Here’s the next set of twenty five books I was fortunate enough to read in 2019:
2019 Movies #51-75
25 NovEvery year I set out to enjoy a minimum of 100 never-before-seen movies. Below is the third quarter of film viewed in 2019. Despite a lengthy parade of 4 star flicks, just one film, Joker, earned the prestigious 5-star rating.
2019 Movies #1-25
4 MayEvery year I set out to enjoy a minimum of 100 never-before-seen movies. Below is the first quarter of film viewed in 2019. Astonishingly, five films have earned the coveted five stars: Force Majeure, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, Repo Man, Five Feet Apart, and The Myth of the American Sleepover.
There Are Things You Notice…
15 Apr…when you leave your busy, your worry, and your hurry behind. There are things you notice when you look forward. Free of expectation, life has a way of lifting secret curtains.
A thousand times. I must have stepped out of my dwelling a thousand times. Yet tonight, for a brief miniature walk, I noticed things. New things.
I noticed a castle across the way. A drawbridge. A moat. And in that moat was a bonsai tree with a most peculiar branch extending like an eager hand reaching for land.
I noticed a boutique. And in this boutique, was either the smartest or the laziest mannequin I have ever known. For this mannequin did not stand on her two feet. Oh no, this mannequin sat its plaster keister on a chair. That’s right, a sitting mannequin. Genius. Who knew?
I didn’t. But I do now.
What do you notice?
Birthday Book Stash
10 MarA writer loves (or should?) to read, so birthdays become another excuse to add more books to one’s never ending book pile.
Thank you to my wife for supporting my dust collecting hobby and to Eslite in Taipei for supplying a delicious buffet of English books. And to my dearest wife, please forgive me for ordering some (TONS!) more online through BookDepository. #readtowin
Amazing Year Final Day: Continuing the Awesomeness
8 MarNo need for pictures, no need for jazzy text, just a…
thank you universe all everyone and everything contained within for allowing me to have such an amazing year. May glory continue for all!
PS: Do I really have to be 38 years old?
Amazing Year Day 342: Just Reflecting
12 FebSome days deliver unexpected joy…
Thank you Maps for releasing your latest track “Just Reflecting.”
You-Be-The-Juice!