Care Package for Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021

Poetry: End Words by Randall MannSewanee, Tennessee.Summer of ’96, I went there forbooze and poetry and rest.Read More Song In My Head: Father and Son by Cat Stevens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxjTC0bmKls Art: Gustav Klimt’s Mäda Primavesi Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “People think dreams aren’t real just because they aren’t made of matter, of parties. Dream are real. …

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Black History Month Care Package for Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021

Poetry: The scalps of the women with the best prophecies are dry this season by Ladan OsmanThey grow too aware of crowns, spendevenings rinsing and rinsing, water boiledwith oils and herbs left to coolalongside chicken and grains. The womenRead More Song In My Head: Love In War by Outkast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gS7LI2IRJ2o Art: Charlie Lucas’s Saturday Night …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Monday, Feb, 28, 1984

In the Top Ten: Jump by Van Halen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM On the Bestseller List: Night Sky by Clare Francis Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: Crackers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anT-uxt71vY New In Comic Shops: US 1 #8 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Super Night of Rock ’N’ Roll https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8puMOAnVYuQ Magazine Roulette: Starlog Photo credit: tilleysvintagemagazinessheffield.com Zodiac/Horoscope: Click here Photo …

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Care Package for Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021

Poetry: Object Permanence by Hala AlyanThis neighborhood was mine first. I walked each     block twice:Drunk, then sober. I lived every day with legs and      headphones.Read More Song In My Head: Clay Pigeons by John Prine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20Rucu7uNwc Art: Auguste Renoir’s Landscape Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “There is no greater agony than bearing …

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Black History Month Care Package for Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021

Poetry: Paul Robeson by Gwendolyn BrooksThat timewe all heard it,cool and clear,cutting across the hot grit of the day.Read More Song In My Head: Bless Up by Koryn Hawthorne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1pDq0ABplY Art: Julie Mehretu’s Conjured Parts (eye), Ferguson Photo credit: mariangoodman.com Quote: “Belief in oneself and knowing who you are – I mean, that’s the foundation …

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