cyberhobo

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  • Movie: Gunner Palace

    Initially I thought this documentary featured the same palace Ann’s brother Randy, an army Lieutenant, had written to us about, but I think it’s a different Hussein family palace. I don’t regret the choice, though. This film mostly gives a voice to soldiers on the ground near Baghdad, letting them talk (or sing, or rap)…

  • Ice and Steam

    The mornings have been bright and cold recently. The Cache La Poudre River is fairly still in most places these days, so it freezes overnight, then shines and steams when the morning sun hits it.

  • Deer Crossing

    I think this is a White-tail buck, since does do not usually grow antlers. He tried to hide from me in the grass behind the fence at first, then decided to escape to the river.

  • Live Music: CSO and Natasha Paremski

    Eighteen-year-old pianist Natasha Paremski stole this show with her performance of Tschaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1, as is clear from the Rocky Mountain News review. Jeffrey Kahane surprised me at this performance by conducting without a word, and I realized that I was anticipating the long or short lecture he’s given at the past few…

  • Castlewood Canyon

    The air is cold and the sky threatening, so we decide to head for a lower destination. Castlewood Canyon is southeast of Denver on Cherry Creek. We’re surprised at the amount of snow there, but it’s a pretty place and the sun comes out to warm us up. The rock cliffs in the canyon are…

  • Bare and Gold

    The trees around Fort Collins are pretty much bare of leaves now and must rely on the morning sunlight for their color. Dark clouds are becoming more common too. One of these mornings this driveway will greet me with some snow, I’m sure.

  • Movie: Strangers On A Train (1951)

    I had an adverse initial reaction to the hokey, contrived plot and annoying soundtrack of this film, but eventually it won me over. There’s classic Hitchcock suspense-building, and many memorable little touches. The old amusement park scenes are just great. The message here never loses that contrived feel, if anything the movie gets more wrapped…

  • Ice Swamp

    The nights are getting cold now. This morning was the first time I noticed parts of the river, just a trickle now, frozen along with the surrounding swampy areas.

  • Hay Bales

    I wonder if this hay will stay here all winter, or if it will be moved to covered area soon?

  • Movie: Schindler’s List (1993)

    I’m not sure that it’s even worth critiquing movies dealing with genocide. No matter how intense, I doubt any movie will make a person living a comfortable life know what it’s like to be corralled and slaughtered. It’s easy to condemn the perpetrators of crimes in a movie, and in history, but none of us…