Category: movie

A is for Air

Posted in air quality, attitude, best, birds, California, contractor, daughter, dogs, family, flowers, fresh air, friends, humor, lunch, memoir, mom, movie, neighborsLeave a comment

If a bluebird ski day is one without a cloud in the sky, then a dog-bird (bird-dog?) day is one where you can open all of your windows and air the doggy smell right out of your (my) house. All that stale winter air that has been recycling through my closed-up house during rain storm… Continue reading A is for Air

Why Do We Hide Mental Issues in America?

Posted in Asperger's, autism, Depression, epilepsy, exercise, memoir, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, movie, Netflix, OCD, schizophrenia, weight-bearing exerciseLeave a comment

(re-run) It has come to my attention that if a person tells you that he has Asperger’s* and you tell another person that the guy has Asperger’s, that is a bad thing. We all know that If the guy had a broken leg or a bad heart, and you tell others of those things, it’s… Continue reading Why Do We Hide Mental Issues in America?

New Guy in Town

Posted in beach, Brad Pitt, Carmel, celebrities, famous people, Hollywood, JK Rowling, memoir, movie, neighbors, Pebble Beach, Sully, thrift storesLeave a comment

(re-run from 2022) I fell in love when he played the cowboy thief in Thelma and Louise. He’s still a heart throb, only eight years younger than I am.  And now he’s bought a mansion in a town down the road from my little beach house.  I read it in Carmel magazine this week. His… Continue reading New Guy in Town

Oscars, Anyone?

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As I sit here watching the Academy Awards, the show is entertaining for so many reasons,, especially the gowns. The women choose their gowns well in advance. Some are fabulous, some are horrible, some are fish like (think Anya from the Queen’s Gambit). The make-up category winner wore a bizarre shiny dress that looked like… Continue reading Oscars, Anyone?

A Date with Jesus

Posted in Berkeley, Cal, California, dating, family, Italian, Jesus, mental health, movie, relationships, religion, worstLeave a comment

(re-run) Gina was from a big Italian family, So was Vito; they were the same age. The families were good friends, and when they were both fifteen, Gina was in love with Vito. But they never dated, and once Gina left for Berkeley to go to school at Cal, she didn’t see Vito for several… Continue reading A Date with Jesus

Why Do We Hide Mental Issues in America?

Posted in Asperger's, autism, Depression, epilepsy, exercise, memoir, mental disorder, mental health, mental illness, movie, Netflix, OCD, schizophrenia, weight-bearing exerciseLeave a comment

(re-run) It has come to my attention that if a person tells you that he has Asperger’s* and you tell another person that the guy has Asperger’s, that is a bad thing. We all know that If the guy had a broken leg or a bad heart, and you tell others of those things, it’s… Continue reading Why Do We Hide Mental Issues in America?

A Date with Jesus

Posted in Berkeley, Cal, California, dating, family, Italian, Jesus, mental health, movie, relationships, religion, worstLeave a comment

(re-run) Gina was from a big Italian family, So was Vito; they were the same age. The families were good friends, and when they were both fifteen, Gina was in love with Vito. But they never dated, and once Gina left for Berkeley to go to school at Cal, she didn’t see Vito for several… Continue reading A Date with Jesus

The Addams Family of Yesteryear Versus Wednesday of Today

Posted in binge watching, Harry Potter, make-up, memoir, movie, Netflix, Stranger Things, The Addams Family, TV, Wednesday3 Comments

For the past two nights, my adult children and I binged the entire first season of Wednesday on Netflix. I was intrigued because I watched the Addams Family TV show as a child. It was on TV for two seasons in the 60s, 32 episodes each season. These days that would be enough episodes for… Continue reading The Addams Family of Yesteryear Versus Wednesday of Today

A Night with the Girls

Posted in #MeToo, Arches National Park, birthday, Brad Pitt, chick flick, chorus, girl friends, Google, movie, musicians, pandemic, rape, soundtrack, Thelma and LouiseLeave a comment

(re-run) If you haven’t seen Thelma and Louise in a while, it’s time to do it.  My friend rented an entire movie theater for a screening with a bunch of women last week. I usually head to my beach town every other Thursday, but the movie party was on a Thursday night, so I had… Continue reading A Night with the Girls

First Movie Date

Posted in army, army brat, copping a feel, firsts, Jane Fonda, junior high school, Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus, movie, movie date, summer, Texas, training braLeave a comment

(re-run) Ruthie was thirteen and an army brat, always moving with her family to a new school. This time it was to Fort Worth, Texas, after four years abroad in Morocco. She got a job working at a Snow Cone stand for 50 cents an hour, but the shifts were twelve hours long. She chewed… Continue reading First Movie Date