Care Package for Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020

Poetry: The Bistro Styx by Rita DoveShe was thinner, with a mannered gauntnessas she paused just inside the doubleglass doors to survey the room, silvery capeRead more Song In My Head: Stay Clean by Motörhead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvScReIRZOA Art: John Finnie’s Moe Siabod, from Capel Curig Photo credit: artuk.org Quote: “The only way to make sense out …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Wednesday, Aug. 15, 1979

In the Top Ten: Bad Girls by Donna Summer https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HzxW4eu9heY On the Bestseller List: The Third World War: August 1985 by General Sir John Hacket & Other Top-Ranking NATO Generals & Advisors Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: Apocalypse Now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FTjG-Aux_yQ New In Comic Shops: Richie Rich Riches #43 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Kaz …

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Care Package for Saturday, Aug. 15, 2020

Poetry: The Last Kingdom by Jennifer FoersterThree days before the hurricanea woman in white is hauling milk.The beach wails.She is swinging her pail.Read more Song In My Head:Long Nights by Eddie Vedder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5LFCE-_hNY Art: Franz Roh’s Klage Photo credit: ubugallery.com Quote: “Love change, fear staying the same.” – Maxime Lagacé Recipe: Avocado Chicken Salad Photo …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Thursday, Aug. 14, 1958

In the Top Ten: Poor Little Fool by Ricky Nelson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R12H8QWnwvE On the Bestseller List: Anatomy of a Murder by Robert Traver Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: The Naked and the Dead https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2J8xuQpvQs New In Comic Shops: Atomic Bunny #12 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Playhouse 90 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_cTpcV7ObY Magazine Roulette: Mechanix Illustrated Photo credit: …

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Care Package for Friday, Aug. 14, 2020

Poetry: An Old Portrait by Margaret WiddemerFlower-decked, wide-skirted, from her oval frameShe watches us between the drooping curlsAnd smiles a little as she always smiled.Read more Song In My Head: Surrender by Cheap Trick https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbkypX1OhZ0 Art: Arpad Illes’s Jonah and the Whale Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “When we are no longer able to change a …

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