Care Package for Wednesday, Aug. 5, 2020

Poetry: Lonely Planet by Nate KlugYou’re used to it, the way,in the first wide-eyedminutes, climbing from parking lotRead more Song In My Head: Grapefruit Moon by Tom Waits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LN0uBPt0UOA Art: Graciela Iturbide’s Perros Perdidos, India Photo credit: artnet.com Quote: “Mercy is not easy … It requires courage.” – Pope Francis Recipe: Loaded Grilled Cauliflower Photo …

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Care Package for Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020

Poetry: River Sonnet by Tacey M. AtsittyWater levels have bled out,Like it had just bitten its lip& was about to swell – then rip:Read more Song In My Head: Across 110th Street by Bobby Womack https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UOg_8hCC4u4 Art: Dennis Geden’s Angel of Peace Tries Again Photo credit: artsy.net Quote: “You may choose to look the other …

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Care Package for Monday, Aug. 3, 2020

Poetry: It Comes in Every Storm by Olga OrozcoTranslated by Mary CrowAnd don’t you feel also, perhaps, a stormy sorrow of the skin of      time,like a scar that opens againthere where the sky was uprooted?Read more Song In My Head: Lungs by Lyle Lovett https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GqSQeviLbs Art: Luis Tomasello’s Objet Plastique N. 1026 Photo …

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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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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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