Whistling for Moonbeams

It's kind of a "guy movie" but I liked it. I can be guy, too, I realize. blech =)

I can't believe it's raining and raining hard. It's been extremely dry, lately Thank goodness the December breeze is lending us ...

1. Strings and strings of girls (and the odd handfuls of boys, or "guys" if you must) are trooping to the movies for that "Ne...

The poem indeed is the long lost startle. The moment has passed, it is again lost, but having been lived, it might be imagined, recuperated....

This part of my world has been so painfully neglected. Sorry, dear blog. I've been bad to you. Some updates are due, then. ... ... But m...

A Pale View of Hills (Kazuo Ishiguro): This is a novel that is very quiet on the surface but is extremely disturbing, underneath. Most ever...

Now, let's see. Thursday, in the office, I had a plateful of baked macaroni. Which i finished, by the way. It was M--'s birthday, to...

...all grown up. I got this from an e-mail my dad sent me. There was a warm, fuzzy feeling in my heart when I saw these pictures. I must...

I've been raving about Laura Nyro for close to a week now. The only sad thing was that none of the people I've asked if they knew he...

Pedro Almodovar, 2002 That human beings--here, two men--could be this unselfish: "Habla Con Ella" dares problematize this tritest...

I watched Edward Zwick's "Blood Diamond" and Martin Scorsese's "The Departed" this week, and I thoroughly enjoy...

I still haven't finished the book. =( It's been a circus, yep, that's how things have been. Call it a circus. I tend to repeat t...

Sublime!

Halfway done... =)

Geek friend and I looking at a live satellite feed of the typhoon: Me: this is some scary shit. Geek Friend: See this? Shows you where the w...

Permit us to refresh your memory: what comes from heaven is always a blessing, the enemy is not rain. Rain is the subject of prayer, the kin...

(the Suite Francaise manuscript) Whew. Finally. A heavy read, this one (probably helps explain the snail's pace with which I read it?)....

It's been weeks and I'm still reading the same book. It's not the book that's the problem--both the prose and the exposition...

"The blackout takes over the night erases the city from the map erases everything" -Conchitina Cruz, "I Must Say This About T...

"Volver" is dominated by women's themes. The friend who recommended it to me was anxious that I wouldn't like it. As it tu...

Superb films, both.

And what of the rain lashing loudly against the windows, the walls, the roofs of each house? What of the wind, wailing, mournful? Let's ...

Feeling that blah feeling again. Not a good sign at all.

When stuck in a car with two rock music aficionados conversing, what is one to do? Listen. And learn heaps! =)

Once in a while, it happens: two people meet, fall madly in love and live happily ever after. Once in a while. And then there's the rest...

Stepping indoors on a gusty, stormy day means walking into sudden calm, and warmth, and quiet. The transition is extremely blunt and brutal ...

Mercury has retrograded and I didn't know! Tragic. Tsk, tsk. I screamed "mercury's on retrograde now!" and M-- said, ...

Looks like the rainy season has descended upon us for good (until summer comes again, that is). Time to bring out the sweaters, the cardigan...

I breezed into the store and heard a chime-like sound, which turned out to be the sensors, which were strategically placed by the entrance. ...

People in the office have begun the countdown to Christmas. I've been, like, "what? So soon?" Quite a number of friends are ce...

balmy breeze on a mild Friday afternoon, a cup of very hot, very strong coffee, a book of beautifully-written poetry. Life is, indeed, what ...

I honestly cried--no, sobbed--when I came across this little boy's story on his mom's blog . He's a 5-year-old kid. Why him?

I have, fairly recently, given up on the Double Tall Mocha Espresso I consistently order on every Starbucks visit. I've known it all alo...

This afternoon, I lifted my 7-year-old so he could sit on the grocery cart. Boy, was he heavy! I had to do a take 2. We were both laughing d...

-Pablo Neruda I do not love you as if you were salt-rose, or topaz, or the arrow of carnations the fire shoots off. I love you as certai...

Friday was a good time to shop. Mainly because: a) lots of stores were on sale; b) I haven't shopped in quite a while; and c) the funds-...

to understand here was a clown who didn’t know where he was, a clown without a context? What could be sadder, my friend thought, than a clow...

along comes... COUNTRY STORY! It's so cute! =)

I'm done reading The Manikin and will be moving on to Ann Patchett's Bel Canto next. I was trying to decide between that and Irene...

Last book I read: They Went Whistling: Women Wayfarers, Warriors, Runaways, and Renegades by Barbara Holland-- For the recently emancipated...

Anne Boleyn was 5"2' and flat-chested. Bonnie Parker Of the famed Bonnie and Clyde duo was just 5" and loved wearing red. Smal...

Joel Toledo's Chiaroscuro is already in my hands. Next I'll be on the hunt for: The Proxy Eros by Mookie Katigbak. Somewhere You a...

A mighty strong wind blew my way this morning. Was it a portent of things to come? A warning of sorts? Bad--or good--news being delivered? I...

The Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, Trinoma It feels wonderful to exhale after holding one's breath for so long. And with music flowing throug...

/And let me tell you now why wings and doors and flowers really open, why this wall, once non-negotiable, had let you in. It is because all ...

Sunday afternoon, a drive down a busy street. Fussing with the car tuner and chancing upon John Parr's "St. Elmo's Fire", ...

I defined a woman's duty, "To look the world in the face with a go-to-hell look in the eyes; to have an idea; to speak and act in d...