This film represents a convergence of so many facets of my life that I hardly know which aspect bears the most weight, or would be most fitting here. Perhaps I should begin at the beginning … In January 2001 I spent a month in Alpercata, a small farming community in mid-eastern Brazil. When I arrived,…
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Fun Assignment: Nantucket Film Festival ’08
Shot from the deck of the ferry as we rounded Brant Point and the lighthouse, approaching Nantucket Harbor and eagerly anticipating the island’s thirteenth annual film festival. This is a first in several ways: although I grew up on the island and always travelled by ferry any time I needed to get to the mainland, this is the…
Another weekend away
I spent another weekend out of town. October turned out to be my “Month of Self-Improvement” and this past weekend was no exception. On Friday I drove up to an inn in York, Maine for a two-day Writing Retreat. I’ll be posting a full report, complete with photos, tomorrow (I hope) after I finish writing…
“Friday Night Knitting Club”, an author event
Kate Jacobs, author of The Friday Night Knitting Club, put our town on the map this weekend. Long-time journalist and now novel writer, too, Kate Jacobs spoke to several dozen book club readers and knitters about her first book and life-as-a-writer. Although I have been waiting (and still am waiting) for weeks for my local…
Creative Sparks Extend to the Animal Kingdom!
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ860P4iTaM] I was introduced to Nora, The Piano-Playing Cat by a fellow feline fan. The time I’ve spent with YouTube has been limited to watching videos that feature friends dancing or their cute pets. But when I found myself positively snorting with delight while Nora played a ‘duet’, I began to wonder where…
Visual Poetry in film: “An Unfinished Life”
What a beautiful movie. With a delicate and beautiful style his fans will recognize as that of the Swedish director Halle Lasstrom, “An Unfinished Life” is a story of both forgiveness and setting right those things in nature that have gone out of balance. The cast itself is an unexpected blend of Robert Redford, Jennifer…
Heartwarming “Holiday”
It was one of those afternoons between Christmas and New Year’s, an afternoon perfect for a movie matinee. “Romantic Comedy” was the genre of choice; neither thrillers, political dramas nor animation appealed. What a lovely surprise “The Holiday” was. Nancy Meyers of “Something’s Gotta Give” and “What Women Want” fame has done it again. I…