Tag Archives: movies

Christmas/Time

Posted on 12/12/2022 by chick

Welcome to Day 12 of the 2022 Virtual Advent Tour, hosted by my friend Sprite at Sprite Writes. For this day of the Tour, I’m going to talk a little bit about Time, because there’s nothing like Christmastime to draw … Continue reading →

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Day 167: Movie Finale

Posted on 08/27/2020 by chick

Tonight we watched Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. I was prepared to dislike the movie, because it had gotten so many bad reviews. I liked it, though. Evil got its big, ugly ass kicked. Good things happened, and sad … Continue reading →

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Day 149: Odds and Ends

Posted on 08/09/2020 by chick

I am reading The Last Magician by Lisa Maxwell. I’m about a fifth of the way through, and so far it’s good, but it’s not suiting my mood. Consequently I’m not sure what to do with it. If I stop … Continue reading →

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Movies and Books

Posted on 01/18/2018 by chick

People love to talk about movies that are poor adaptations of beloved books. But there are many times when the movies, good or bad, lead us to read the books that they were based on. That’s a good thing. And … Continue reading →

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Inadvertent Austen Kick

Posted on 07/20/2015 by chick

I recently went on an inadvertent Austen kick. There are so many movies about Jane Austen and her novels these days. Just looking through the small selection of movies at the library, I stumbled upon several of them. They seemed … Continue reading →

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About a Girl

Posted on 01/25/2010 by chick

Girl With a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier Grade: B+ Girl With a Pearl Earring is a fictionalized account of how the famous Vermeer painting of the same name came to be. The Girl is a young Protestant woman named … Continue reading →

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My Honey, the Ghostbuster

Posted on 11/08/2009 by chick

I watched my Faithful Reader remove leaves from our driveway last week using a leaf blower. It was amazing, like Moses parting the Red Sea. But, with the hose in his hand and the pack on his back, he looked … Continue reading →

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Movie Highlight

Posted on 12/30/2008 by chick

I just watched the end of Rudolph’s Shiny New Year, a classic movie in which Santa Claus says, “I oughta be able to get you to Father Time in a few bongs!” Santa, you do enough bongs and you can … Continue reading →

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My Memorial Day Week

Posted on 05/31/2008 by chick

On Sunday, we went to my aunt and uncle’s for a barbecue. It was a beautiful day and the baby birds, eager to see it, were peeking out of the birdhouse. I found out that one of my cousins is … Continue reading →

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Sad News

Posted on 04/06/2008 by chick

I don’t get excited about celebrity gossip. I couldn’t care less about Britney Spears or Angelina Jolie or Beyonce, all of whom have been mentioned in the news recently. But I am sad to hear that Charlton Heston died Saturday. … Continue reading →

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