Care Package for Friday, May 29, 2020

Poetry: An Apology by Julia Ward HoweFor a Warm Word Spoken I spake, perhaps, too sharp a wordFor one bred up in modesty,But base injustice, trivial scornOn honor heaped, had angered me.Read more Song In My Head: I Don’t Know Why by Shawn Colvin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPL_VW9LD-k En Plein Air: Robert Clunie’s The White Church at Talpa …

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Care Package for Tuesday, May 26, 2020

Poetry: Weep Holes by Andrea CohenWe build theseinto the dream- house, holes drilledinto window sills,Read more Song In My Head: The Promise by When In Rome https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HI_xFQWiYU En Plein Air: Ana Althea Hill’s Wooded Stream and Sheep Photo credit: bodegabayheritagegallery.com Self-Care: 10-Minute Mobility Yoga for Neck & Shoulders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN0VAViZ9nA Recipe: Watermelon Soup Photo credit: allrecipes.com …

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Care Package for Monday, May 25, 2020

Poetry: Youth by Tom SleighSmelling of sweet resin the Aleppo Pines’shadow grows taller by the hour. Two identicaltwin boys chase each other through the shadows,Read more (https://poets.org/poem/youth) Song In My Head: Dear Uncle Sam by Loretta Lynn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzHDrj56c7Q Sculpture: New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial Photo credit: njvvmf.org Self-Care: 5 Tips for Self-Care On Memorial Day …

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Care Package for Saturday, May 23, 2020

Poetry: Haw River Meditation by Jonathan FarmerBecause I want to be good,    when I take my students   to the river    To write,    I try to set it up.Read more Song In My Head: No Depression by Uncle Tupelo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wT1EbMTqYek En Plein Air: John Constable’s Hampstead Heath with Bathers Photo credit: metmuseum.org Self-Care: …

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Care Package for Friday, May 22, 2020

Poetry: This Compost by Walt WhitmanSomething startles me where I thought I was safest,I withdraw from the still woods I loved,I will not go now on the pastures to walk,Read more (https://poets.org/poem/compost) Song In My Head: Time by The Alan Parsons Project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhRzORqNa0E Illusionism: Frederic Leighton’s Cimabue’s Madonna Carried in Procession Photo credit: rct.uk Self-Care: …

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