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Works as a ‘show’ which is what most live theatre has become. Freewill is in their 30th season and still includes a number of original stalwarts: O’Donnell and Copithorne. I went to the productions in the early years, but haven’t … Continue reading →

(recommended: the beautiful B & W print with several mini-documentaries on the film) John Ford’s last great film is an allegorical study and appreciation of the old West as it transitions into the new West. Lee Marvin plays Liberty Valance … Continue reading →

Definitely a ‘dreamy’, romantic, idealized, lofty view and approach that has supported, nourished, and motivated me most of my 68 years. A vision and preference for what used to be called ‘finer things’. No doubt much of this lifelong quest … Continue reading →

Crows, magpies, gulls, weeds, mosquitoes, and road closures. C u down at e-coli beach for Canada Day, eh?

(the beautiful Criterion version with Peter Cowie’s fantastic labyrinthine commentary) A deep, unflinching, painful 1978 chamber drama by Ingmar Bergman starring Ingrid Bergman as the concert pianist-mother and Liv Ullmann as the frustrated daughter. Lena Nyman of I Am Curious … Continue reading →

(Linen chest from 1952 which I hid in from my mother when I was about 3; she couldn’t find me and was surprised when I popped out of it. This probably signifies my earliest memory of my relationship with my … Continue reading →

She represented Trump at the camps. He doesn’t care. so she doesn’t care. Simple. But the real target was Trump’s base of whom he rhetorically asks: I don’t care, do you guys? No, they don’t care. All the NRA types … Continue reading →

(waking up in Radium at Bighorn Meadows resort) (the placid balcony view, golf course on right) (the mountains nearby) (the pure mountain air and blue serene) (the eagle over the balcony–see closeup of his eyes) (the eagle my daughter bought … Continue reading →