Care Package for April 4, 2019

National Poetry Month: Forty Years by Mary Oliver Quote: “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you.” – Walt Whitman Song: “On the Street Where You Live” by Nat King Cole https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOs20gZcnks Place: Quebec City, Quebec Photo credit: lonelyplanet.com History: On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., was …

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Care Package for April 3, 2019

National Poetry Month: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d by Walt Whitman Quote: “No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop Song: “Sometimes It Snows In April” by Prince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikZgBhSMSUM Place: Geneva, Switzerland Photo credit: thewallpaper.co History: On April 3, 1973, the first cell phone call was made from …

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Care Package for April 2, 2019

National Poetry Month: Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes Quote: “The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey Song: “The Weight” by The Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWu-f7HFFJE Place: Red Canyon, Colorado Photo credit: cheapflights.com History: On April 2, 1968, Stanley Kubrick’s “2001: A Space …

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With Apologies to Hornby: March 2019

Books readAn American Harvest: How One Family Moved from Dirt-Poor Farming to a Better Life in the Early 1800s – Cardy Raper Books Bought/Found/GivenPolitical Fictions– Joan DidionFunny, You Don’t Look Autistic: A Comedian’s Guide to Life on the Spectrum – Michael McCreary This happens every year. February ends, and I exhale a big sigh of …

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