I am sitting here on the floor watching “A Little Romance”. I hardly recognized Sir. Laurence Oliver in the part of the old man, but he is as endearing and as charming as ever. The story is simple, boy meets girl, and the two runaway on a trip to Venice, Italy, with the help of a friend, an old man. Though familiar enough the plot doesn’t have to be any captivating; it is the characters, the boy and girl who keep me watching. Like any Fairytale like story it is not really the ending but the truth of the characters that win a place in our memory. She prefers philosophy books to watching her mother faun over the skills of a young director as he works on a scene. The boy is smart, he is a movie go-er, he also reads books that are not assigned in school. You know these are kindred spirits. At first meeting they trust each other, they talk of how improbable such a meeting is, how they thought there soul-mate could have been in another time or another part of the world, they know, as odd and intelligent as they are, they are lucky to have found one another. Of course, I can’t help but get a little teary-eyed, because this is my fairy tale. I have always felt myself to be the Mary Bennet, the Hermione Granger, the Diane Chambers, the girl who shoots for the stars and talks about everything, and knows she’s the one whose a little outside the loop. A lot of girls must relate to that, I think. The character appears in stories over and over again Anyway, A Little Romance is a movie to watch on a sentimental afternoon, or a rainy day off of work.

Another Year

For every Winter there's a Spring-

Oh, that's the beauty of the thing!

For ev'ry midnight there's a morn,

For ev'ry loss a hope is born,

For ev'ry sultry day the dew,

For ev'ry old year there's a new!


Yes, buds for all the leaves that fall-

That is the beauty of it all.

New dreams for all the dreams that die,

For ev'ry night a dawning sky-

For ev'ry heartache, failure, fear,

Another chance, another year!

-Douglas Malloch

spontaneous curiosity

Man is not all mind, is God?

Yay! Laptop fixed. I must confess it was nerve racking, at every step I thought I was going to fracture some piece of plastic or ruin some circuit. I think I was so agitated I could have bit someone if they bothered me, not very Christian like, but I have some issues to work out when it comes to costly electronics which this society requires you to use

A new day needs a new beginning. So here is a new look for the blog.

Yay! I finally have a laptop screen on order after breaking mine some months ago on my birthday. Who could foresee that I needed that extra insurance?..."for just in case you drop it". Thank goodness for friends who know how to look things up and find computer parts for reasonable prices online, and u-tube how-to videos.

Talking about u-tube learning I saw this girl perform a solo with an entire orchestra behind her. http://www.maddiemarlowmusic.com/about/ She taught herself guitar by watching u-tube videos. Once my laptop is fixed maybe I'll try that for the piano.

Nearly Midnight Post

This is not a dead blog. I am still alive. Pictures to follow (hopefully within the week.) I'm writing mostly on paper now, because my computer needs repairs.. . . . . will type more later.

Jesus, Mary, Joseph, Pray For Us.