The House Without a Christmas Tree. Gail Rock. 1974. 84 pages. It had been years since I first read this one. This is a reflective book about a memorable-though-slightly-tricky Christmas. The narrator is reflecting on the Christmas of 1946. Readers meet a young girl who lives with her father and grandmother. Her father doesn’t exactly [...]
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Sunday Salon: Reading and Watching The House Without a Christmas Tree
Posted by on December 11th, 2012
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Sunday Salon: Watching Holiday Inn (1942)
Posted by on November 26th, 2012
Holiday Inn is one of my favorite, favorite Christmas movies. There are so many magical things about it. While there are two or three scenes that I don’t like, for the most part, it is a great film, a great romantic holiday film. It stars Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire, Marjorie Reynolds, and Virginia Dale. It [...]
The Sunday Salon: Watching Music Man
Posted by on November 18th, 2012
Music Man is one of my favorite, favorite musicals. And easily the musical I could watch most often with never tiring of it. I love it from start to finish. It stars Robert Preston, Shirley Jones, Pert Kelton, Ron Howard, and Buddy Hackett. Robert Preston IS the music man. I am not sure anyone else [...]
Sunday Salon: Watching Sleeping Beauty and Enchanted
Posted by on November 5th, 2012
I had so much fun watching Snow White and Cinderella that I decided to watch Sleeping Beauty. This is a Disney film that I’m not that familiar with. While I enjoy the song “Once Upon a Dream,” the movie isn’t as much a favorite of mine. It has playful and argumentative fairies, true, but for [...]
Sunday Salon: Watching Cinderella (1950)
Posted by on October 29th, 2012
Cinderella is a lovely film. I don’t think Walt Disney’s Cinderella is as lovely and romantic as it could be, or should be. But as an animal fantasy, or, cat-and-mouse adventure it works quite well. Prince Charming doesn’t matter in Cinderella, for the most part. His personality and character are practically nonexistent. (Unless you want [...]
Sunday Salon: Watching Six Hero Movies
Posted by on October 14th, 2012
I recently watched Iron Man (2008), The Incredible Hulk (2008), Iron Man 2 (2010), Thor (2011), Captain America (2011) and The Avengers (2012). Each film had strengths and weaknesses in my opinion. I did prefer the first Iron Man to the second. (Tony Stark’s ego in Iron Man 2 was beyond obnoxious, taken way past [...]
Sunday Salon: Watching and Reading The Hunger Games
Posted by on October 7th, 2012
I decided to reread The Hunger Games before watching the film adaptation of The Hunger Games. It was a great opportunity for me to revisit this great dystopia. I think I want to reread the rest of the series now, I’m curious to see if my feelings change as I revisit the story. I thought [...]
Sunday Salon: Watching Return to Me
Posted by on September 24th, 2012
Return to Me is one of my favorite feel-good films. It’s definitely an emotional film, I won’t lie. The beginning, oh the beginning, it gets me every time. But it’s a hopeful healing film, the kind that values family and friendship and living life to the fullest and making the most of your life. I [...]
Sunday Salon: Watching Robin Hood, Season 1
Posted by on September 17th, 2012
I recently watched the first season of the BBC Robin Hood series. While I didn’t exactly LOVE it, I did find it compelling enough to keep watching. I’m not sure when I’ll try to watch the rest of the series. But at some point, I probably will go back to the show. I like quite [...]
Sunday Salon: Watching Perry Mason, Season 1
Posted by on September 9th, 2012
While I’ve always enjoyed the occasional episode of Perry Mason, this summer I decided to watch the entire first season of Perry Mason–all thirty-nine episodes! It was WONDERFUL treat for me. And just what I needed after spending so many weeks with Jane Eyre! I enjoy many things about the show. I love the mysteries; [...]
