It’s July 20. A Monday. (I had to double check that to make sure.) The year – I won’t say its name; it doesn’t deserve the recognition – is a little over half over. I’m sure that most of us will be happy to bid it farewell this winter. Not that it’ll matter. Time is …
Author: Ethan Dezotelle
A DATE WITH HISTORY: Friday, July 20, 1951
In the Top Ten: Too Young by Nat King Cole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c55s6Kp63X0 On the Bestseller List: April Snow by Lillian Budd Photo credit: amazon.com New In Theaters: Showboat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK-mxaocmzo New In Comic Shops: Bugs Bunny’s Vacation Funnies #1 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Hawkins Falls, Population 6,200 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gK-mxaocmzo Magazine Roulette: Better Living Photo credit: ebid.net Sports: …
Care Package for Monday, July 20, 2020
Poetry: what the dead know by heart by Donte Collinslately, when asked how are you, Irespond with a name no longer livingRekia, Jamar, SandraRead more (https://poets.org/poem/what-dead-know-heart-0) Song In My Head: Wish You Were Here by Puddles Pity Party https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nz_rUHej_qA Art: Angela Jansen’s Citizen Kane Photo credit: mutualart.com Quote: “Striving for social justice is the most …
A DATE WITH HISTORY: Friday, July 19, 1985
In the Top Ten: Raspberry Beret by Prince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7vRSu_wsNc On the Bestseller List: Thinner by Richard Bachman Photo credit: veryfinebooks.com New In Theaters: Wetherby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snYa0bTzNTc New In Comic Shops: The Uncanny X-Men #195 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Off the Rack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwBgNTHWZB0 Magazine Roulette: WWF Magazine Photo credit: prowrestling.fandom.com Sports: Houston Astros at Montreal Expos …
Care Package for Sunday, July 19, 2020
Poetry: July by Cristin O’Keefe AptowiczThe figs we ate wrapped in bacon.The gelato we consumed greedily:Coconut milk, clove, fresh pear.Read more (https://poets.org/poem/july) Song In My Head: Things Happen by Dawes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNpSpMMfQis Art: Garrick Palmer’s Circular Forms Photo credit: garrickpalmer.co.uk Quote: “When I feed the poor, the call me a saint, but when I ask why …