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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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Sunday, Nov. 9, 1952

In the Top Ten: I Went to Your Wedding by Patti Page https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lwruR3CENw On the Bestseller List: The Far Country by Nevil Shute Photo credit: historical.ha.com New In Theaters: Limelight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7KZbxd-_3k New In Comic Shops: Canteen Kate #3 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: McHale’s Navy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMv6PQ0X_dY Magazine Roulette: Short Stories Photo credit: mycomicshop.com Zodiac/Horoscope: Click …

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Care Package for Monday, Nov. 9, 2020

Poetry: The Puppet-Player by Angelina Weld GrimkéSometimes it seems as though some puppet-player,    A clenched jaw cupping a craggy chinSits just beyond the border of our seeing,Read More Song In My Head: Changing Tide by Leyla McCalla https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18vhB9BaQas Art: John Banting’s Explosion Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “No matter how hard the past is, you …

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