Care Package for Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020

For Ma. Happy birthday! Poetry: A Happy Birthday by Ted KooserThis evening, I sat by an open windowand read till the light was gone and the bookwas no more than a part of the darkness.Read more Song In My Head: I’ll Always Love My Mama by The Intruders https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsYKaDBleJA Art: Herbert Bayer’s Birthday Picture II …

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Care Package for Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020

Poetry: Her Lips Are Copper Wire by Jean Toomerwhisper of yellow globesgleaming on lamp-posts that swaylike bootleg licker drinkers in the fogRead more Song In My Head: Forever Young by Rhiannon Giddens and Iron & Wine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHMlZxG339Y Art: Pablo Bronstein’s Erecting of the Paternoster Square Column Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “But now in September the …

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Care Package for Monday, Aug. 31, 2020

Poetry: About My Dreams by Hilda ConklingNow the flowers are all foldedAnd the dark is going by.The evening is arising ...It is time to rest.Read more Song In My Head: Still Fighting It by Ben Folds https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqPwR39VMh0 Art: Norman Adams’s The Whole (The Dream I) Photo credit: tate.org.uk Quote: “There is no such thing as …

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Care Package for Saturday, Aug. 29, 2020

Poetry: This Morning by Luci TapahonsoThe screech of the recycling truck jolted me awake.It was just after dawn and the huge trucks were already tearingthrough the neighborhood, shrieking brakes keeping rhythmwith shattering glass and clinking cans amidst barking dogs.Read more Song In My Head: You by Bad Religion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1PgiBpTtao Art: Catherine Yass’s Northwest D2 Photo …

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