We saw (and when I say "we" it's various female friends) ENGLISH at the Tipping Point Theater in Northville. It was very good and won the Pulitzer a few years ago. It concerns the students and teacher in an English class in Iran. How hard it must be as an adult to learn a new language especially if it's tied up with political reasons.
Watched the first two episodes of THE STUDIO (Apple), which I enjoyed. Also THE WHITE LOTUS. I have to admit disappointment with LUDWIG and I think it's the overuse of David Mitchell in British series. And once again it relies on someone being smarter than the rest of us. Boy, that's in use so much lately. (HIGH POTENTIAL, THE RESIDENCE, ATTORNEY WOO, etc).
Been watching the movies and TV shows of Hirokazu Koreeda on various channels. They portray Japanese domestic life much like Ozu of an earlier time. Although many of an element of crime in them.
The political news is so alarming, I can't seem to concentrate on books. But am slowly reading HERE IN THE DARK (Alexis Soloski).
How about you?
Nothing but rain here.
(OKAY THIS HAPPENED AGAIN)
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It's posting when you try to save it for the next morning's release? Annoying. Your computer of Blogspot?
Having somewhat recovered from the Big Office Creation, it's time for spring cleaning all round the place. And trying to get back into the swing of blogging more regularly, though my current use of Chromebooks is a minor impediment there (they do try to move cursors in erratic ways, among other annoyances).
I will have to try live theater again sooner rather than later if I'm to do so...I haven't been to anything approaching this aside from comedian sets in years, and a couple of years since that (I suspect I contracted C19 at the local Helium Club on a visit there last).
We just watched the third episode of The Residence and both of us had the same reaction - it put us to sleep. A "wellness room" for Christmas? "Remember the first time you went to Tulum?" No. I had to look up what Tulum was.
I still like Ludwig.
We spent much of the last two days packing up and loading the car as we're leaving tomorrow morning.
Opening weekend of the baseball season could not have gone better for a Yankees fan.
I'm reading the new Hunger Games prequel and it is a fast read. I read the first half today. I doubt I 'll have much time to read on the road.
Have a good week.
Sure it wasn't a wrapping room for Christmas? I have seen them in mansions around here. I did hate the last episode. Have a safe trip.
Today was filled with technological mishaps. I put tomorrow's date but it came right up. Too bad about Ken Bruen.
Did not hear about Ken Bruen. Too bad. I just read his last book. I got to speak to him at a convention and tell him how much I enjoyed his work.
No, the plot was about the pastry chef being upset because they wouldn't show his gingerbread White House because the "social secretary" was trendy and wanted the wellness room instead. Jackie thought it was a commentary on Melania Trump's Christmas antics.
I'm very glad you enjoyed the play, Patti. And I love that photo!
My comment just vanished into the ether when I tried to post it, so let me try again:
It's been basically a do-nothing week because of my back problems. I spent much of the week laying flat and trying to avoid movement. Over the weekend I was able move about for brief periods without the use of a cane (or canes, as is often the case). I've had major back problems since I was fifteen, and, if things follow their usual course, I'll be back to my shambling normal self this week.
Wednesday would have been our 55th anniversary -- SHIOULD have been our 55th anniversary if things had turned out the way I wanted them. So it's been a time of both remembrance and melancholy. Despite the absolutely horrifying state of things in our country now, there is still so much beauty and wonder all around us and I am saddened that Kitty is not by my side to share them. Between the back and the anniversary, I have not been able to concentrate on much. i escaped into music, watching videos of performances that gave me joy, including many of amazing flashmobs.
I did go out this weekend to do early voting in the special election to replace the waste of protoplasm Matt Gaetz. The Republican candidate this time around is campaigning solely on the fact that his Democratic opponent really hates Donald Trump -- a ploy that should win him great favor in the deep red, MAGA-loving Florida Panhandle. time will tell.
I also bid on the Crime Writers for Trans Rights auction, and have been outbid twice on one particular item. The auction ends tomorrow morning and I might be able to sneak in for a win if the price has not risen too high. Even if I do not win, I have made the effort and have place myself squarely on the side of human compassion and justice. (I deliberately did not bid on Megan's item because I knew it would go for far more than my pocketbook would allow.)
Erin moved to her new apartment this week, taking the hedgehogs, Newcat, and Duncan the Phlegm-Inducing Allergen. Erin has always been a quiet person, but it is amazing how quieter that place has now become. We are not fully rid of Duncan, however. I have been informed that we will be performing doggie day care while Erin and Trey are working.
Walt will be traveling for work all week, so I will be shuffling Jack around even more. Tomorrow evening, most of the Tribe begins a Tuesday evening painting class that someone thought would be a good idea -- I expect to be completely outclassed here by other members of the fam. And this coming Sunday should see us at our annual Easter outing at Blackwater State Park where we have been renting a pavilion for the the past unpty-ump years. (Easter is coming early this year because of scheduling conflicts.)
More to come.
Back again.
Because it was essentially a mindless weekend, I decided to tackle the jigsaw puzzle from hell. I bought it over a month ago, not realizing how diabolical the puzzle was, with the wrong pieces fitting perfectly into the wrong spots until you have to go back and tear out much of what you have done and start over again. Is is supposedly a 1000-piece puzzle (I say supposedly because -- since it was bought at a thrift shop -- I have no idea if all the pieces are there. It has allowed me to keep busy and avoid concentrating on other things. I am almost two-thirds through the puzzle now, but I am sure there are parts I will have to tear out and try again.
Television also helps me not concentrate on other things. I've started LUDWIG and am enjoying it. DEATH IN PRADISE is predicable but still enjoyable, and FATHER BROWN continues plodding along. HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU remains a bright spot, as does the late night comics. I've started streaming WYCLIFFE (interesting, but not as enjoyable as others I have streamed)m and am on Season 3 of BERGERAC (which continues to be quirky in its herky-jerky way).
Could not really concentrate on reading, having finished only Michael Crichton early so-so thriller DRUG OF CHOICE (my FFB) this week. Am currently reading another early Crichton, THE VENOM BUSINEES, and George Mann's alternate-world pulp hero novel GHOSTS OF WAR.
Sad news about Ken Bruen. Also sad about Richard Chamberlain, although I had thought he died years ago.
I hope you have a fantastic week, Patti. Stay safe. Stay happy.
Sorry about the back, Jerry. Jackie had similar problems for years, though most of them cleared up when she retired.
Our 55th (fingers crossed) will be this October.
It's raining here in Western NY, too. And, tomorrow, the temps plunge from the current 50s to the low 30s.
I finished watching REACHER, SEASON 3. It follows the book closely. A fourth season has been green lighted.
Diane and I saw SHUCKED: THE MUSICAL. Fun...and very corny! Stay safe!
I saw STEEL MAGNOLIAS-Terrific acting, so-so play.
We saw the original off-Broadway production of STEEL MAGNOLIAS, and the thing I remember is that Jackie was impressed that they actually washed and set someone's hair on stage. I think it was soap star Rosemary Prinz.
In mine too. It must be in the script. I’d forgotten it’s great cast in the movie version.
Thx
I saw Megan's photos on social media and was surprised at how many authors I recognized. Odd how such a solitary profession has become as dependent on self promotion as other jobs.
I'm still watching WALKING DEAD. They do some great storytelling on there. Yet, I still mumble to myself, "Really?! Still?" when someone is surprised by a slow-moving zombie coming up to them.
Been reading the same collection by F Paul Wilson and have new books by Christa Faust and Anthony Neil Smith to get to. But, maybe I mentioned that before.
Took Boy #2 back to school on Sunday. We've got hotel and dog kenneling arrangements ready for Boy #1 graduation.
We owe taxes to the federal government - which we expected. With the recent slash-and-burn of the federal work force I don't think anyone but the poor have to worry about audits. The rich will skate along and hire accountants and tax lawyers. The rest of us will show up to a IRS meeting with a stack of papers and, if we're really lucky, a tax attorney joining via zoom.
My library's advisory referendum is on tomorrow's ballot. I've had good feedback from library users. I don't know about other voters.
Bummer news about Ken Bruen. He left behind a fantastic body of work. I'd always enjoy his author plugs in JACK TAYLOR books that would cause me to sit up straight and say, "Hey! I read that writer too!"
Hard to believe one is graduating. Kevin is trying to decide between MSU (James Madison), Indiana U, Kalamazoo, WI, Kenyon, UVT. Still waiting on U of M, which is like getting into Harvard now. Is one of yours at WI?
Just a quick comment to say that we spent most of the day at Urgent Care today. When we were out at the grocery store this morning I had some sudden, extreme fatigue and felt like I might faint, etc. so we decided to go to Urgent Care. I had an EKG and blood tests, and we were there for 2 hours. Later they called and said that one item they tested for was high, so I should come back and be retested. I did that and we are now home again, waiting for more results.
Boy #2 is at WI-Madison. A family friend had been looking at IN and chose U of IL for business school. I've heard that MI gets a lot of applications.
Tracy, I hope it isn't serious and you feel better soon.
Thanks, Jeff. I hope so too. I will be seeking an appointment with my primary care doctor tomorrow and try to see her as soon as she can fit me in.
I am so sorry to hear this. Please let us know when you have some answers. Thanks for even posting this when you must be anxious!
Michigan gets over one- hundred thousand applications but I bet WI gets nearly that tool Does he like it?
That's a lot of applications all right. I've griped before about how getting into those in-demand schools is a mystery to me.
Boy #2 likes UW-Madison. He enjoys orchestral and symphonic music and he regularly attends performances at the music school. Helpful that his dorm is only 2-3 buildings away from the music school.
Like any big university there is a plethora of activities and clubs.
Tracy, hope all turns out to be easily fixed, if at all not fleeting. I might just be giving up one of my meds for having similar side effects, leaving plenty in the cocktail.
If I was matriculating in the Midwest, UW Madison's history of progressivism would be a draw, if that was still relevant to current situations. As it was, as with my three high schools, I settled for the colleges/unis that were nearby; U Hawaii, Manoa (the main campus, in Honolulu, though legally all of Oahu is Honolulu), NOVA-Annandale (not the one the former first-professor taught at, if indeed she hasn't continued), and George Mason U (where I once handed former first professor's husband Joe Biden a flier critical of his then active anti-flag-burning constitutional amendment campaign, even given it was a fairly typical (koff) backroom/false flag sop...).
Jerry--a lifetime of back trouble--wow...sorry. I threw mine out for the first time after an apartment cleaning in 1989, bending over to pick up a dropped scrap of paper, and that remains the worst...I have to carry heavy, awkward parcels upstairs, as recently, to achieve a fraction of such results these days, such as the current state. Alice loves jigsaw puzzles...her blog started to be about them in some part when she ceased updating it, but a challenging one such as that would not be my distraction...
Thanks for your concern. I had numerous blood tests at Urgent Care yesterday and a test for Troponin (new to me) was "high" and was higher on the following test. But not so high as to need immediate follow-up. I feel fine now, maybe still a bit tired. I have an appointment with my primary care doctor in a week, so we shall see. On a good note, my Vitamin D and my sodium numbers are both up.
Glad everything seems controllable and not too fierce...thanks for letting us know.
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