Aside from these two movies at the theater, I also rewatched SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, BOB AND CAROL AND TED AND ALICE and something else that escapes me. (THE GREEN RAY by ERIC ROHMER) and the best of the lot. A real movie week. I am on the last season of MAD MEN, which I will miss. Maybe I will rewatch THE WEST WING.
Getting ready to go to CA next Monday, so I will post blanks to put up on Monday and WEDNESDAY of both weeks because I so enjoy reading your posts on here.
Finishing up the Lily King book and reading the Updike letters. Last week, Megan zoomed with my very large book group-about thirty people-- about EL DORADO DRIVE. We don't usually read thrillers, but it went well.
Hoping I don't get the horrible flu going around. Would I go if sick. I don't know. Is it acceptable to fly with the flu?
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I think they might require masks if one is under that weather. If I had a serious case, I probably wouldn't be up for flying...good luck not catching it!
Do you recommend the new films? IS THIS THING ON has a reasonably amusing ad or two.
Smaller, younger cat (whose indefinite-past spaying was either botched, or foiled by her pituitary kicking in after the ovaries were removed) is going into heat again, which happens for a few days every couple of months or so...no fun for her nor for us. Apparently, this kind of thing is more common than I would've guessed...she's the first cat I've kept who will go into heat while being incapable of littering.
It was so-so. And his routine was pretty standard fare although I think it was supposed to be. One of those movies that is instantly forgettable and certainly did not pursue Dern's character much at all.
If you do catch the flu (and let's hope not) and decide to wear a mask, beware! You might be mistaken for an ICE agent and be required to send an innocent to an El Salvadorian prison. Otherwise, enjoy your upcoming trip.
It's been a foggy four days on the Panhandle, then switching to bitter cold= yesterday. All of which made for wonderful days ibn a comfy chair with a cup of cocoa and a good book. Not much else happened this week, except that Newercat is getting braver. She is still timid and confused about her new surroundings; she's in the spare room with her food and water and litter box but has started positioning herself by the open doorway to the hall, wondering if she should dare go exploring. She still does not want me to get close to her but she's spending more and more time staring at me staring at her. I give her a few more weeks to get up the gumption to join the family.
She may not have much more than a few more weeks because it looks like Walt's parent may have to move in with us sooner than later. Ellen has developed severe memory problems and tells us she falls regularly; Walt Sr. , who has been hospitalized several times over the last year or so with heart problems, is getting frailer. We had hoped, moving them down here, that they might have at lest a year or so of living independently, but now it looks like that time frame has shrunk to just several months, or less. The earliest appointment we could get for Ellen with a neurologist is at the end of February and they may be living with us by then. Which means Newercat will have to give up the spare room. Because Walt and Ellen absolutely insist on separate bedrooms, Mark will also be moving lout and getting an apartment closer to his work, which is an hour away. Everyone will have to go through a period of great adjustment but sometimes you just have to do that for family.
Not much TV this week, except for the newest season of SHETLAND. My major reading this week was Joe Hill's massive KING SORROW, which took me almost four days to get through. I also read Benjamin Stevenson's EVERYONE IN MY FAMILY HAS KILLED SOMEONE and EVERYONE THIS CHRISTMAS HAS A SECRET, and the seventh Samuel Craddock mystery by Terry Shames, A RECKONING IN THE BACK COUNTRY. My anthology reading this week was the first volume of the British horror series from the 1930s, CREEPS, edited anonymously by Charles Birkin. My graphic novel this week was BONE PARISH, Volume One by Cullen Bunn. Because I needed a dose of humanity to counteract the news, I read THE ART OF NOTHING: 25 YEARS OF MUTTS AND THE ART OF PATRICK McDONNELL; although McDonnell's minimalist comic strip features animals, it is actually about the best parts of being human.
Enjoy you week, Patti, and if I don't check in beforehand, enjoy your trip.
Nice that you are able to accommodate all the comings and goings at the House house. The warmer weather would help since you're not all stuck inside together and can take to the beach.
In the mid-Atlantic, we almost hit 60 F last week, which verges on the dangerously stupid in January, at least for the wildlife (at least one new dandelion was poking its bloom up in the yard, and I'm sure we'll be seeing some premature insects soon)...while the potential freeze that gets some of the weeds and insects out of the picture isn't too frightening, the chain-reactions probably won't be to anyone's liking.
Jerry, you do the blinking thing with Newercat, I assume...most cats, including our problem child, do prefer a friendly blinking gaze at them (and will do it back to you)...oldly, elder cat seems not to have had a mother who blinked at her a lot, or otherwise seems unfazed by the unblinking stare or the supposed reassurance of the blink (but that's one of the only major oddnesses of our 17yo in good health, my parents' last cat). Hoping all will go well.
That's me, Anon above, using one of Alice's computers for the nonce. Apparently THE GREEN RAY was first released in the US as SUMMER, presumably for fear that it would be mistaken for an sf film...I was reminded of the Joan Aiken short story and subsequent collection THE GREEN FLASH, in which the brief greenness was all the warning one got at sundown that one of the characters was a werewolf on a full-moon night. I'm not sure I've ever noted a green flash at twilight, but perhaps they're more apparent in Europe (though I doubt that).
I have never seen one (a green ray) but it may be my attention span is too too short. Or you might need better eye sight. I have a beautiful sunset out my windows some nights though. Orange and pink dominate. I never thought to hear as much about cats as I do on here and at my exercise group. Are dogs less interesting?
I'm glad you've watched some good movies lately, Patti. And I think The West Wing is one of the best shows of the past few decades. I'd easily watch it again. Let me know if you'd like to get together while you're in CA.
No, but dogs are often assumed to need more company than cats do. As we keep our cats segregated, since younger always wants to pick a fight she'll lose with bigger and smarter elder, and elder is definitely Too Old for This [Nonsense], they both can get lonely and querulous if we don't split time between them Just So. Dogs' attitude runs to the default, Hi! What Are We Going to Do Now?!? While cats' leans more into I Will Accept being stroked for a while in lieu of some interesting toy or other diverting action, thank you, before the nap--and, hey, can you clean my litter box?
Just added a Joan Aiken citation to the "Green Flash" entry in WIKIPEDIA, which had several other narrative art citations,
From Jeff:
Good luck with the trip. Don't anticipate trouble. We had no trouble flying to New Orleans in November, other than the horrible security lines at JFK, so make sure you're early.
We got here Tuesday evening and settled in four our fourth (can it really be four?) year here. The weather has almost been too warm (no, I am not complaining!) but it has cooled down this week from 80 to the mid-70s. Florida in the winter is perfect for us, but I'm not ready for the summer.
We finished PLURIBUS and I liked it a lot. Also finished the first series of THE MORNING SHOW and started the second (not as good so far). Also watching LANDMAN. We finally started SLOW HORSES last night and I remembered the book as I was watching it. Very well done. Also started THE BEAST IN ME.
Yes. I am there from the 20 to the 29th and have no specific plans. So any day.
I hope this will post. Usually the stuff I write on the phone is OK, where the stuff on the laptop won't.
We did re-watch The West Wing a few years ago and still enjoyed it for the most part.
Jackie is talking about ER as a possible next watch. I think we'll watch the first series of THE PITT again before the new series.
Re-watched the Cinemax series JETT on HBO over the weekend. Holds up rather well. Pity, perhaps, it only had 9 episodes.
Unfamiliar with JETT. I rewatched ER before THE PITT.
In addition to our normal shows, we have watched a couple of the PERRY MASON TV MOVIES from the 1980s. The one last night had Robert Stack in it and the previous one had Gene Barry and Jean Simmons. Both had David Ogden Stiers. While the NCIS shows are taking a break, we have been catching up on ELSBETH.
Glen is reading SOMEBODY IS WALKING ON YOUR GRAVE: MY CEMETERY JOURNEYS by Mariana Enriquez and liking it. This book is nonfiction, a memoir / travelogue about the author's visits to cemeteries around the world. Sounds good. A few weeks back, Glen read a short story book by Enriquez. Both books have nice covers.
I am reading HIDDEN AGENDA by Anna Porter, originally published in 1985, then reissued in 2018 by Felony and Mayhem. It is a mystery set in Toronto (and New York and London). I am close to the end and it seems like a cross between spy fiction and a conspiracy plot. I am liking it a lot.
Hardboiled crime drama starring Carla Gugino.and created, co-produced and written by Sebastian Gutierrez. If you have HBO, you can watch it.
Sometimes it feels like there are many shows available to me that I have no knowledge of.
Was Jett considered finished when it went off the air? Hate being left in mid-air.
Rec'd in today's mail: new Stark House release, MESMER MILAN by Bertram Atkey, a English contemporary of some of the great horror and mystery writers of the early 20th Century, and one I've heard of, but not yet read...a selection edited and introduced by Mike Ashley, and on sale in March. I look forward to it.
It reached a natural conclusion, without killing off Too many of the primary characters. I think Cinemax was not in the prime of its existence when they ran it, and they were given straitened budgets going forward. It's even possible, if less likely, that Gugino and Gutierrez didn't want to do another season.
It was a 2019 series, and then (from WIKIPEDIA): "On January 16, 2020, it was announced that Cinemax had ceased development of all original programming, and that the show was being shopped around to other networks for a potential second season.[13] While there was no subsequent explicit announcement about Jett, by early 2021, Gugino and Gutierrez had started work on a different crime thriller for AGC Studios titled Leopard Skin which includes both White and Jansen in the cast.[14]"
There are a lot more sources than there used to be. I watched a few first-season episodes of ANYTHING BUT LOVE during my late lunch today...on the Internet Archive.
I took Katie to the Airport this morning so she could fly back to Boston. Katie was home to attend the Baby Shower for a friend. It was great having her visit even if it was brief. Katie left her car at the Boston Airport so when she landed, she drove straight to work.
Diane has had a cough for the past few days. I finally talked her into taking some cough syrup and we haven't heard a cough in about 12 hours.
When tomorrow Western NY will be in the 40s, the temperatures plunge into the teens on Wednesday. Have a safe trip!
My friend who had it, said cough medicine was the only thing that helped.
Short hop flights are time-consuming, but easier to take than, say, East Coast to Hawaii...glad you got to see her. And, Patti, may your transcontinental flight be uneventful. How's your hand of late?
JETT was a nice show and I recall it being very dark.
Boy #1 in Minneapolis plans to get his own cat. My wife was looking at shelter cat photos online. She said she isn't going to email Boy #1 all her favorites.
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