Care Package for Saturday, June 26, 2021

Poetry: The Museum of Stones by Carolyn ForchéThese are your stones, assembled in matchbox and tin,collected from roadside, culvert, and viaduct,battlefield, threshing floor, basilica, abattoir –stones, loosed by tanks in the streetsRead More Lyrical: Gimme Shelter by Sisters of MercyMmm, a flood is threatening/My very life today/Gimme, gimme shelter/Or I’m gonna fade away https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xf5u9xKwnkk Art: …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Saturday, June 25, 1955

In the Top Ten: Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White by Pérez Prado https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggSDeyPu_e4 On the Bestseller List: Dutch by Theodore Bonnet Photo credit: amazon.com New In Theaters: Moonfleet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8ZmVDt52GQ New In Comic Shops: From Here to Insanity #10 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Professional Father https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20DdQA5LPu4 Magazine Roulette: FATE Photo credit: mycomicshop.com Zodiac/Horoscope: Click …

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Care Package for Friday, June 25, 2021

Poetry: Summer Morn in New Hampshire by Claude McKayAll yesterday it poured, and all night long     I could not sleep; the rain unceasing beatUpon the shingled roof like a weird song,    Upon the grass like running children’s feet.Read More Lyrical: Mandolin Rain by Bruce Hornsby and the RangeI’ll do my time/keeping you off …

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A DATE WITH HISTORY: Friday, June 24, 1994

In the Top Ten: The Most Beautiful Girl In the World by Prince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFtfrd8_K9k On the Bestseller List: Standing Firm by Dan Quayle Photo credit: amazon.com New In Theaters: Getting Even With Dad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvlEQ7vLMro New In Comic Shops: Hellblazer #78 Photo credit: mycomicshop.com On TV: Passport to Murder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wnnYGPGQXo0 Magazine Roulette: SPIN Photo credit: amazon.com …

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