"No moment is trivial since each one contains a divine kingdom and heavenly sustenance." Jean Pierre de Caussade, The Sacrament of the Present Moment, p. 79 Pas pause for paws but, to be fair, so do Grandpas and Grandmas and Mas. What is not always clear, however, is how "paused" paused really is. If a … Continue reading Pas Pause for Paws
"You need music, I don’t know why. It’s probably one of those Joe Campbell questions, why we need ritual. We need magic, and bliss, and power, myth, and celebration and religion in our lives, and music is a good way to encapsulate a lot of it." Jerry Garcia The Mix Tape Taking songs off of … Continue reading The Mix Tape
"The truth is, a director wins an Oscar for a writer's script and actors' performances." George Cukor A Star is Born: My Review Straight up, it is a well-done movie. Anyone who drops in to see this film will enjoy the craftsmanship of directing and acting. I think that it will be popular, especially to … Continue reading A Star is Born: My Review
"Well, nobody's perfect." Some Like It Hot A Star is Born: The Glass Slipper A Star is Born, opening this week, is a remake. This means that we already know the story and we want to see how it plays out. Of interest to me is how will the movie end, how it takes the … Continue reading A Star is Born: The Glass Slipper
“The only “ism” Hollywood believes in is plagiarism.” Dorothy Parker A Star is Born: Anew! This weekend we'll be seeing the opening of the latest version of this story. Actually, it has opened early in New York and some early reviews are out. The machine is rolling forward with positive reviews and looks to be … Continue reading A Star is Born: Anew
“The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle.” ~Margaret Storm Jameson, "Word of the Day" in Facebook by The Network of Grateful Living, 9-18-18 Yesterday, my friend Vince and I went on a short hike at the Shafer Butte Trail just outside Boise. We took a right … Continue reading Quotidian-ness
"I'm not interested in my legacy. I made up a word: 'live-acy.' I'm more interested in living." John Glenn Improving Your Character On the surface, the World of Warcraft is a game of dragons and warriors with magic and spells and curses. Sometimes we do kill a dragon and good triumphs over evil; until the … Continue reading Improving Your Character
"Good books, like good friends, are few and chosen; the more select, the more enjoyable." Louisa May Alcott Anticipating Little Women Usually it takes something to pique my interest in the classic books. The New Yorker magazine printed How "Little Women" Got Big last month and I have to thank my brother for paying for … Continue reading Anticipating Little Women
"They paved paradise, and put in a parking lot" ~Performed by Joni Mitchell This summer, I got the disconcerting news that I was just a scootch away from getting diabetes. “Pre-diabetic” I believe is the term but, regardless, it got my attention. Again. I’d heard this off and on over the years as my weight … Continue reading Padding Across The Parking Lot – Part Two
"Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent." Cecil B. DeMille Madam Satan The title is not as scary as it seems. It was a film directed by Cecil B. DeMille in 1930. This means that it was a Pre Code movie. Sex, drinking and comedy … Continue reading Madam Satan
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