Care Package for Saturday, March 27, 2021

Poetry: More Than Something Else by Rainy Dawn OrtizSomething Else.Some one elseSome where elseRead More Lyrical: Grapevine Fires by Death Cab for CutieAnd we watched the plumes paint the sky gray/And she laughed and danced through the field of graves/There I knew it would be alright/That everything would be alright https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8ZUV9IBEXY Art: Musical Party in …

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Women’s History Month Care Package for Friday, March 26, 2021

Poetry:The Heart’s Astronomy by Julia Ward HoweThis evening, as the twilight fell,My younger child watched for me;Like cherubs in the window framed,I saw the smiling group of three.Read More Song In My Head: Sweet Woman by Cris Williamson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKrgIM8HGt8 Art: Joan Mitchell’s Merci Photo credit: joanmitchellfoundation.org Quote: “I didn’t know what I wanted to do, …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Sunday, March 26, 1961

In the Top Ten: Walk Right Back by The Everly Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jE6hp2a5mrI On the Bestseller List: Skyline by Gene Fowler Photo credit: abebooks.co.uk New In Theaters: The Absent Minded Professor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JL1HSJLvqVs New In Comic Shops: Journey Into Mystery #66 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: National Velvet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGTkv-4HGno Magazine Roulette: The Hidden World Photo credit: mycomicshop.com …

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Care Package for Friday, March 26, 2021

Poetry: Spring is like a perhaps hand by E.E. Cummings      IIISpring is like a perhaps hand(which comes carefullyout of Nowhere) arranginga window, into which people look (whileRead More (https://poets.org/poem/spring-perhaps-hand) Lyrical: It Might as Well Be Spring by Nina SimoneI’m as busy as a spider spinning daydreams/I’m as giddy as a baby on a …

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Women’s History Month Care Package for Thursday, March 25, 2021

Poetry: Anti-Chlorinated Feminism by Rosemarie DombrowskiThe gospel of the journey is realizingthat eating is a political act,that the Woodstock of the mindis everywhere on a tiny planet like ours,Read More Song In My Head: Girls Like Girls by Hayley Kiyoko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0MT8SwNa_U Art: L’Merchie Frazier’s Madonna and Child: The Embrace Photo credit: news.artnet.com Quote: “I hate …

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