Too long ago to remember, where it was we met or what made our phones connect. Did we discuss our futures when we didn’t know how far our lives would take us on which unfamiliar roads? Now we meet to plan where our future trips will go.
Just up the road from me is a mini-Shell station, not really a full-fledged service station, for its main service is at the tap or swipe of your card, the gasoline becomes available (if approved). That little Shell station recently had a total replacement (all I ever had replaced were my hips). I saw the... Read More
Released April 29, 2005 Streaming on Hoopla, For rent/purchase on all major platforms. Genre: Space Sci-Fi, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi PG: Thematic elements, action, and mild language 1h 49m This may be the first time I have revisited a film with such a different experience. I remember enjoying this quirky movie much more than I... Read More
(Scene: Mamie and Solly are out to breakfast. They’re now chatting, drinking coffee, perusing the newspaper, and an idea crystalizes in Mamie’s brain.) Mamie: …I’ve been thinking… Solly (neck swiveling away from his newspaper): …Am I ready? M (putting her section down): For good conversation? S: Lay it on me. M: I had a brain... Read More
Is April one of your favorite months? The weather is usually moderate, and there is April Fool’s Day to get things started with a chuckle. There are some specific wine days in April. April 14 is Tannat Wine Day. Wine Folly describes Tannat as “This deeply colored red grape originates in France and has an... Read More
Between Virginia’s Danville and Nova Scotia’s Halifax, Mama BriBri and The Stranger have begun carving out their musical identity. Though new to the scene, they approach their craft with clear-eyed determination. Briana (Mama BriBri) divides her time between raising three children and developing her musical voice in Halifax. Jeremy Strange returned to his hometown of... Read More
Anxious until they arrive; frosts cover their beds with thin white lace many nights until winter’s early spring displaces brutal chills with gentle breezes, warm as lovers’ lips, their welcome kisses, life-giving as sunshine, its arousal.
Riesling is a versatile wine that can enhance food flavors, including desserts. Many think of Riesling as a sweet wine, but it can be bone dry. But for now, let’s consider the sweet versions of Riesling. Taste is subjective; one person’s “sweet” can be another person’s “off-dry” or slightly sweet. A recently purchased Reisling was... Read More
Scene: Mamie and Solly stare at their moth-eaten-looking front lawn from their sidewalk and debate about what might be happening there in another reality. Solly (pointing): I think it’s a sinkhole, Mamie. Forming on our front lawn. Covered it with a tarp. City engineer coming to take a look. Plumber might be able to fix... Read More
The Upside of Anger (6/10 Rating) Released March 11, 2005 (Limited) Streaming on Max, For rent/purchase on all major platforms. Genre: Comedy, Drama R: Language, Sexual Situations, Brief Comic Violence, and Some Drug Use 1h 58m In the 90s two-time Oscar winner Kevin Costner was one of the biggest stars in Hollywood, but by the... Read More
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