National Poetry Month: Private Eye Lettuce by Richard Brautigan Quote: “Remember that the happiest people are not those getting more, but those giving more.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr. Song: “Pancho & Lefty” by Willie Nelson & Merle Haggard https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoKvUYbGu7A Place: Guanajuato, Mexico Photo credit: trailingrachel.com History: On April 28, 1937, Pan Am completed the …
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Care Package for April 27, 2019
National Poetry Month: If They Should Come For Us by Fatima Asghar Quote: “Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.” – Mark Twain Song: “Dream a Little Dream of Me” by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6TmogXhOZ8 Place: Portland, Oregon …
Care Package for April 26, 2019
National Poetry Month: Dream Land by Christina Rossetti Quote: “Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama XIV Song: “You Woke Up My Neighborhood” by Billy Bragg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbDQhpGof6M Place: Raja Ampat Islands, Indonesia Photo credit: indonesiad.com History: On April 26, 1941, an organ was played at a baseball …
Care Package for April 25, 2019
National Poetry Month: Sumer is i-cumin in by Anonymous Quote: “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson Song: “Waiting On a Song” by Dan Auerbach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDoufWQns1c Place: Haucachina, Peru Photo credit: theculturetrip.com History: On April …
Care Package for April 24, 2019
National Poetry Month: Peanut Butter by Eileen Myles Quote: “The more you believed in yourself, the more you could trust yourself. The more you trust yourself, the less you compare yourself to others.” – Roy T. Bennett Song: “I Don’t Know Why” by Shawn Colvin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPL_VW9LD-k Place: Nanavut Island, Canada Photo credit: photos.com History: On …