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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Care Package for Friday, July 31, 2020

Poetry: Still Waiting by Harryette MullenPlease approach with care these figures in black.Regard with care the weight they bear,                     the scars that mark their hearts.Read more (https://poets.org/poem/still-waiting) Song In My Head: Find the River by R.E.M. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIJGlTu5sEI Art: Ibrahim El-Salahi’s Untitled Photo credit: artsy.net Quote: “If …

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Care Package for Thursday, July 30, 2020

Poetry: Coyote by Alexander PoseyA few days more, and then There’ll be no secret glen,Or hollow, deep and dim,To hide or shelter him.Read more Song In My Head: I Hope Yer There by Tim Fite https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mx0YXJA35hM Art: Shafic Abboud’s Portrait de Michele Rodiere Photo credit: artnet.com Quote: “What is the first part of politics? Education. The …

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Care Package for Wednesday, July 29, 2020

Poetry: Morning by Paul Laurence DunbarThe mist has left the greening plain,The dew-drops shine like fairy rain,The coquette rose awakes again    Her lovely self adorningRead more Song In My Head: What’s Golden by Jurassic 5 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XsZKrctSDaw Art: Ged Quinn’s Hold It Up To The Light Photo credit: stephenfriedman.com Quote: “Sometimes your only available transportation …

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Care Package for Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Poetry: Salutations to a Mouse by Marsden HartleyIf a mouse makes a nestOf one’s written words,Is there anything else to do but acceptThe flattery?Read more (https://poets.org/poem/salutations-mouse) Song In My Head: Unsatisfied by The Replacements https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU6IndADEWI Art: Fernando Ortega’s Let Me Introduce Myself Photo credit: Quote: “Ignorance allied with power is the most ferocious enemy justice …

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