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Stop Watching All of those French-inspired Films: Go Wash Your Dishes

Following up on my Saturday-morning post about Valentine's Day, I kept hitting the remote and discovered the TCM channel was running a marathon of old French-inspired movies. I kept thinking, "Okay, watch this and then go find something to do... " The line-up was Casablanca, Midnight in Paris, GiGi, and Charade. I love all four of these movies for different reasons. Like, who else wants to stand up and sing La Marseillaise and drown out the tune of the Germans in Casablanca? This movie is more than Rick and Ilsa. I think the moments when Rick gives the band a nod to change the music and the French stand up to sing are the greatest scenes in cinematic history. It's a fun journey as screenwriter Gil Pender meets Hemingway, Cole Porter, Gertrude Stein, and Scott and Zelda in 21st-century Paris in Midnight in Paris. Gil is sitting at the steps of the Church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont when an old Peugeot limo picks him up and whisks him away. I also sat on those same ste...
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Wander and Ponder on Friday, March 17, 2017

Happy Saint Patrick's Day! Where is my mind wandering and what is my mind pondering? Well, I am thinking about Saint Patrick's Day. 

While I love preparing a traditional Saint Patrick's Day meal of corn beef and cabbage, I am not into dying everything green. In other words, I don't do green beer. I don't even drink beer, but I think green beer is kind of dumb. They're not drinking green beer in Ireland. In fact, I believe many people in Ireland are in church during this holiday. What else am I thinking about? 

Edith Head: Who is she? Edith was an American costume designer who won a record of eight Academy Award Oscars for Best Costume Design. She dressed the best of Hollywood, when Hollywood was - - well Hollywood - glamorous, sophisticated, and mysterious. Edith died in 1981. She was 84 years old. A sample of some of her beautiful designs. 
Edith Head
Kindle: I love this little device. I bought the very first edition of Kindle Fire back in 2011, and have loved that little tool ever since. I still buy many hard bound books, but there are some little one-day-reading books I don't need to have laying around, so Kindle is perfect. Kindle is also kind to my wrists with the addition of a leather case that props up by itself, instead of holding a heavy book. 

Bookbub and Freebooksy are the perfect way to purchase affordable or even download free books. For free and quick-to-read books, I will typically download more "chick-lit" style of books. I don't go for the predictable "girl meets boy"... instead I look for more of a unique story with a mystery to solve or possibly a story about a contemporary mid-life woman changing her life. Therefore, I don't download every free book out there. And if the book cover shows a half-naked man, I just scroll past that offering. Now, I have nothing against half-naked men, but to use the image to sell me a book is rather - - insulting.

Spring: The daffodils are coming up. We love spring, but in a way I am not feeling it as I look at my lawn and garden, and realize the winter has left me with a lot of work to do. 

And speaking of spring, has your internal clock recuperated after we moved our clocks to "Spring Forward"? 
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