Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
The Spitfire Grill (1996) - After serving time in a Maine prison, a young woman (Alison Elliot) chooses to move to the small town of Gilead, Maine to begin her life anew. There she is, somewhat reluctantly, taken in by a crotchety older woman (Ellen Burstyn) who runs the local restaurant. Together they will explore the... Continue Reading →
Richmond Noir - edited by Andrew Blosson, Brian Castleberry and Tom De Haven (2010) - This is a wonderful collection of short stories done in the noir style. As Tom Robbins (author of among others "Even Cowgirls Get the Blues". Robbins grew up in Richmond and has a story in the collection) says in his foreword,... Continue Reading →
If you scroll waaaaaaay back to the beginning of this blog you'll see I intended this as a place to play with my creative projects. Then there was a short period of time when it was about travels, wine and beer. A time of posts about finding a new job. As of the last several... Continue Reading →
Bagdad Cafe (1987) - On the same day that Brenda (CCH Pounder), a disgruntled cafe owner in the middle of nowhere, throws her good for nothing husband out, a German tourist has a fight with her husband and finds herself at the Bagdad Cafe. Jasmine (Marianne Sägebrecht) speaks very little English and has no idea... Continue Reading →
("From My Shelves" is an occasional series of posts where I discuss personal favorites from my personal collection) As Time Goes By (TV series) - A young soldier and nurse fall in love in England in the '50's just before his unit is shipped to Korea. They don't see each other for decades when he... Continue Reading →
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolfe? (1966) - A middle aged couple, George (Richard Burton) and Martha (Elizabeth Taylor), have a relationship based on verbal abuse, alcohol and broken dreams. Once upon a time he was an up and coming history professor and she was the beautiful daughter of the college president. Today they are vicious... Continue Reading →
18 - Collated by Belinda Hamilton (2014) - In 1996 a group of writers got together for mutual support and discussion (as writers are wont to do). Out of that grew a group called Vision Writers. The group specializes in speculative fiction, science fiction and fantasy, based in Queensland, Australia. This book is a celebration... Continue Reading →
The Monuments Men (2014) - The story of members of the Allied forces in World War II tasked with finding and saving art work and buildings in the midst of the war. They also had to track down and return the thousands of pieces of art stolen by Nazi forces. Every once in a while... Continue Reading →
(Best of the Web is an occasional series of posts that spotlight what I believe is the Internet living up to its highest potential) Damn You Autocorrect - I haven't spent a lot time focusing on classic business model web sites in this series. The reality is that there is NO other site on the... Continue Reading →
The Good Girl (2002) - A small town Texas woman (Jennifer Aniston) is bored with her life. Bored with her well meaning but ineffectual, stoner husband (John C. Reilly). Bored with her pointless job in a local discount store. All that boredom leads to her having an affair with a young coworker (Jake Gyllenhaal) who... Continue Reading →
