Care Package for Friday, Oct. 2, 2020

Poetry: Untethered by Allison Josephwhat anger in defiancewhat sympathy in doubtemotions steady try usdemanding every shoutRead more Song In My Head: Everybody Pays As They Go by Jakob Dylan https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv2_HC28Liw Art: Max Uhlig’s Autumn Bouquet Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Is Fate getting what you deserve, or deserving what you get?” – Jodi Picoult, Vanishing Acts Recipe: …

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SPOOOKY Care Package for Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020

Poetry: Haunted by Siegfried SassoonEvening was in the wood, pouring with storm.A time of drought had sucked the weedy poolAnd baked the channels; birds had done with song.Read more Song In My Head: A Nightmare On My Street by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVbaYFVUbLo The Art of Horror: Motel Hell Photo credit: …

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Care Package for Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020

Poetry: The Sound of Their Names by Ellen Bassfor the Women of the 19th AmendmentPraise their grit and gospel, their glisteningbrains, their minds on fire. Neuron, numbering the stars.Read more Song In My Head: A Place Called Home by PJ Harvey https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_m2NyS3IDjE Art: Dorothea Tanning’s Eine Kleine Nachtmusik Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “In my youth …

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Care Package for Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020

Poetry: Female Rain by Laura ToheFemale Rain Dancing from the southRead more Song In My Head: Fallin’ Rain by Link Wray https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Es-Zws_ggoY Art: Julian Schnabel’s Humanity Asleep Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempest.” – Epicurus Recipe: Maple-Apple Turnovers Photo credit: kingarthurbaking.com Anywhere But Here: The Joplin Spook Light, …

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Care Package for Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020

Poetry: Kindness by Naomi Shihab NyeBefore you know what kindness really isyou must lose things,feel the future dissolve in a momentlike salt in a weekend broth.Read more Song In My Head: E-Bow The Letter by R.E.M. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cnIQHJ169s Art: David Reeb’s Jerusalem Picture No. 1 Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “Truth is not only violated by falsehood; …

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