movie reviews

Rainy Days and Adaptation

Little to update  you on today. The plan had been to go visit a castle in the Czech Republic. Rain and car trouble put an end to that, so I’ve just been at the cottage, writing and playing with TRC. DKC and I watched Cold Comfort Farm again last night, and I really can’t recommend […]

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Berry Picking

Spent the day today picking berries in the garden for canning later on. It’s hot today, and there’s nowhere for me to escape to to cool off. In America, if it gets too bad, I can always take a ride in the car or go to Walmart or something. The land of no AC isn’t

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Recuperating

Spent the day lying down today, for the most part. Took a brief walk, but I haven’t been feeling so hot today. It helped that it was raining buckets outside. The cottage has a tin roof, and I’m up in the attic (I’ll try to take some pics for you), and when it starts raining

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Silent Movies

Or not so silent, as the case may be. We watched Modern Times last night, a movie I’m shamed to admit I’d never seen until then. I was really missing out. Chaplin is hilarious, and although the film isn’t completely without dialogue (any time a voice comes through electronic means (radio, etc.) it’s there. Otherwise

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Memories of High School

Last night the wife was working, as she has been known to do. This means I’m in charge of the kids and the house while she’s upstairs locked in the office. (Or what we call the office, at any rate.) Once I have everyone fed and in bed, this also means that I can watch

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