Once again, it is Film Friday and time to review every movie I watched over the last month. The Lazarus Effect (2015) This had a great cast and such a creepy premise, but it wasn’t nearly as much fun as I expected. The main problem was that it just didn’t take enough time to build …
Archimedes Pie Recipe (Easy Greek Quiche)
Pi Day is one of my favorite days of the year! I’m such a sucker for a delicious, flaky crust and everything that comes inside it. So today, in honor of Archimedes, here is my recipe for easy Greek quiche. Or, as I have named it for the sake of cuteness, Archimedes pie. This is …
Film Friday (March 2024)
If you’re looking for something to watch this month, here are all the films I viewed last month. Maybe something will inspire you! Dark Corners (2007) This looks and feels like it would be right up my alley. Dark, creepy, and mysterious, with a twist ending. And I certainly was not bored. But I spent …
Andre’s Chocolates
It had been about a couple of years since the last time I had ordered chocolates. Since the nice, cool weather doesn’t have much longer, I decided it was high time to try a new brand, before the Florida heat could destroy a perfectly good order! This time, I opted for Andre’s Chocolates, since I …
Film Friday
Starting a new thing…we’ll see how it goes. Film Friday will be a quick review every first Friday of all the movies I watched the previous month. (And since it’s National Women Inventors Month, let’s take a moment to appreciate the women inventors in filmmaking!) Lavender (2016) This one started out great. It had all …
Here’s What I Shazam’d Last Year
I was always super jealous of people’s Shazam app, but for some reason never felt like downloading it myself. I guess I just really didn’t want yet another app crowding my phone. But late in 2022, I finally caved. Now I’m constantly whipping out the app. Anytime I’m watching TV or at a restaurant or …
The Best Novels I Read in 2023 (Part 2)
I have had a lot of bad luck with the novels I’ve chosen in the second half of this year. Unfortunately, there are only a few that I was able to rate four stars or above. Let’s take a look at those. Mystery/Thriller The melancholy mystery The River We Remember by William Kent Krueger was …
My Favorite Shops at Christmas Made in the South
I have been going to Christmas Made in the South almost every year with my mom for many years now. It has become one of my favorite holiday traditions. Here is a list of ten of my favorite shops from this year and others. Time in a Bottle: Linda makes really cool, vintage-inspired pieces from …
10 Fun Things I’ve Found Online
Here are 10 fun things I found online in November of 2023. Movies Rolling Stone‘s nostalgic oral history of the movie The Fugitive, starring Harrison Ford and Tommy Lee Jones. With the new release of The Boy and the Heron, we’ve been getting our Ghibli on lately, and who hasn’t fallen absolutely in love with …
10 Fun Things I’ve Found Online
Here are 10 fun things I found online in July of 2023. Art (Or Not?) Whether or not you choose to refer to AI prompters as artists, or even if you’re undecided, it’s hard to deny that Ben Myhre is creating mysterious and magical worlds with AI. From dark manors to country lanes, from Oz …