3 Movies To See Now: DVD Recommendations
Oranges and Sunshine tagline: Thousands of lost children. A secret buried by time. One woman will bring the truth to light. Rainy days take over this part of the Pacific Northwest, fires warm...
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JAWS: A Classic Blu-Ray Film Recommendation
JAWS — Going back to Amity: A Classic Film Recommendation. Where were you when you first watched Jaws? Do you have a story to tell? Please let me know what your thoughts are...
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READ: Coloured & Other Stories: A Book Recommendation
In Mohanalakshmi Rajakumar’s own words from her Acknowledgements page: This collection began as a whim while I was a graduate studying literature at North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. I...
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LISTEN: Electra Heart by Marina and the Diamonds — A Music Recommendation
Primadonna girl, yeah All I ever wanted was the world I can’t help that I need it all The primadonna life, the rise and fall You say that I’m kinda difficult But...
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The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel: Summer Film Recommendation
In The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel British retirees travel to India to take up residence in what they believe is a newly restored hotel. Less luxurious than its advertisements, the Marigold Hotel nevertheless...
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Kipling Puppy Time: A 2nd Thank You
I love sharing the Kipling puppy love as much as possible, and it has been quite a long time since her growing cuteness has graced A Writer’s Life Blog. Hopefully these photos will...
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Prometheus: A Film Recommendation
Elizabeth Shaw: My God, we were so wrong . . . I grew up in a family of horror film lovers, and scary book readers. I was a kid, age ten, when Jaws...
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Summer Single: Celebrating 25 Years of Kylie Minogue
Kylie Minogue hit the airwaves in the late 80s with the throwaway pop ditty, I Should Be So Lucky. It is a happy pop song that I remember because I couldn’t get away...
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After Oscars: 3 Crime Films — A Recommendation
Zippy is sittin’ on the dock of the bay . . . patrolling for Canadian Geese who fly into the pond every spring. And Spring has come early as the first squadron of...
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Listen: Undun by The Roots — A Music Recommendation
I heard The Roots for the first time in the nineties, after they had a few albums out, and I love to travel back to that time by replaying their strong messages of...
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