SPOOOKY Care Package for Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020

Poetry: Haunted by Siegfried SassoonEvening was in the wood, pouring with storm.A time of drought had sucked the weedy poolAnd baked the channels; birds had done with song.Read more Song In My Head: A Nightmare On My Street by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVbaYFVUbLo The Art of Horror: Motel Hell Photo credit: …

Continue reading SPOOOKY Care Package for Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020

Care Package for Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020

Poetry: The Sound of Their Names by Ellen Bassfor the Women of the 19th AmendmentPraise their grit and gospel, their glisteningbrains, their minds on fire. Neuron, numbering the stars.Read more Song In My Head: A Place Called Home by PJ Harvey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m2NyS3IDjE Art: Dorothea Tanning’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “In my youth …

Continue reading Care Package for Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020

Care Package for Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020

Poetry: Female Rain by Laura ToheFemale Rain Dancing from the southRead more Song In My Head: Fallin’ Rain by Link Wray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es-Zws_ggoY Art: Julian Schnabel’s Humanity Asleep Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.” – Epicurus Recipe: Maple-Apple Turnovers Photo credit: kingarthurbaking.com Anywhere But Here: The Joplin Spook Light, …

Continue reading Care Package for Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020

Care Package for Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020

Poetry: Kindness by Naomi Shihab NyeBefore you know what kindness really isyou must lose things,feel the future dissolve in a momentlike salt in a weekend broth.Read more Song In My Head: E-Bow The Letter by R.E.M. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cnIQHJ169s Art: David Reeb’s Jerusalem Picture No. 1 Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Truth is not only violated by falsehood; …

Continue reading Care Package for Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020

Care Package for Monday, Sept. 28, 2020

Poetry: Patience by D.H. LawrenceA wind comes from the northBlowing little flocks of birdsLike spray across the town,Read more Song In My Head: Back and to the Left by Texas Is the Reason https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ugKNS7znXU Art: Ged Quinn’s Cross in the Wilderness Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: Patience is not the ability wait, but the ability to …

Continue reading Care Package for Monday, Sept. 28, 2020