Care Package for Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021

Poetry: A New National Anthem by Ada LimónThe truth is, I’ve never cared for the NationalAnthem. If you think about it, it’s not a goodsong. Too high for most of us with “the rockets’red glare” and then there are the bombs.(Always, always there is war and bombs.)Read More Song In My Head: This Land is …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Wednesday, Jan. 6, 1993

In the Top Ten: What About Your Friends by TLC https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92gHq1s6G-c On the Bestseller List: Dinotopia by James Gurney Photo credit: pinterest.dk New In Theaters: Joshua Tree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Njb-8SmXQmM New In Comic Shops: Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Space Rangers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEjWp0fdq2Q Magazine Roulette: Pixel Photo credit: issu.com Zodiac/Horoscope: Click here Photo …

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Care Package for Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021

Poetry: Youth by Tom SleighSmelling of sweet resin the Aleppo pines’shadows grow taller by the hour. Two identicaltwin boys chase each other through the       shadows,Read More Song In My Head: Mellow My Man by The Roots https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeVqPBe_K5k Art: Gustave Le Gray’s [Oak Tree and Rocks, Forest of Fontainebleau] Photo credit: metmuseum.org Quote: “There …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Wednesday, Jan. 5, 1983

In the Top Ten: Dirty Laundry by Don Henley https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuCAFqu0-aU On the Bestseller List: Miracle at Midway by Gordon W. Prange Photo credit: goodreads.com New In Theaters: Enigma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NrfiIpUd20 New In Comic Shops: Weirdo #8 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Seven Brides for Seven Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oB3Z_7ITUEE Magazine Roulette: GQ Photo credit: pinterest.com Zodiac/Horoscope: Click here …

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