Monthly Archives: October 2019

Drummer Ginger Baker finally succumbed to death after cheating it for many years. He was 80. Bassist Jack Bruce passed in 2014. Which leaves ‘Slowhand’ Eric Clapton, 74, the most famous of a once-powerhouse trio from the late ’60s; they … Continue reading →

Well, no living director other than Scorcese has had the prolific run that the Woodman has had. As soon as you try to list Allen’s best, you realize how many hits he’s had and how many unique films there are … Continue reading →

A very quirky, droll English production of a Graham Greene novel/screenplay. Alec Guinness stars as Jim Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman who stumbles into the English secret service and becomes “Our Man in Havana”. The movie is directed by Carol … Continue reading →

No, they’re never far away. This morning at 7-Eleven, a boy didn’t appear to have enough change for milk and I offered to pay immediately. (BTW/Turned out it was a misunderstanding and he did he have enough to get the … Continue reading →

A nice, old-fashioned romance based on Helen Hanff’s popular 1980s play starring Anne Bancroft as Hanff, an American writer, and Anthony Hopkins as Frank, a London bookseller The plot is simple, based on their touching, humorous correspondence from 1949 to … Continue reading →

have been confronted with the fact that their winter roads panacea–calcium chloride, will destroy the Edmonton sewer system as well as Edmonton vehicles. It only remains for them to eat crow yet again in a vote within a week, if … Continue reading →

In court, he forgave the white policewoman who shot his brother, a 26-year-old man who was eating ice cream and minding his own business when she burst into his apartment and killed him. I am very impressed that Brandt asked … Continue reading →

Fall morning rush-hour.                                                                                                                          Starting up, green-lit, into a demolished Edmo intersection,                                                                                                 wasteland as far as the eye can see. A crow nonchalant in the lane ahead only dodges the van wheels as I pass,                                                                                                   looking back at me as if … Continue reading →

You just never know, do you? 1. In waking life, anything is possible–so I’ve learned over and over again throughout life. For instance, the many of us who ever gave up hope that Trump would be impeached. But we all … Continue reading →