Since I've plunged feetfirst into a new decade, I decided that I should give myself more time to complete my birthday list. So the clock starts ticking TODAY. I'm giving myself six months to complete 41 items. This is all I know so far: I'm attending a lecture by Deepak Chopra in a few days.... Continue Reading →
Beer and a Tragedy
I have six more birthday list items to report on. Four are travel-related, so I will go out of chronological order to share the other two: Some friends and I went to the Aeronaut Brewery in Somerville a few weeks ago. We trekked through residential areas of Cambridge and Somerville and arrived at our destination... Continue Reading →
RIP, Sweet Jonathan
Apparently I've been living under a rock under another rock, because I learned of actor Jonathan Crombie's passing a week after it occurred. How did I miss this tragic news?? I found out a few days ago as I was reading Entertainment Weekly. He died from a brain hemorrhage at age 48. I haven't watched... Continue Reading →
Money Can’t Buy Happiness
That's my takeaway from F. Scott Fitzgerald's Tender Is the Night (#28 on Modern Library's Top 100 Novels List) and Wuthering Heights (#73 on AFI's Top 100 Movies List). Tender Is the Night focuses on a husband and wife who seems like a dazzling duo at the outset. They're wealthy, flit between European countries, and... Continue Reading →
Dances with Wolves
#75 on the AFI Top 100 Movie List and #11 on my birthday list is Dances with Wolves. I found it to be very deserving of its seven Oscar wins. This passion project of Kevin Costner's features great acting, an engaging plot, and stunning cinematography. I liked it so much that I'm planning to read... Continue Reading →
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