Reading and Roaming
REFLECTIONS Cuba in 2019 Seven years ago this week, the Chief Penguin and I were part of a small group educational and cultural trip to Cuba. We were in Havana the bulk of the time with a trip one day to the Vinales Valley. In the city, we experienced lunch at a private restaurant, one of the …
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RECENT VIEWING A Logger’s Life in the West: Train Dreams (Netflix) Train Dreams is a quiet serious film set in the Pacific Northwest in the early 20th century and based on a novella by Denis Johnson. Logging was at its peak, and trains were the fastest means of transportation across great distances. Robert Grainier is a logger, a dreamer, and …
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WATCHING: A Star Reflects Jay Kelly (Netflix) If you’re one of George Clooney’s many fans, then you will want to see this film. Jay Kelly is the story of one famous movie star’s reflecting on his past life, his successes, but mostly his shortcomings and omissions. Stunned by the death of a mentor, and then …
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VIEWING: HISTORY MADE VIVID The American Revolution (PBS) Ken Burns has done it again! The American Revolution, his latest series, is fascinating, compelling, and a rich viewing experience. The Chief Penguin and I just completed the second episode (each is two hours, so we watch half at a time), but we are finding it eye-opening. Burns has assembled a wide …
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