Another Week
Assorted items I have encountered over the previous seven days — movies, TV shows, books, websites, products, recipes, whatever.
Another Week: Number 83
A power emerges from the stillness. Racine yard waste hurdles. Joe Biden endorses Kamala Harris. The Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony.
Another Week: Number 82
I have petunias and salvias, but where are the hummingbirds? Also: the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
Another Week: Number 81
A steamy, sticky week: ‘Kinds of Kindness’ (2024), women’s tennis at Wimbledon, yard work, the St. Lucy Festival, shrimp cocktail, and Donald Trump shot in Pennsylvania.
Another Week: Number 80
Fourth of July fireworks out of Apocalypse Now, Jewel on WTF, Presidential immunity and a sense of doom, the Tour de France and Dante’s ‘Divine Comedy.’
Another Week: Number 79
2024 is half-over — and sixty-four years after Kennedy-Nixon, the presidential debate tradition has deteriorated into utter absurdity.
Another Week: Number 78
The June heat wave, Trump in Racine, a drive-by shooting, and tornados. Plus, ‘Call Northside 777’ (1948) and ‘Black Narcissus’ (1947).
Another Week: Number 77
Summer is already passing — a high school graduation, Harry’s memorial, live music from Ivy Ford in Kenosha, and ‘Billy Elliot’ (2000).
Another Week: Number 76
Birthday party for my mom — plus Mitchell School construction, walking in slippahs, WNBA, and John Hiatt’s “Dust Down a Country Road”
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).