Another Week
Assorted items I have encountered over the previous seven days — movies, TV shows, books, websites, products, recipes, whatever.
Another Week: Number 75
These beautiful last days of spring are steeped in bleakness underneath. Plus: ‘Do the Right Thing’ (1989) and ‘Little Women’ (2019).
Another Week: Number 74
Time itself is the puzzle I’m grappling with — maybe calendars will help. Also: a Washington Post subscription offer I could not refuse.
Another Week: Number 73
A bird looks in the rearview mirror. Plus: ‘One Life’ (2023), ‘Apple Music Live: Kacey Musgraves,’ Billy Strings and Mark Ruffalo on ‘WTF with Marc Maron.’
Another Week: Number 72
I have amnesia, my country has constipation, and President Biden visits Racine. Also: ‘Brigsby Bear’ (2017) and ‘The Color Purple’ (2023).
Another Week: Number 71
White-crowned Sparrows have stopped by for their annual visit. Plus: ‘STEVE! (martin) a documentary in 2 pieces’ (2024), and ‘Sergeant York’ (1941).
Another Week: Number 70
My backyard continues to occupy my mind. Plus: “How Fascism Works,’ by Jason Stanley, and ‘Deliver Me From Nowhere,’ by Warren Zanes.
Another Week: Number 69
Gardening decisions get finalized: I’ll plant salvias and petunias to attract hummingbirds. Also, Alejandro Escovedo on ‘WTF with Marc Maron’ and Bruce Springsteen night on my TV.
Another Week: Number 68
The 2024 solar eclipse as experienced at Petrifying Springs in Kenosha — plus chicken burgers, ‘The Blue Gardenia’ (1953) and Rudy Mancuso’s ‘Música’ (2024).
Another Week: Number 67
Amy’s memorial gathering was held Saturday at Church & Market in Kenosha. I also got a haircut and had three window screens re-screened.
Another Week: Number 66
A week spent mostly in a chair, working on my laptop — on a FotoMagico slide show and Zoho Invoice online billing.
Another Week: Number 65
A late March snowstorm triggers Christmas, Kate Middleton has cancer, ‘Winter’s Bone’ (2010), ‘Hitler,’ by Joachim Fest, ‘Detour’ (1945).
Another Week: Number 64
“You’ll get a smile to your lips before you get a tear to your eye.” Plus: ‘Great Expectations’ (1946), and ‘Mikey and Nicky’ (1976).
Another Week: Number 63
Joe Biden or Donald Trump? Pick one. Four years ago, Trump failed his big test badly. Plus ‘Triumph of the Will’ (1935), ‘Poor Things’ (2023), and ‘The Zone of Interest’ (2023).