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Something for Thursday
The Telnyuk Sisters are a Ukrainian folk rock duo. I know nothing about them beyond what I’ve read on their Wikipedia page…but I’ve listened to a bit of their music today, just a bit, via their YouTube channel. I’m deliberately … Continue reading
And now, pets.
Just because. Rosa not pictured, because she can be hard to get nice pictures of! She keeps a lower profile and when she’s around she’s acting weird. I’ll keep trying, though!
Tone Poem Tuesday
Composer Aleksandr Shymko was born in 1977 in Borschiv, Ukraine. He has led a distinguished artistic and academic career, composing prolifically. And that is just about all I know about him. I haven’t even been able to find any substantial … Continue reading
“I get why you shot him.” “Well, everyone tries at least once.” — Thoughts on NO TIME TO DIE
(NOTE: As this review heavily references ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE, I have revised and reposted my long essay about that film as well.) After a series of production false-starts, headaches, and then a global pandemic, No Time To Die, the … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
This song has been firmly lodged in my head for two weeks, ever since we saw it featured in a particularly good (and funny) scene on Derry Girls. Apparently this song features in a kind of line dance in which … Continue reading
Advice for Pantsers
I have recently finally started to unravel the plot of Forgotten Stars V: The Final Frontier (not the actual title), much to my pleasure. This one has been giving me fits, to the point that I’ve been seriously considering making the … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Some chamber music today, by the great Black composer Florence Price, whose work keeps rising in acclaim these days. I’ve featured Price’s music before in this space, and I plan to continue doing so! Her work, blending European classical forms … Continue reading
Starbirth, in progress
I saw this image on one of NASA’s Flickr streams and I had to share it. It’s a Hubble image of a star-forming region called the “Chameleon Cloud Complex”. Look how gorgeous this is! Here’s some explanation: The segment in … Continue reading
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Home again, home again….
And…we’re back! But…where were we? It was the weekend for our annual WinterHounds event, which is a meet-up for greyhound owners that takes place twice a year in the Finger Lakes. Lots of wineries participate, offering discounted tastings and/or purchases … Continue reading
“I’d rather have fewer spectacular theaters than tons of cheap little multiplexes.” –Douglas Trumbull
Filmmaker and special effects guru Douglas Trumbull died earlier this month. His body of work is not large, but its influence is gigantic. For filmgoers of a certain age and a certain disposition to genre–say, 50ish and inclined to fantasy and … Continue reading