Happy Birthday: Jules Verne, authorBorn Feb. 8, 1828 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-_-0O7c-PE 50 States, 100 Weeks: The Paris Market and Brocante, Savannah, GA Photo credit: atlantamagazine.com Music: By Tomorrow by Black Tambourine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM86g6cYKb4 Poetry: Dancing With Strom by Nikky FinneyThe youngest has been married off. He is as tall as Abraham Lincoln. Here, on hiswedding day, he flaunts …
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Care Package for Friday, Feb. 7, 2020
Happy Birthday: Laura Ingalls Wilder, authorBorn Feb. 7, 1867 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsE_hZ0lT1k 50 States, 100 Weeks: Etowah Indian Mounds, Cartersville, GA Photo credit: ancientpages.com Music: Illegal Smile by John Prine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MmjnQjRvPUQ Poetry: Poem for My Father by Quincy Troupefather, it was an honor to be there, in the dugoutwith you, the glory of great black men swinging …
Care Package for Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020
Happy Birthday: Tom Brokaw, news anchorBorn Feb. 6, 1940 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvjVwYIYs2c 50 States, 100 Weeks: Jimmy Carter Peanut, Plains, GA Photo credit: roadsidewonders.net Music: Something About What Happens When We Talk by Lucinda Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9R_dkP2duog Poetry: Ballad of Birmingham by Dudley Randall“Mother dear, may I go downtownInstead of out to play,And march the streets of BirminghamIn …
Care Package for Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2020
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 …
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 …
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