I was on Netflix, cruising around, browsing for new DVDs to add to my queue, when I came across the blurb for the movie Bubble. I tend to like quirky, off-beat, independent type films. Then I noticed that this film is by Steven Soderbergh. Not necessarily in the so-called indie genre then. But it [...]
Entries from December 2008
no name
December 23, 2008
a year has gone
December 19, 2008
… and I still miss him as if it were yesterday. Each morning I wake up, and this photo greets me from the wall across from my bed. A friend got me Walking With Zeke, by Chris Clarke (of Creek Running North fame). Clarke writes
And he was sometimes taken for granted, [...]
all roads lead to congo
December 17, 2008
Several years ago, I read Barbara Kingsolver’s The Poisonwood Bible. Of all of her books, this is my favorite and was my latest foray into reading about women in Africa, whether biographical or fictional. I was taken with the power in which she portrayed these missionaries and the people of the Congo. From that moment [...]
context is everything
December 8, 2008
cogdogblog recently blogged about goingtorain, the website that gives you a weather forecast in the simplest form possible. Is it going to rain? In my case, it was snow (and below the “yes,” it states “there will be snow today with a high of 27°f in saint paul, mn.”
What I love about this site [...]