A DATE WITH HISTORY: Sunday, April 24, 1966

In the Top Ten: Time Won’t Let Me by The Outsiders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gaj1wVNvSqk On the Bestseller List: The Comedians by Graham Greene Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: Billy the Kid Vs. Dracula https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rE-chhwi0bw New In Comic Shops: Thirteen #18 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: My Favorite Martian https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7piG2V17cH8 Magazine Roulette: Cracked Photo credit: mycomicshop.com Zodiac/Horoscope: …

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Care Package for Saturday, April 24, 2021

Poetry: Spring (Again) by Michael RyanThe birds were louder this morning,Raucous, oblivious, tweeting their teensy bird-brains out.Read More Lyrical: Wheat Kings by The Tragically HipTwenty years for nothing, well, that’s nothing new/Besides, no one’s interested in something you didn’t do https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8H9L0jR6WCg Art: Winslow Homer’s Flower Garden and Bungalow, Bermuda Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “The animals …

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Care Package for Friday, April 23, 2021

Poetry: The Conflict of Convictions by Herman MelvilleOn starry nights    A bugle wails the long recall;Derision stirs the deep abyss,     Heaven’s ominous science over all.Read More Lyrical: Sanctuary by Hiss Golden MessengerSalvation/Despair/But the game that they taught me/Sometimes it feels like it just ain’t fair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBkN9y9zf9Y Art: Vessel with six animal friezes Photo …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Sunday, April 22, 1956

In the Top Ten: No, Not Much by The Four Lads https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4Rsa1WlIYE On the Bestseller List: The Edge of the Sea by Rachel Carson Photo credit: tbclrarebooks.com New In Theaters: The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfrqYr58st0 New In Comic Shops: Strange Adventures #67 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: It’s a Great Life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jk4jIsSCrg0

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