Welcome

Hi! My name is Margot. My blog is about the things I love to do. That could be what I'm reading, places we visit, my family, food, or whatever else is happening. I hope you'll stay and visit a while. Contact me by email: joyfullyretired (at) gmail (dot) com.

What I’m Reading

Saying It Well

Justice

Forever

The Sense of an Ending

Wish You Were Here

A Moveable Feast

Clarissa

The Odyssey

My Book Rating System

A = Excellent in every way
B = Very good story
C  = Good/Average
D = Poor
F = So Bad I couldn't finish it

Archives

Lunch and a Matinee: Ugly Truth

I’m having a light, fluffy week. In case you hadn’t noticed, I’ve read/reviewed light-weight books this week. I’m justifying my fluff because I’ve had a rough physical week: a nasty intestinal flu and a couple of hours in the dentist’s office. Don’t you think that deserves a little fluff? So, when it was suggessted that [...]

Lunch and a Matinee: Angels and Demons

Lunch and a Matinee is the retired person’s version of Dinner and a Movie. We no longer have to wait to go at night or on the weekend. We can go to the movies in the middle of the day. Yes, I’m bragging, but you, too, could work your entire life, retire and do the [...]

Movie Review: The Inside Man

Looking for a movie that will keep you thinking after the film is over? Looking for a good one with Denzel Washington, Jodie Foster and Clive Owens? Try this one. I don’t do movie reviews very often for a good reason: I watch my share of movies but they are not all that good. Inside [...]

Movie Review: Vantage Point

  We watched a good Netflix movie at our son’s house the other night and enjoyed it enough to share with you. Vantage Point is probably classified as a thriller and I’d agree. It was pretty thrilling.   It’s the story of a presidential assassination in some Spanish town. We see the president get shot [...]

Movies That Warm Us

Molly over at The Bumbles Blog has started on new Monday meme about movies. She is asking us list the movies that make us feel warm.  This is my list and my husband’s. I’ll let you figure out whose is whose. 1. Open Range 2. Cowboys 3. Dances With Wolves 4. Last of the Mohicans [...]