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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Care Package for Monday, Aug. 31, 2020

Poetry: About My Dreams by Hilda ConklingNow the flowers are all foldedAnd the dark is going by.The evening is arising ...It is time to rest.Read more Song In My Head: Still Fighting It by Ben Folds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqPwR39VMh0 Art: Norman Adams’s The Whole (The Dream I) Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “There is no such thing as …

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