This week we got to two new films and I finished a long and totally absorbing historical novel, The Gilded Hour, set in NYC in 1883. MOVIE TIME Florence Foster Jenkins I will go see Meryl Streep in almost anything and this is a good, not great, movie. Florence was a real person and Streep …
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Tidy Tidbits: Latest Viewing & Reading
We have returned to hot and humid Florida and that means late afternoon trips to the pool, an occasional film, catching up on our favorite TV series, and more reading. It’s too hot to linger outdoors! CINEMA We went to see Indignation on Labor Day afternoon and the audience was all seniors with a few exceptions. Perhaps …
Howling Hermine: Day 3
This is the first time in more than 10 years that a hurricane has made landfall in Florida. We are now into Day 3 of Hermine and we are fortunate that we are nowhere near the worst of this storm. In fact, we’ve been on the eastern edge and have only been deluged with rain and occasional …
Summer Reading #3: Mainly Mysteries
Here are three titles I read recently: mysteries by Elizabeth George and Victoria Thompson and a biographical novel by Colum McCann. Two are great fun; the third requires perseverance. Believing the Lie by Elizabeth George This is an immensely satisfying mystery, although it’s less of a mystery and more of a study of human relationships. …
