Joyfully Retired

On a rainy afternoon this past week we decide to see a movie. It was my husband’s turn to pick and I was surprised when he picked this one. He looked at the trailer and said, “I think it’s a chick-flick but it looks interesting. It has that actress we like. The one who just [...]

Babies (Bebes) was a whole new movie experience for me. It’s a look at one year in the life of these four babies from around the world: Bayer from Mongolia, Ponijao from Namibia, Mari from Tokyo and Hattie from San Francisco. Aren’t they just the cutest? I just want to give each one a hug [...]

Lunch and a Matinee is the retired person’s version of Dinner and a Movie. It always feels so decadent to go to the movies in the afternoon when the rest of the world is working. Here’s what we saw this week. The Ghost Writer aka, The Ghost A little known ghost writer (Ewan McGregor) has [...]

I’m back in Windsor, Northern California now. Back from Portland, Oregon where I’ve been visiting with my two granddaughters, my daughter and her husband. Since everyone was on Spring Break we had plenty of time to spend with each other. Here’s an updated picture of Q and Lou. A friend of the family owns a [...]

We are on a Chinese Take-Out binge this week. We’ve had it twice. All the leftovers make for a nice smorgasbord perfect for watching movies. I suppose for this movie we should have had Italian, but we didn’t think of it. The Story: Lucy Honeychurch is visiting Florence, Italy with her older cousin Charlotte Bartlett. [...]