On Saturday I went to the movies for the first time since 2019!! It was quite surreal to be sitting in a movie theatre again. A friend and I decided to go because the weather here on Saturday was overcast, wet and bitterly cold (temps hovering just a smidge over freezing point, which I know…
TV/Movies
Eurovision sparkles
The Eurovision final was on the weekend. I’ll talk about the songs and results in another post. This one is all about the sparkles. There are definite trends in the costuming and staging for Eurovision performers. One year it seemed everyone had flowing white dresses. Another year everyone used wind machines. This year it was…
Quote to live by (2021)
In 2020 one of the first Journal Questions I answered was “A Quote to Live By“. Rather than a quote, I said there was a song that really encompassed my philosophy for the year. I listened to that song often during the year, and it worked so well for me, I thought I would find…
Scares me
In 2020 I’m answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. Write about something that scared you.Confession. I scare easily. It doesn’t take much for me to get a fright, probably because I have such a vivid imagination (great for writing, not so much for the grey hairs, lol). What is really…
The theremin
Have you ever heard of a theremin? It’s a musical instrument, although to play it you don’t actually touch it. It is electronic and the two antenna sense where the musician’s (a thereminist) hands are. According to Wikipedia, “the relative position of the thereminist’s hands … control oscillators for frequency with one hand, and amplitude…