AN APPALLING WEEK Like many of you, we’ve been glued to the television news, avidly following the latest developments, and devouring articles in the paper and online media. Wednesday afternoon American democracy was severely tested with the Capitol building breached and ransacked by domestic terrorists. Early Thursday morning brought the official certification of Joe Biden …
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Bingeing on Films & TV
To celebrate the departure of 2020 and to break the usual routine, the Chief Penguin and I indulged in several films. Then we continued our practice of watching one of several series in the evening. We began Thursday, Friday and Saturday with what we called Morning Movie Madness—a feature length film viewed after breakfast and …
Christmas 2020
Wherever you may be in this strangest of strange years, I wish you a safe, healthy, and merry holiday! We’re home alone and will stay home, hunkered down, until spring. A bit like hibernating bears with no forays abroad. But, it’s Florida which means we can still take our brisk morning walks. These walks on …
2020 in TV: My Favorites
When I went back through my blog posts for 2020, I was surprised at how many TV series I had watched, particularly since March. I have listed only a selection, but these are the ones I thought were the best or enjoyed the most. In several cases, the categories are in order of preference rather …
