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Monthly Archives: January 2014
Beating Back The Scourge of Demon Rum
Arkansas. It’s the state in which I’ve lived the last thirty-seven years. We are situated close to the middle of the United States, an area known to many as “flyover country.” Though Arkansas is a tourism location, people don’t generally … Continue reading
Posted in Arkansas, Books, Culture, Living, Writing
Tagged Arkansas, Bernie Babcock, books, determination, family, romance, writing
3 Comments
What’s Your Mission?
Here’s another quirky film I watched this week. Safety Not Guaranteed from 2012 provides an intriguing premise: an unusual want-ad sets three magazine employees on the trail of a reclusive (perhaps deranged) fellow who insists he can time-travel … and … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Fairy Tales, Films, Goodbyes, Happiness, Hope, Life & Health, Living, Movies, Television
Tagged Aubrey Plaza, C S Lewis, courage, determination, Fairy Tales, films, Freedom, Gene Roddenberry, happiness, movies, Rod Taylor, romance
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Not Shoes, But Galoshes!
Tackling the WordPress Weekly Writing Challenge a bit earlier this week. The concept is to Leave Your Shoes At The Door, and I thought for this challenge, I’d write something about my grandson. Like most boys edging up to a … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Family, Happiness, Life & Health, Love & Marriage, Poetry, Writing
Tagged blogging, children, DPChallenge, family, happiness, poetry, sonnets, writing
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Home For School
While writing yesterday’s post, my memory took a backward glance at a time almost thirty years ago when we were educating our children at home. Stuck In Love‘s main character (writer and dad, Bill) made an agreement with his two … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Books, Culture, Education, Family, Films, Life & Health
Tagged books, children, current events, determination, education, family, films, George Leef, reminiscences, writing
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Stuck? Or Struck?
My younger daughter recommended a film this week. As a drama major college grad, she knows film and screen-writing and critiquing. With her ever-expanding knowledge of film and a viewing history few can match (unless maybe TCM‘s Robert Osborne), I’m pleased … Continue reading
Posted in Divorce, Family, Films, Happiness, Humor, Living, Love & Marriage, Movies, Writing
Tagged Chariots of Fire, family, films, Flannery O'Connor, Greg Kinnear, Jennifer Connelly, Lily Collins, movies, Netflix, parenting, Robert Osborne, romance, writing
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The Rhythm of (My) Life
Experimenting, the challenge of trying something new rarely deters me. Reading through my email, I thought, “Why not?” And here I am! Getting a late start on this Weekly Writing Challenge: Lunch Posts writing exercise. The initial writing challenge was … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Happiness, Life & Health, Living, Music, Writing
Tagged blogging, current events, DPChallenge, happiness, music, writing
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