The second season of All Creatures Great and Small, the British series set in Yorkshire Dales, England during the 1940s picks up just as it was left at the end of the […]
DVD Review – All Creatures Great and Small (Original Series): Series 2 – The Life and Times of Country Veterinarians
AudioBook Review – The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 by David McCullough
I attempted to finish this book before our trip through the Panama Canal back in February 2022. I was not successful. Even with my headphones on, this impressive audiobook takes a while […]
DVD Review: You’re Not Elected Charlie Brown – You’ll Remember It When You See It
Written by Charles M. SchulzDirected by Bill Melendez The Peanuts gang is back in this 1972 television production centering around elections. The characters I grew up with are all represented here, and […]
Movie Review: Logan’s Run – The View of the Future in the 1970’s
Written by David Zelag Goodman, William F. Nolan, and George Clayton JohnsonDirected by Michael Anderson Back when I was young, in addition to all of the re-runs of the original Star Trek […]
Transatlantic Cruise on the Norwegian Pr1ma September 2022
I’ll post later about the location of our most recent travel, but in this first post I wanted to talk about the ship we were on. The Norwegian Pr1ma is the newest […]
Book Review: Beat to Quarters by C.S. Forester – Horatio Hornblower Sails in Central America
The Horatio Hornblower series, written by C.S. Forester, was written much the same way the Star Wars series was. Forester wrote Beat to Quarters first, and it ended up being the sixth […]
Movie Review: North by Northwest – Mistaken Identity Leads to the Modern Thriller
Written by Ernest LehmanDirected by Alfred Hitchcock Many films considered to be classic thrillers or horror films don’t hold up as well to modern scrutiny. I can remember the first time I […]
Book Review – City of Night by Dean Koontz: Frankenstein Series, Book 2
I’ve had a love/hate relationship with Dean Koontz over the years. Years back I read Lightning and fell in love, burning through many of the early books with a vengeance. Over the […]
Movie Review: A Simple Plan – Take the Money and Run
Written by Scott B. SmithDirected by Sam Raimi From time to time most people dream about it. You find a bag of money in the woods, seemingly with no owner. Keep it […]
Book Review: Salem Falls by Jodi Picoult – A Modern Take on The Crucible
There are some classic stories that one figures can never be quite adapted to our modern world. The story of the Salem Witch Trials, as told in Arthur Miller’s play, The Crucible, […]
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