Care Package for Friday, Dec. 4, 2020

I’ve been dealing with an earache for over a week now, and it seems to have infected today’s Care Package. Sorry … Poetry: The Road at Ache by Kazim AliI was whispered along the road at Achetoward the sun-paddled gateRead More Song In My Head: Blood Makes Noise by Suzanne Vega https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6qvIhygLTs Art: Daniel Martin …

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A Very Weird Christmas Care Package for Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020

We’re well into the holiday season, and it’s already one of the weirdest we’ve ever experienced. If you don’t know why, consider yourself lucky. Instead of resisting the bizarre atmosphere we’re living through, I figured, why not lean into it and have some fun? Christmas has long been a secret haven of the strange, and …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Tuesday, Dec. 3, 1957

In the Top Ten: You Send Me by Sam Cooke https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mrwfB4aAZZc On the Bestseller List: Compulsion by Meyer Levin Photo credit: existentialennui.com New In Theaters: The Wild Blue Road https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKrQi_jkhqo New In Comic Shops: Hot Stuff #2 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Meet McGraw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-8lIfD78TM Magazine Roulette: 1000 Jokes Magazine Photo credit: mycomicshop.com Zodiac/Horoscope: Click …

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Care Package for Thursday, Dec. 3, 2020

Poetry: XLV [Before the ice is in the pools] by Emily DickinsonBefore the ice is in the pools,     Before the skaters go,Or any cheek at nightfall      Is tarnished by the snow,Read More Song In My Head: Midwest Gospel Radio by Yonder Mountain String Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmRUPIDCMUM Art: Jean Crotti’s Portrait of Edison Photo …

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A Very Weird Christmas Care Package for Dec. 2, 2020

We’re well into the holiday season, and it’s already one of the weirdest we’ve ever experienced. If you don’t know why, consider yourself lucky. Instead of resisting the bizarre atmosphere we’re living through, I figured, why not lean into it and have some fun? Christmas has long been a secret haven of the strange, and …

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