We went to see The Last Jedi Friday afternoon; as I was watching yet another scene of the star ships bombing the resistance I got to wondering: is The Last Jedi a hero journey? I decided there are elements but not in its entirety. Then It’s a Wonderful Life just popped in my head. WHAT?… Continue reading It’s A Wonderful Life: A hero Journey
Month: December 2017
MarsEdit 4 Testing
I downloaded a copy of the MarsEdit 4 app which allows you to create blog posts then push up to WordPress. One of the things that looks promising is the ability to load my pictures directly into the app then push it all to my blog. When using the WordPress web app I first have… Continue reading MarsEdit 4 Testing
Posole
For some reason I can’t remember I was talking with my buddy Frost about hominy – really, I have no idea how we got on that subject. If you start talking about hominy you are going to talk about grits or posole (pozole?). Grits are okay but posole really grabbed my interest. I had some… Continue reading Posole
Reading: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
I try to re-read this story every Christmas season. I feel like I “dropped the mic” last year when I was gobsmacked by the realization that Scrooge’s adventure is another telling of the universal hero’s journey “monomyth”. In this cross-cultural Myth (capital “M” to distinguish it from its common usage as a synonym for “lie”) a hero… Continue reading Reading: A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Reading: Eventide by Kent Haruf
Eventide by Kent Haruf Rating: ★★★★★ 5 out of 5 stars. Finished: December 9, 2017 Sometimes in life you find yourself lost and alone. If you are fortunate, you get another chance. That second chance gives you a better appreciation of your luck. The old bachelor McPheron brothers played a secondary role in Plainsong –… Continue reading Reading: Eventide by Kent Haruf
