Care Package for Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020

Poetry: Her Lips Are Copper Wire by Jean Toomerwhisper of yellow globesgleaming on lamp-posts that swaylike bootleg licker drinkers in the fogRead more Song In My Head: Forever Young by Rhiannon Giddens and Iron & Wine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHMlZxG339Y Art: Pablo Bronstein’s Erecting of the Paternoster Square Column Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “But now in September the …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Saturday, Aug. 31, 1974

In the Top Ten: Tell Me Something Good by Rufus & Chaka Khan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=muXmIWis0bI On the Bestseller List: The Gulag Archipelago by Alexander Solzhenitsyn Photo credit: amazon.com New In Theaters: The Longest Yard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wclo6KMZr28 New In Comic Shops: Vault of Evil #12 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Owen Marshall: Counselor at Law https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RARrcXnioOA Magazine Roulette: …

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Care Package for Monday, Aug. 31, 2020

Poetry: About My Dreams by Hilda ConklingNow the flowers are all foldedAnd the dark is going by.The evening is arising ...It is time to rest.Read more Song In My Head: Still Fighting It by Ben Folds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqPwR39VMh0 Art: Norman Adams’s The Whole (The Dream I) Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “There is no such thing as …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Friday, Aug. 29, 1952

In the Top Ten: Auf Wiederseh’n Sweetheart by Vera Lynn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8WsuLH4sulA On the Bestseller List: Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: The Quiet Man https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipV-H2P3Hqw New In Comic Shops: Flippity and Flop #5 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Tales of Tomorrow https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlT7IO3x06w Magazine Roulette: …

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Care Package for Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020

Poetry: This Morning by Luci TapahonsoThe screech of the recycling truck jolted me awake.It was just after dawn and the huge trucks were already tearingthrough the neighborhood, shrieking brakes keeping rhythmwith shattering glass and clinking cans amidst barking dogs.Read more Song In My Head: You by Bad Religion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1PgiBpTtao Art: Catherine Yass’s Northwest D2 Photo …

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