Culture Anastasia the Broadway (2016) 2 Feb 20195 Feb 2019 Our last Anastasia series installment! We end on the latest rendition of Anastasia's story, the Broadway version from 2016. For those who haven't been following this is the 5th post…
Culture Anastasia: the movie (1956) 7 Dec 201812 Jan 2019 We're back! With the next in our Anastasia series! If you didn't see the first two posts you can follow these links to them. The first is the historical account…
Music Ultimate Christmas Playlist 23 Nov 201817 Nov 2018 I'll be honest with you, I've been listening to Christmas music since Election Day. I'm not the type of person that can wait until Thanksgiving to begin the Christmas festivities. …
Culture Anastasia & Anna Anderson – the real story 5 Oct 20185 Oct 2018 We're standing at the beginning of a very long blog series (long because I only post once a month...) and this is the start! I have a fascination and love…
Culture… When Mario Met Mozart in the War of 1812 1 Jun 201828 Aug 2018 Not long ago I was attempting to apply for a blogger position and the hiring company had made a joke that if the applicant could combine Super Mario Brothers, the…
Culture Culture Up: Ride of the Valkyries 21 Jan 201821 Jan 2018 In addition to art, I'll also be exploring classical music. This week? The Ride of the Valkyries by Richard Wagner When I first listened “Ride of the Valkyries” for this project, I…
Music… Music to Tell Stories to 10 Nov 20172 Nov 2017 NaNoWriMo is right around the corner, and---wait, what? It's November already? We're already 1/4 of the way through November? Well, okay...uh...okay then. Not to panic! There's plenty of time left to make words…
Movie/TV Les Choristes (The Chorus) 3 Nov 20173 Nov 2017 I enjoy watching foreign films, subtitles have never bothered me and there is so much out there in the world of film that it's would be a pity to ignore…
Lifestyle… Happy Fall! 26 Sep 201726 Sep 2017 Hello, and happy Fall! Several years ago I decided to come up with a list of all the things that I wanted to do before summer ended. While I didn’t…
Lifestyle… A Playlist for Traveling 27 Jun 201728 Aug 2018 Gypsy A member of a people that arrived in Europe in migrations from northern India around the 14th century, now also living in North America and Australia. Many Gypsy groups…