Happy Birthday: Leon Leonwood Bean, outdoor enthusiast/founder of L.L. BeanBorn Feb. 13, 1873 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5CJYEMcv-0 50 States, 100 Weeks: Center for Puppetry Arts, Atlanta, GA Photo credit: gpb.org Music: I Am No Mermaid by Sinéad Lohan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejLpqw8KnO0 Poetry: Ghana Calls by W.E.B. Du BoisI was a little boy, at home with strangers.I liked my playmates, and …
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Care Package for Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020
Happy Birthday: Charles Darwin, naturalistBorn Feb. 12, 1809 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfsUz2O2jww 50 States, 100 Weeks: Titan I Missile, Cordele, GA Photo credit: flickr.com Music: A Change is Gonna Come by Brian Owens https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cEXhZ8PwM-Y Poetry: I, Too by Langston HughesI, too, sing America. I am the darker brother.They send me to eat in the kitchenWhen company comes,Read more …
Care Package for Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020
Happy Birthday: Burt Reynolds, actorBorn Feb. 11, 1936 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhrSKzfFj54 50 States, 100 Weeks: The Dare Stones, Brenau University, Gainesville, GA Photo credit: ancient-origins.net Music: I Love You More Than You’ll Ever Know by Donny Hathaway https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dko6eQl4w2s Poetry: Frederick Douglass by Robert HaydenWhen it is finally ours, this freedom, this liberty, this beautifulAnd terrible thing, needful …
Care Package for Monday, Feb. 10, 2020
Happy Birthday: Bertolt Brecht, poet/playwrightBorn Feb. 10, 1898 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7fqMPDcKXM 50 States, 100 Weeks: The Big Chicken, Marietta, GA Photo credit: archpaper.com Music: Flyin’ the Flannel by fIREHOSE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE5V-nCNswE Poetry: Ode to Big Trend by Terrance HayesPretty soon the Negroes were looking to get paid.My partner, Big Trend, wiped his ox neck and said He wasn’t …
Care Package for Sunday, Feb. 9, 2020
Happy Birthday: Mia Farrow, actressBorn Feb. 9, 1945 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv3p8kIyqLI 50 States, 100 Weeks: Expedition: Bigfoot! The Sasquatch Museum, Cherry Log, GA Photo credit: columbian.com Music: John the Revelator by Blind Willie Johnson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTvq3sOWfGM Poetry: The Gospel of Barbecue by Honorée Fanonne JeffersLong after it wasnecessary, UncleVess ate the leavings off the hog, dousedthem with vinegar sauce.Read …
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