Category Archives: Movies

I know that song…and that one…and…

Posted on August 22, 2012 by

Get ready for a tune that you might not be able to get out of your head for a few minutes. I’m singing in the rain. Just singing in the rain. What a glorious feeling, I’m happy again! I’m laughing … Continue reading →

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Les Parapluies de Cherbourg

Posted on April 24, 2012 by

When I was in 4th and 5th year French in high school, I remember that we read lots of things about French culture. We had to write term papers on a French artist. We read several works of the existentialists. … Continue reading →

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What a horse!

Posted on January 3, 2012 by

I wrote previously how I loved the stage production of War Horse. My husband had wanted to go see it last April, and, after he described it to me — young boy goes into the battlefield looking for his horse, … Continue reading →

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Year’s End – All the cool kids do a wrap up

Posted on December 29, 2011 by

There are traditions during the last week of the year that are just as certain to occur as those pre-Christmas traditions we’re all familiar with. The calendar turns to 12/26 and you can expect enormous crowds at the mall, long … Continue reading →

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The Post In Which I Reveal That I Am A Geek

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

There is no winning a Star Trek v Star Wars argument. For me, I will always argue for Star Trek, in its many iterations: classic, TNG, the movies, and the 2009 reboot. It is one of the first television shows … Continue reading →

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>This week’s To-Do List, with pictures

Posted on October 17, 2008 by

>To Do List: * Get to airport on time. [Just barely.] a * Make difficult decisions, such as: Walk North a Walk South a * Take lots of naps.a * Hug some trees. [metaphorically] a Palm trees… Swamp fig on … Continue reading →

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>The Fall Will Probably Kill Ya?

Posted on September 27, 2008 by

>When I was in college, girls in the dorm who liked to put movie star posters on their walls, usually had one of two posters: the forever handsome but dead James Dean looking pretty cool in a motorcycle jacket with … Continue reading →

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>Some rambling thoughts on Beowulf

Posted on November 27, 2007 by

>I went to see Beowulf over the holiday weekend with my son. He indicated that he had read the poem in High School. When it was assigned, he felt that he just couldn’t get into it, and didn’t do the … Continue reading →

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>Baby Don’t It Feel Like Heaven Right Now?

Posted on November 3, 2007 by

>While watching Peter Bogdanovich’s Running Down a Dream about Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers the first time I think, ‘Where on earth was I all those years and how could it be that I didn’t realize what a great band … Continue reading →

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>Away From Her/The Bear Came Over the Mountain

Posted on June 2, 2007 by

>A few months ago, one of my reading groups selected Alice Munro’s collection of short stories, Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage for its monthly selection. I had the book on my shelves for a few years, but had never finished … Continue reading →

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