Two things happened this week that prompted me to write this post. The world celebrated what would have been Roald Dahl’s 97th birthday, and, a day or two later, my friends Murph and Cara welcomed two beautiful little babies into the world. So, as Linette set off in one direction this evening, to arrange for […]
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My thoughts on movies and books to share with your kids through the age of nine
Posted in Art and Culture, Mark's Life Also tagged Arnold Lobel, Billy Wilder, books, Cara Talaska, children's literature, Eric Carle, Frog and Toad, genocide, Go Ice Cream, Harry Potter, Huckleberry Finn, Laura Ingalls Wilder, life lessons, Little House on the Prairie, Mark Twain, Marquee Moon, Murph, n-word, Native Americans, Richard Murph, Roald Dahl, Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Star Wars, The Onion, The Prisoner, Tom Sawyer, truth pond 23 Comments
Happy Birthday to Myrna Loy
Today is the birthday of one of my favorite actresses of all time – Myrna Loy. My plan was to mark the occasion by re-watching The Thin Man, but, after a half hour or so of jumping around the web, reading about her life, I’ve decided to watch this 1973 interview with her instead. I […]
Posted in Art and Culture, Other, Uncategorized Also tagged 1918 flu, 1973, Boris Karloff, Day at Night, James Day, Myrna Adele Williams, Myrna Loy, racism, Spanish flu, The Mask of Fu Manchu, W. S. Van Dyke, yellowface 6 Comments