Waiting for Tuesday

I just realized about an hour ago that today is Tuesday. All day, I’ve been sitting here working away, thinking it was Monday…the gratitude that it is indeed Tuesday abounds. Tomorrow, I’m off. That means sleeping in (a bit), relaxing, and the company of a good friend. ‘Til next time, Jessica

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Remembering Ireland

  Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!  I started writing this post a while back, but I thought today would be the perfect day to actually get it out there.  I’ve been thinking about Ireland lately.  That may be why I got lured in to Nora Roberts Cousins O’Dwyer Trilogy.  Maybe it’s because our trip there was about […]

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Thinking Globally

Like many of us, the situation in Ukraine has been on my mind. As a country Ukraine (and Crimea) has been in the middle of a lot of conflict.  I was searching for a good way to put this current conflict in historical context (without writing more than anyone wants to read), and fortunately for […]

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Each Frame Tells a Story: An Interview with Cinematographer Steve Lawes

Originally posted on CinemaVitas:
By Mary Jo Watts (mid0nz) Photo of Benedict Cumberbatch (L) as Sherlock Holmes, and Steve Lawes (R) by Robert Viglasky. Used with permission. I’m hopelessly, obsessively besotted with BBC Sherlock. It’s impossible for me to temper my enthusiasm for Steven Moffat and Mark Gatiss’s modern adaptation. At 43 years old, I’m proud to…

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Lines in the sand

Originally posted on Electronicbaglady's Bag of Bits:
I was watching one of those clichéd movie moments the other night instead of doing something productive. It was the moment when the hero says something similar to “That’s a line I will not cross!”. Usually there is dramatic body language attached, including miming drawing a line,…

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