Care Package for Sunday, Aug. 2, 2020

Poetry: Spell for the End of Grief by Amie WhittemoreNo incantations, no rosemary and statice,no keening women in grief dresses.No cauldrons, no candles, no hickory wands.Read more Song In My Head: Either Way by Wilco https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otz5V3RnG1Q Art: Jonathan Leaman’s A Jan Steen Kitchen Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “You are what you do, not what you …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Sunday, Aug. 1, 1993

In the Top Ten: I’m Gonna Be (500 Miles) by The Proclaimers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbNlMtqrYS0 On the Bestseller List: Race Matters by Cornel West Photo credit: rarebookcellar.com New In Theaters: The Wedding Banquet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kVkRhXt3S4 New In Comic Shops: Action Comics #690 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Roc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZ0IqVJqytM Magazine Roulette: Playboy Photo credit: amazon.com Sports: MLB Highlights …

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Care Package for Saturday, Aug. 1, 2020

For SallyYou were and still are such a good girl. Poetry: The Way We Said Goodbye by Mark VinzSo many years later, the old dogstill circles, head lowered, crippled byarthritis, nearly blind, incontinentRead more Song In My Head: My Dog And Me by John Hiatt https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uzSpPfvZs8 Art: Susan Warner’s Sally Quote: “If there are no …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY:  Monday, July 31, 1978

In the Top Ten: The Groove Line by Heatwave https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_uiR1O_lvw On the Bestseller List: Gnomes by Will Huygen and Rien Poortvliet Photo credit: abebooks.com New In Theaters: Hooper https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfbD6lBYZzQ New In Comic Shops: Laff-A-Lympics #5 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Good Times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6gNo4-1r6k Magazine Roulette: Crawdaddy Photo credit: worthpoint.com Sports: Pittsburgh Pirates at Montreal Expos …

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Care Package for Friday, July 31, 2020

Poetry: Still Waiting by Harryette MullenPlease approach with care these figures in black.Regard with care the weight they bear,                     the scars that mark their hearts.Read more (https://poets.org/poem/still-waiting) Song In My Head: Find the River by R.E.M. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIJGlTu5sEI Art: Ibrahim El-Salahi’s Untitled Photo credit: artsy.net Quote: “If …

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