Jazz for Monday: Clifford Brown sometimes with Max Roach, Art Farmer, and Modern Jazz Quartet.
1. Billy Collins focused much of his broadcast today around the human hand. He read a short poem by John Keats entitled, "The Living Hand", referred to the opening of Seamus Heany's poem, "Digging", and read his own poem, "Budapest", adroitly illuminating the connections between these poems. He read two more of his own poems, "Keat's Handwriting" and "My Heart". Billy Collins will broadcast again on Thursday, August 6th; he's taking a couple days away to work on a recording in which he will be reading the poems from his upcoming collection of new poems, Whale Day and Other Poems.
2. Upon removing a Pyrex loaf pan from the microwave, Christy dropped the pan on her foot. The pan broke, cutting the top of her foot. She called Debbie and me for help. Debbie covered Christy's wound with a piece of towel and taped it up and I got the Sube ready to take Christy to the ER. Christy arrived at a busy time. After she'd waited for about three hours, the ER doctor, who'd been slammed by multiple patients arriving, stitched the wound. Around ten, I returned to the medical center and drove Christy home. Her injured foot is in a boot. She can get around. The stitches should come out in 10-14 days.
Not a beautiful thing, you might be thinking.
True.
Except that Debbie and I live next door and were able to give Christy quick aid.
3. While waiting at home for Christy to text me that it was time to pick her up, I popped bowls of popcorn for Debbie and me. We hadn't had popcorn for months and it was a perfect comfort snack to munch on while waiting for news from Christy regarding how things were going at the ER.
Stu's Limerick commemorates Coast Guard Day. The Coast Guard's motto, "Semper Paratus" means "Always Ready".
“Semper Paratus” they say.
It’s shown in the ocean or bay.
No matter the call,
They will give it their all.
With bravery both night and the day.
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