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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…
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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…
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Live Music: Janet Landreth
I’ll never be a music critic, I’m just too amazed by nearly every performance I see. This was a CSU faculty recital that Ann, Carol (Ann’s mom), our friend Alan, and I attended after a huge dinner together. Dr. Landreth clearly put a lot of herself into the program, with readings accompanying the pieces in…
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Our Thanksgiving
Ann’s mom is visiting, and they decide to put together a low-key Thanksgiving-style dinner with some of our friends. They make Cornish hens, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans with carmelized onions, stuffing, and cranberry sauce. Carol has pumpkin flan (made from our last CSA item – a beautiful pumpkin) ready for dessert. It’s great…