It was a regular Saturday morning for the junior bowling league, where my 10 year old son’s and other teams rolled, which took up many of the 50 lanes at the alley, but not all; there was open bowling, where looking around I saw a white man in his 30s or older with a young…
Month: February 2020
Paul McCartney — Oo You
image link This album was originally two sides, but what I have borrowed from the library has a bonus disk of music. I’ve just gotten through the album proper and am about to go to the bonus disk that has 7 tracks on it. I had forgotten how much I love this album. It’s all…
#FF — Thawing Pillars
PHOTO PROMPT © Rochelle Wisoff-Fields Melissa’s family Century farm was doing well. Her grandparents would be proud. Robert’s family grocery store was ready for a change after seventy-five years. Both Melissa and Robert were in their fifties and had devoted their lives to their work, leaving little for things like relationships. Nowville’s small community’s progressives…
Chris Hedges: What Is Happening to Assange Will Happen to the Rest of Us — Rise Up Times
The latest update on Assange. If this doesn’t scare you I don’t know what will. “The publication of classified documents is not yet a crime in the United States. If Assange is extradited and convicted, it will become one.” via Chris Hedges: What Is Happening to Assange Will Happen to the Rest of Us —…
dVerse — Black History Month — My Name is …….
image link I chose Maya Angelou’s (profound) poem to pull inspiration from: Harlem Hopscotch By Maya Angelou One foot down, then hop! It’s hot. Good things for the ones that’s got. Another jump, now to the left. Everybody for hisself. In the air, now both feet down. Since you black, don’t stick around. Food is…
Movies, Movies, Movies! #24 — February 11, 2020
Motherless Brooklyn (2019) Starring: Edward Norton, Bruce Willis, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Alec Baldwin, Willem Dafoe, Bobby Cannavale, Cherry Jones, Leslie Mann, Michael K. Williams, Fisher Stevens, Dallas Roberts, Josh Pais, Ethan Suplee, Robert Wisdom Director: Edward Norton Synopsis: Understated big movie about political corruption and long-buried secrets. Edward Norton stars and directs. In a nice bit…
Joaquin Phoenix acceptance speech best actor win at 2020 Academy Awards
Listening to Joaquin an idea seeped in, a question, what if Joaquin has been working as an actor towards a win so he could have the world watching to give this speech. This is one of those for the books. In a strange way, I almost see Joaquin funhouse-mirroring the character he won his Oscar…
Tao Talk 