Thoughts on Living the Life Creative
I Always Want To Like Movies in Pittsburgh, But...Mysteries of Pittsburgh (2008) – During the last summer before he graduates, Art Bechstein takes the easiest job he can find. While he’s there, things get complicated. A group of new friends takes his life into a new direction. A direction for which no one is prepared.Directed... Continue Reading →
Won’t You Be My Neighbor? (2018) – A documentary look at the legacy of Pittsburgh legend and children’s TV icon, Fred Rogers.Why I Like It: Seriously? Fred Rogers.Yes, I have a built in bias in favor of Mr. Rogers. He’s from Pittsburgh. He is beloved there. There’s a statue of him that watches over downtown... Continue Reading →
Dead Air by Cliff Protzman (2018) - The owner of a Pittsburgh security company investigates the death of his boyhood friend. The answer will wind through the radio industry, city politics, and sex as he pursues justice for his friend. This book is like a beautiful stranger you see on the other side of the... Continue Reading →
The Wonder Boys (2000) - An English professor faces the shambles his life has become following his successful first novel when he tries to help one of his students. Directed by: Curtis Hanson Starring: Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Robert Downey Jr., Frances McDormand, Katie Holmes, Rip Torn, Richard Thomas, Alan Tudyk I had never... Continue Reading →
Emily Alone by Stewart O'Nan (2011) - Emily Maxwell has reached that awkward time in her life. Her children are grown, her husband had died and her friends are following suit. As much as she would love to change things about that equation she's not sure she can or even how to begin. Yet along... Continue Reading →
Stories Are My Life 