Care Package for Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020

Poetry: Rainy Twilight by Evelyn ScottDim gold faces float in the windows,Subtle as perfume,Soft as flowers.Read more Song In My Head: Dimming of the Day by Bonnie Raitt & Richard Thompson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o8M74ufF4Q Art: Graciela Iturbide’s Birds on the Pole, Guanajuato, Mexico Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “You have to keep breaking your heart until it opens.” …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Friday, Sept. 14, 1962

In the Top Ten: Sherry by The Four Seasons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMcWldfg28s On the Bestseller List: Youngblood Hawke by Herman Wouk Photo credit: ebay.com New In Theaters: Kid Galahad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrYezE0U-dQ New In Comic Shops: The Incredible Hulk #3 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: The Gallant Men https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TF7ADxg2jPQ Magazine Roulette: Popular Science Photo credit: meremart.com Sports: Los Angeles …

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Care Package for Monday, Sept. 14, 2020

Poetry: on empathy by Bettina Juddwhat it sounds like is a bird breaking small bones against glass.the least of them, a sparrow, of course. you’re about to servedinner and this is the scene.Read more (https://poets.org/poem/empathy) Song In My Head: Take the Skinheads Bowling by Camper Van Beethoven https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQt-GvbWYKc Art: James Hakewill’s South Gate, Winchelsea Photo …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Thursday, Sept. 11, 1952

In the Top Ten: You Belong to Me by Jo Stafford https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQfF84ackMM On the Bestseller List: My Cousin Rachel by Daphne Du Maurier Photo credit: content.time.com New In Theaters: The Snows of Kilimanjaro https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peA7Y0kSVnU New In Comic Shops: Batman #72 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: The Fred Waring Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMcVfqRCNNc Magazine Roulette: Passenger Transport Photo …

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Care Package for Friday, Sept. 11, 2020

Poetry: Tuesday 9/11/01 by Lucille Cliftonthunder and lightning and our worldis another place     no dayRead more Song In My Head: Ashes of American Flags by Wilco  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O72cQZeTbxQ Art: Alex Ross’s 9-11: Sept. 11, 2001 Photo credit: nrm.org Quote: “Even the smallest act of service, the simplest act of kindness, is a way to …

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