray Young BearIn the first place of my lifesomething which comes before all othersthere is the sacred and holylikeRead More Song In …
Month: November 2020
Thanksreading 2020: The Un-bear-able Lightness of Reading
Something was wrong. It was the winter of 1985-’86, and I was really sick. Like, REALLY sick. I missed weeks and weeks of school, made numerous trips to different doctors and specialists, and filled countess tubes of blood for testing. What was the diagnosis? There wasn’t one. We still don’t know what was going on. …
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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Thursday, Nov. 25, 1965
In the Top Ten: Ain’t That Peculiar by Marvin Gaye https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gP0Loe6tVB0 On the Bestseller List: Hotel by Arthur Hailey Photo credit: heritage.ha.com New In Theaters: Harum Scrum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_ECjQuw9pk New In Comic Shops: Avengers #22 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: O.K. Crackerby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xi1vO9rlLww Magazine Roulette: Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Photo credit: mycomicshop.com Zodiac/Horoscope: Click here Photo …
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Care Package for Wednesday, Nov. 25, 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: All the Tired Horses in the Sun by Joy HarjoForever.And ever.And ever.There’s my cousin. Auntie. Uncle.Read More Song In My Head: It Ain’t Over! by Blackfire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6LFNCryryA Art: Tony Abeta’s …
Thanksreading 2020: The Book I’m Not Reading
This is going to be a short one, y’all. Sort of a coda to yesterday’s recollection of War and Piece and my lack of ever reading it. My wife shared an article with me about owning books that go unread, and it was profoundly interesting. Entitled The value of owning more books than you can …
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