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(book recommended by Roger Ebert, signed; Lumet films were nominated over 50 times for Academy awards; they included the classics: 12 Angry Men, The Fugitive Kind, A View from the Bridge, Long Day’s Journey into Night, Fail-Safe, The Pawnbroker, Serpico, Murder on … Continue reading →

From where you stand beside the road, you can almost see the house. Fence slats bow to you & paint curls upon itself~ a mockery of maintenance. Overhead tall spreading trees threaten sun. Strange you never understood what time might … Continue reading →

(“The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard” by Thomas Gray; above: grave of Robert Frost in Bennington, Vermont) which I visited in the early ’90s) -Death is often a release from pain, … Continue reading →

lie, cheat, steal, kid themselves and others, live in illusion or delusion, use or manipulate others, avoid personal responsibility, and choose their own self-satisfying narratives than do otherwise. Honesty, love, and trust remain in short supply today.

violence, inequality, ubiquitous advertising, and non-stop agendas, it is a comfort to know that one’s sensibility and sanity can be restored easily on a Saturday morning by putting on the first CD of the sublime complete Beethoven Masterworks (Deutsche Grammophon). … Continue reading →

Based on Henry James’ novella The Turn of the Screw (itself a haunting classic ghost story), The innocents is an effectively disturbing movie about a governess looking after two imaginative young children who may have become/been ‘corrupted’ by two adults … Continue reading →

One of those myriad acceptances as one ages and begins to be more realistic or frank, and ‘lets go’. All along in the process of one’s life, governments come and go, and things keep running with, basically, interchangeable parts. Most … Continue reading →

The absolutely perfect expression of my favorite season. Can be watched anytime you want to conjure up images of fall or have fall in your living space. A true 122 minute labour of love by Tony Helsloot, which has a … Continue reading →

There are many Christmas treats, but one of the absolute best is Second Cup’s Holiday Blend Estate Tea which tastes like Christmas and the holidays and certainly can evoke that feeling and imagery year-round (if you manage to save some bags … Continue reading →

“Every man has to be his own saviour. Sometimes I feel that you really know me Sometimes there’s so much you can show me. And your life is a story like the wind Your life is a story like the … Continue reading →