Monthly Archives: June 2020

90’s Songs: No Diggity by Blackstreet

The best thing is when this song comes on the radio when I am on the freeway with lots of open road in front of me.  Whenever I hear the line, “Fast when she comes to the gas,” I like … Continue reading

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Documentaries You Should See: Grizzly Man

No discussion of documentaries would be complete without Werner Herzog.  I saw this documentary for the first time in college.  The Discovery Channel played it pretty frequently. the film documents Timothy Treadwell, who spent a number of summers living with … Continue reading

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The Country Gallants by John George Brown

I bought a poster of this when I was at the Toledo Music of Art.  I love the idyllic view of nature and the young children.

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Chick Flick Movie Series: First Third of the Year

  Here are all the movies I saw in the first third of the year for my Chick Flick Movie Awards.  I don’t know what will happen the rest of the year because movies are delayed or not being released, … Continue reading

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Jane Austin’s Sense and Sensibility: Random Thoughts

1 I tried reading the book when I was in high school, but I couldn’t get past the language. 2 I also couldn’t get past the fact that it wasn’t this emotional, romantic book.  I was about 15, and I … Continue reading

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Paul Appleby – Ah! je vais l’aimer from Berlioz’s BEATRICE ET BENEDICT

I saw a live production of this opera once, adapted for the Cleveland Institute of Music. I believe this is the song in which Benedict is tricked into believing that Beatrice is in love with him and resolves to be … Continue reading

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Wheat Fields with Reaper, Auvers by Vincent van Gogh

Gotta love Vincent Can Gogh.  I saw an exhibition of his work in Seoul, years and years ago.  I love the thick brush strokes. This is from the Toledo Museum of Art.

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