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August 1, 2025
Summer of Angela: The Court Jester (with some spoilers but not the ending)
This summer I am watching Angela Lansbury movies. This week I watched The Court Jester (1955) with Angela, Danny Kaye, and Basil Rathbone. It is a musical/comedy. The main words to describe this movie are silliness, ridiculousness, and peak Danny Kaye moments. It really fell apart toward the end, I felt, but there were some … Continue reading Summer of Angela: The Court Jester (with some spoilers but not the ending)
July 31, 2025
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot August 1
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July 29, 2025
Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books I’d Read At the Beach
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. This week’s prompt is: Beach/Beachy Reads (Share books you’d take to the beach OR books that take place at the beach.) I don’t know if anyone else would call these books beachy reads, but I do! Because I am weird. Ha! The Secret of the Amish Diary … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books I’d Read At the Beach
July 27, 2025
Sunday Bookends: Bear on my porch and watching old shows
It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to. I shared on my blog yesterday about my black bear incident on my back porch. I’ll copy … Continue reading Sunday Bookends: Bear on my porch and watching old shows
July 26, 2025
Saturday Afternoon Chat: I finally saw a black bear — right on my back porch!
This past week was interesting if only for one thing that happened to me — something I knew would happen one day, but luckily it wasn’t as dramatic as I worried it would be. I don’t have any photos, but it finally happened — I went out to my back door to get my cats … Continue reading Saturday Afternoon Chat: I finally saw a black bear — right on my back porch!
July 25, 2025
Summer of Angela: Death on the Nile (1978) Without spoilers
Angela Lansbury once said in an interview that one of the more exciting moments of her career was working with Bette Davis in Death on the Nile (1978). That’s the movie I watched this week for my Summer of Angela feature. The movie is full of A-list movie stars: Angela, Bette, David Niven, Maggie Smith, … Continue reading Summer of Angela: Death on the Nile (1978) Without spoilers
July 24, 2025
Weekend Traffic Jam Reboot July 25
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July 22, 2025
Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books Set in Pennsylvania
Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by That Artsy Reader Girl. Today’s prompt: Books Set in/Take Place During X (Pick a place, time, era, etc. Examples: Books set in Europe/Italy/Australia/Chicago, books set in Regency England, books that take place during the 1900s, books set in imaginary worlds/post-apocalyptic/dystopian worlds, books set on the ocean, books set it castles, … Continue reading Top Ten Tuesday: 10 Books Set in Pennsylvania
July 21, 2025
Book review: The Clue in the Diary (A Nancy Drew Mystery)
I didn’t read much Nancy Drew when I was a kid so it has been fun to read through the books as an adult. Right now, I am on the original books, which were published in the 1930s, with revisions made later. I have read some of the books in order but have also been … Continue reading Book review: The Clue in the Diary (A Nancy Drew Mystery)
July 20, 2025
Murder, She Wrote and Jesus
It’s time for our Sunday morning chat. On Sundays, I ramble about what’s been going on, what the rest of the family and I have been reading and watching, and what I’ve been writing. Some weeks I share what I am listening to. My blood pressure was high this week. It’s been an on and off issue for a few … Continue reading Murder, She Wrote and Jesus
