My parent's 50th anniversary slideshow

The picture portion of the powerpoint presentation from my parent's 50th anniversary party. I'll add the music if I ever figure out how!

Kindness

I was visiting friends yesterday and was sitting in the kitchen chatting. Josh, 3 yrs old, noticed that I had left my cellphone and bottle of water in the living room. He brought them in to me, so I could have them next to me on the kitchen table. When his mom and I thanked him for being so helpful, he looked at us very seriously, and said, "I'm a kind person." It was said so seriously, thoughtfully, and matter of factly. Little kids are often such good reminders of the basics, of what's really important. They don't see the shades of gray we often seem to have to wade through.

Long, long ago...

Been feeling nostalgic this evening, meandering around youtube. Lots of good music from my past...

I can't count how many times I saw them do this dueling drums bit in concert, and the Breakfast in Hell song...



LOVED Grover, can't believe he never made it big...(and yes, this is who I named my cat after, lol)...


And yes, I have to admit I DID see Stryper in concert back in their heyday, even met them backstage. No group of guys should have hair as good as they did...

I love this book

I was so excited to get a brand new copy of Paul Gallico's "Snow Goose" this week. Most of my copies have been battered old copies, scavenged at used book stores, as it's been out of print more than in. It's one of the first books I truly fell in love with. Short, simple, breathtakingly beautiful and heartbreaking at the same time. Hallmark Hall of Fame made a wonderful film adaptation years ago, but it's never made it to video/dvd due to years of legal wrangling between Hallmark and the author's family. A big film company was set to start work on a big screen version complete with big name cast last year. Alas, budget and scheduling problems have apparently sunk that project, perhaps permanently. If you've never read it, grab a copy now and read it!

Too many legs!

I know, I know, I fall back on youtube too often. But, I keep finding things there that amuse me or remind of things. Cyndy and I loved the BBC sitcom "Coupling", and this episode storyline about Jeff still makes us LOL...

Movies!

Had a chance over New Year's to indulge in one of my favorite pastimes - foreign films! This first one is a Japanese film called "Hula Girls". It's based on a true story... think the Jamaican bobsled movie, except, instead of Jamaica, substitute Japan, and instead of bobsleds, substitute hula dancing!



Also found a gem of a little Danish film, called "Italian for Beginners". I bought the DVD without any clue about what the movie was about, guessing from the cover art that it might be a slapstick comedy. It's actually a sweet, gentle, poignant little movie, filmed in the Danish Dogma style. I really loved it.