Care Package for Sunday, July 19, 2020

Poetry: July by Cristin O’Keefe AptowiczThe figs we ate wrapped in bacon.The gelato we consumed greedily:Coconut milk, clove, fresh pear.Read more (https://poets.org/poem/july) Song In My Head: Things Happen by Dawes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNpSpMMfQis Art: Garrick Palmer’s Circular Forms Photo credit: garrickpalmer.co.uk Quote: “When I feed the poor, the call me a saint, but when I ask why …

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Care Package for Saturday, July 18, 2019

In Memory of Rep. John Lewis Photo credit: politico.com Quote: “Be hopeful. Be optimistic. Never lose that sense of hope.” – John Lewis Poetry: Still I Rise by Maya AngelouYou may write me down in historyWith your bitter, twisted lies,You may trod me in the very dirtBut still, like dust, I’ll rise.Read more Quote: “Rosa …

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Care Package for Thursday, July 16, 2020

Poetry: Garden by H.D.You are clearO rose, cut in rock,hard as the descent of hail.Read more Song In My Head: Making Pies by Patty Griffin https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRA2fZAG7RY Art: Edward Gorey’s Some Things Are Scary Photo credit: pomegranate.com Recipe: New England Clam Chowder Photo credit: delish.com Quote: “A good deal of education consists of unlearning – the …

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Care Package for Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Poetry: Dawn by Helen Hunt JacksonWith a ring of silver,     And a ring of gold,Read more Song In My Head: Easy’s Gettin’ Harder Every Day by Iris DeMent https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-twsPNDLTw Art: Barbara Cooney’s Island Boy Recipe: Lemon Ricotta Pasta Photo credit: delish.com Quote: “A man who lives, not by what he lives but what he …

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