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A Look at Patrick Wayne

Sometimes I’m not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree. I’ve seen Patrick Wayne here and there my entire life, mostly with small parts on shows such as “Fantasy Island” and “The Love Boat.” I remember him best for hosting the game show “Tic Tac Dough.” Yes, I am a child of the seventies. My dad is a huge western fan and I’ve been watching some of his favorite films, trying to broaden my overall cinematic repertoire. I’ve recently seen “The Quiet Man,” “McClintock,” and “The Alamo,” and one night while popping a DVD out of the player, had the … Continue reading →

Eternals – Neil Gaiman

I picked up Eternals because Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors. I’ve also been hearing a lot lately about “graphic novels”. That doesn’t mean they are full of sex and violence. It means they are illustrated. This particular graphic novel is a comic book, complete with dialogue balloons and several frames per page. I did get some odd looks for reading this hard bound comic book at the dentist office. I’m sure people wondered about me. But it was fun to read a comic book again. As a writer, I was impressed at how the illustrations complimented the … Continue reading →

The Last Ten Years

Have you heard this recent release by Kenny Rogers? I caught it quite by accident on the radio a couple of days ago and I’ve listened to it several times since then. My husband and I have spent the last ten years together and so a song called The Last Ten Years gets my attention. The music is melodious and Kenny Rogers as always sings beautifully – but it’s the lyrics that haunt me when I listen to it. It’s the lyrics that speak to my heart and my memories of the last ten years. The Lyrics Oh, the last … Continue reading →