Happy Birthday: Hank Aaron, baseball player/civil rights activistBorn Feb. 5, 1934 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m66lmbROA58 50 States, 100 Weeks: World’s Largest Peanut, Ashburn, GA Photo credit: roadsideamerica.com Music: Cheek to Cheek (Heaven) by Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gdS5uRgu_TA Poetry: Canary by Rita DoveBillie Holiday’s burned voicehad as many shadows as lights,a mournful candelabra against a sleek piano,the …
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Care Package for Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020
Happy Birthday: Rosa Parks, civil rights activistBorn Feb. 4, 1913 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8A9gvb5Fh0 50 States, 100 Weeks: Hindu Temple of Atlanta, Riverdale, GA Photo credit: atlantamagazine.com Music: Gravedigger’s Chant by Zeal & Ardor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARM8cD8Xyno Poetry: Booker T. and W.E.B. by Dudley Randall“It seems to me,” said Booker T.,“It shows a mighty lot of cheekTo study chemistry and …
Care Package for Monday, Feb. 3, 2020
Happy Birthday: Norman Rockwell, artistBorn Feb. 3, 1894 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlufEZCh1Mk 50 States, 100 Weeks: Doll’s Head Trail, Atlanta, GA Photo credit: wanderlustatlanta.com Music: Cult of Personality by Living Colour https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xxgRUyzgs0 Poetry: Lift Every Voice and Sing by James Weldon JohnsonLift every voice and singTill earth and heaven ring,Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;Read more Holiday: Black …
Care Package for Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020
Happy Birthday: Langston Hughes, poetBorn Feb. 1, 1902 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuNCsMCl8Ug 50 States, 100 Weeks: Georgia Guidestones, Elberton, GA Photo credit: slate.com Music: Weightless Again by The Handsome Family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mkdjbk_G6pw Poetry: Billie Holiday by E. Ethelbert Miller sometimes the deafhear better than the blindRead more Holiday: Black History Month https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUDA5NLnGYY Comic Book Artist Spotlight: Denys CowanHardware #1, DC/Milestone …
Jeremy’s Lament
Jeremy walked through the main entrance of The Literary Yankee, the tiny bookstore located at the northwest corner of Vermont Wool Commons. He found himself taken aback by his surroundings once again. Even after spending so much time not just at the bookstore, but in the building in general, the changes made to the old …
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