This movie could have been awful. A boy, a tiger and lots of water… Instead, it’s visually beautiful as well as emotionally satisfying as the questions of life and death, belief and unbelief, and God or no God are seriously examined amid action, tension and humor. My husband, who had to be dragged to this…
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A Film to Recommend: Flight
Today I went to see Denzel Washington in the movie Flight. I went with a friend who liked the movie well enough to see it for a second time. I went in cold, meaning I knew almost nothing about the film save that Denzel surely was an airline pilot given his “look” on the movie…
A Holiday Party
We just returned from our first holiday party. This was at Liz’s boyfriend Ron’s parents’ house in Hollywood. We had good food: chicken sausage lasagna and arugula and sun-dried tomato pizza and lots of good conversation. I only knew Ron, Liz, Rick and Cindy (Ron’s parents) when I arrived, but over the course of the…
“Christmas-Lite”
Here is our little Christmas tree here in CA. We are going “Christmas-Lite” this year, working to shift the focus from stress and spending to calm and sharing. We are limiting the amount of money for gifts with family and having a potluck with friends on Christmas Day. (This is after having an evening celebration…
A Helping Hand Needed
I am buried under piles of paper over here: Scholastic Artist and Writers entries, college essay supplemental essays, as well as end-of-the-quarter term papers. Yikes. I have been up since 5:30 am and have worked all day except for 30 minutes for lunch and a 2 hour nap that became a necessity after I was…
Submission Time for My Students to the Scholastic Artist and Writing Contest
Today I have spent much of my day working with students on their submissions for the Scholastic Artists and Writers contest, the oldest and most prestigious writing and art contest for youth 7 – 12 in the United States. This is something I do every year with my students and I have consistently had both…
A Guilty Pleasure
I have a confession to make – I love celebrity news. Yes, I must admit that one of my guilty pleasures is perusing the “Entertainment” section of AOL and looking at photos of Jennifer Garner and her two kids going to breakfast in Brentwood with her mother-in-law. Ye gods, I believe I am why the…
In Search of That Perfect Software…
I have spent the majority of today online, researching project management software tools. No, I don’t blame you if you just yawned. However, the truth is that I’ve been pretty jazzed at the idea that we could find a software program that would help us manage the myriad of details generated from the many projects…
Almost Time to Head Back West
Almost time to leave Texas and, as usual, we are far from ready to go. Too much to do to comfortably board a plane and head back to our other life – the one that includes very different kinds of work, not to mention our children and our dogs. Of course, we’re happy to see…
The Sherman Community Theater’s “It’s a Wonderful Life”
This afternoon we went to see “It’s a Wonderful LIfe” performed by the Sherman Community Players (SCP). Sherman is 6o miles from Dallas and is a town of 38,000 people. There is a sister city a few miles away, Denison, with another 22,000 folks so the area population is right at 60,000. This is the…
20 Minutes a Day 