Care Package for Saturday, Sept. 5, 2020

For Alison, on our 11th anniversary Poetry: Evening Song by Willa CatherDear love, what thing of all things that beIs ever worth one thought from you or me,            Save only Love,            Save only Love?Read more Song In My Head: The Weight by The Band https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-w9OclUnns

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Care Package for Friday, Sept. 4, 2020

Poetry: Cahoots by Carl SandburgPlay it across the table.What if we steal this city blind?If they want any thing let ‘em nail it down.Read more Song In My Head: Ol’ 55 by Shelby Lynne https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jRc0EDJeeM Art: Adam Dant’s Dismantling Printing Presses at Paternoster Square Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “I have measured out my life with …

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Care Package for Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020

For Ma. Happy birthday! Poetry: A Happy Birthday by Ted KooserThis evening, I sat by an open windowand read till the light was gone and the bookwas no more than a part of the darkness.Read more Song In My Head: I’ll Always Love My Mama by The Intruders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsYKaDBleJA Art: Herbert Bayer’s Birthday Picture II …

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Care Package for Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020

Poetry: Her Lips Are Copper Wire by Jean Toomerwhisper of yellow globesgleaming on lamp-posts that swaylike bootleg licker drinkers in the fogRead more Song In My Head: Forever Young by Rhiannon Giddens and Iron & Wine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHMlZxG339Y Art: Pablo Bronstein’s Erecting of the Paternoster Square Column Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “But now in September the …

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