Mid-Week Libation: Be Curious, Not Judgmental
Relax with our jazz vocal playlist & a glass of Uruguayan Tannat, be inspired by the words of Walt Whitman & the art of Carmen Herrera, & watch Tina Turner drag impersonator Shi-Queeta Lee!
Mid-Week Libation is our weekly curated splash of inspiration and culture!
This Week’s Words of Wisdom: Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892)
Wildstar’s Wednesday Wine Pick: Bodega Garzón, Single Vineyard Tannat (Maldonado, Uruguay)
Another R&R Playlist for your listening pleasure: No Complaints and No Regrets
The Art of Carmen Herrera (May 31, 1915 – February 12, 2022)
Poem of the Week: “Miracles” by Walt Whitman (May 31, 1819 – March 26, 1892)
Miracles
by Walt Whitman
Why, who makes much of a miracle?
As to me I know of nothing else but miracles,
Whether I walk the streets of Manhattan,
Or dart my sight over the roofs of houses toward the sky,
Or wade with naked feet along the beach just in the edge of the water,
Or stand under trees in the woods,
Or talk by day with any one I love, or sleep in the bed at night with any one I love,
Or sit at table at dinner with the rest,
Or look at strangers opposite me riding in the car,
Or watch honey-bees busy around the hive of a summer forenoon,
Or animals feeding in the fields,
Or birds, or the wonderfulness of insects in the air,
Or the wonderfulness of the sundown, or of stars shining so quiet and bright,
Or the exquisite delicate thin curve of the new moon in spring;
These with the rest, one and all, are to me miracles,
The whole referring, yet each distinct and in its place.
To me every hour of the light and dark is a miracle,
Every cubic inch of space is a miracle,
Every square yard of the surface of the earth is spread with the same,
Every foot of the interior swarms with the same.
To me the sea is a continual miracle,
The fishes that swim—the rocks—the motion of the waves—the
ships with men in them,
What stranger miracles are there?Drag Performance of the Week: Shi-Queeta Lee as Tina Turner!
Artists Born Today: May 31st
Happy Wednesday everyone!
Today is the birthday of Louise Farrenc, Walt Whitman, Marie Antoinette Marcotte, Rosa May Billinghurst, Saint-John Perse, Helen Waddell, Hilla von Rebay, Akira Ifukube, Carmen Herrera, Judith Wright, Bernard Schultze, Lydia Mendoza, Huy Cận, Ellsworth Kelly, Julian Beck, Red Holloway, Shirley Verrett, Ed Lincoln, Peter Yarrow, Miguel Condé, Al Young, Jahar Dasgupta, Jimmy Cliff, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Svetlana Alexievich, John Bonham, Wesley Willis, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, Christian McBride, Douglas Stuart, Hirondina Joshua and CupcakKe!
What are you curious about this week?
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I love the Walt Whitman poem! Thank you for the reminder!
What a joy to see Wesley Willis in your birthday announcements (among so many other greats--wow, every day IS a miracle). He used to come through Missoula semi-regularly in the 90s, and while his music may not have been everyone's cup of tea, I loved seeing him. Rock over London, rock on Chicago!