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books in book reviews
As I left home yesterday, I got to Broadway and saw a table of books. Of course, my eye was attracted to them. Turned out they were all in Spanish and ALL religious. The person tending the tabl...
I'll see you in my dreams - movie review in keeping it postive
A woman of a certain age - probably in her 60’s - played by Blythe Danner has a set routine to her life. She lives in a beautiful house in L.A. that has a fairly large patio area. She has an ol...
untold story - Monica Ali in book reviews
What if Lady Diana had not died, but had been spirited away to live her life out of the spotlight and secretly (after some plastic surgery). What if a paparazzo had located her and was going to s...
Ah, Memorial Day in keeping it postive
Three fighter jets just flew overhead. They were pretty low, but the noise didn’t rattle the windows - glad for THAT.
What I learned from reading in book reviews
In Star Trek, Next Generation, there was a lounge, 10 Forward. In that lounge, there was a barmaid, Guinan, played by Whoopi Goldberg. I just read there had been a famous speakeasy in NYC run by...
Broadway Theater in keeping it postive
There was something about the 50s musicals - Gigi, My Fair Lady - where the woman had to be reshaped to fit the image the man had of perfection. The story was interesting (yes, I remembered parts...
On the subway in keeping it postive
The train was CROWDED! A young man got on - he was SO handsome I had to turn around or I would probably stare and blush - Jean Paul Belmondo type. OMG! The train got even more crowded, so this ...
theater in keeping it postive
I work part time, on call, substituting for the person whose job it really is. (She might have a medical appointment or something.) Luckily, the place where I work is across the street from the...
overwhelmed in rants
I sort of refuse to do any sort of housework. Well, quality that - I do the dishes, buy groceries, do laundry and take down the garbage… REAL basic. When I have an emergency, then I have to do a...
Bullets in keeping it postive
The Ailanthus trees are in bloom and the air smells like jasmine tea. There was a man breathing on my neck yesterday on the bus so I hunched forward and put my head down. The woman sitting next...
Exhaustion in rants
I used to be able to do more than one thing in a day. Now, one… REST… maybe another one. I worked yesterday, got home, went to bed - woke for a short while around 7:30, back to sleep, woke again...
I find things in keeping it postive
Just now, on my way back home from errands, I saw a neighbor getting rid of a room air conditioner. NOT the kind that goes through the window, but one that sits in the room and vents through the...
on the nyc subway in keeping it postive
I went to work midday and the subway was still crowded. When I got on, I stood at the pole and looked at the young lady across from me. She looked like an ex-student of mine (not that I remembe...
books awaiting my attention in book reviews
Since I belong to book exchange sites, I often read what I’ve recently received. Or, surrounded by STACKS of books, I read what’s easily visible. I started looking through the books in the bookc...
Mus mus in keeping it postive
A few months ago, I trapped a house mouse in the bottom of a garbage pail. I caught him in a plastic food container with a hole at the top. I was going to release him in the park, but ended up ...
some lines from Red Branch in book reviews
Coincidence is the tool gods use to keep their workings anonymous. Magic is but a label for a body of observable circumstance. Magic is a talent carried in the blood and the spirit, but conversel...
The older I get, the more I question my motives… trying to understand myself, I guess. I find that if I feel sorry for someone, and feel I can help him through a crisis, I become fond of him. I...
Getting together with friends in keeping it postive
I have two friends who also know each other. Every so often we three get together to do something. This time we went to the Metropolitan museum. Both the Met and the natural history museum hav...
out of the house in keeping it postive
It was cold and rainy - and there had been freezing rain earlier in the day, so a bit slippery. BUT, I had a meeting to go to - health and wellness in the community. First, get the bus. Ran int...
pay it forward in keeping it postive
A little over a week ago, I was at the discount store and purchased three pairs of gloves and a hat - all to give away. I immediately gave one pair of gloves to a homeless man I see regularly nea...
I have been blessed in rants
Through a LOT of hard work - MANY hours of overtime, etc - I have a decent pension and enough money to live on… and have as a cushion for emergencies. I learned many years ago NOT to loan money -...
Winesburg, Ohio in book reviews
author: Sherwood Anderson This small book, written about a century ago, describes life in a small rural town - population less than 2000. Each character in the book, written in short story forma...
all I have to do is dream in keeping it postive
Lately not only have my dreams been VIVID, but I’ve been remembering them in DETAIL! Last night I dreamt about a high school friend. More than a friend, he was my BEST friend! We had lived in t...
There are people who enter you life you fall head over heels in love with. But you’re not “supposed” to. They may be too old, too young, “belong” to someone else, be the parent or child of a fri...
Warm(er) in the Northeast in keeping it postive
I’ve been spending all my time indoors lately. Eating through whatever food I’d had in the pantry. I had to go out to replenish my “stores”. Lots of canned foods (forgot the beans, so will get ...
