By the time I blog again, I should be on vacation. It will most likely be largely a “stay-cation.” There will be a few days trips as I have a few appointments set up to get some long overdue tasks taken care of, as part of Project 56. My overall goal is to get a lot of things crossed off my To Do list by the time those two weeks are over.
I am hoping that my Mom and I can head to Glencoe for their town-wide yard sale but it will depend on the weather. (I think my Mom is kinda iffy on the whole idea but maybe I can convince her to visit a friend of hers while I take a look at the yard sales.)
Speaking of day trips, my Mom and I headed to Stratford last Saturday, and visited a couple of our favourite stops (Habitat for Humanity and Value Village). My Mom came away with a fair amount more than I did (and good for her, usually it’s me getting all the treasures). I did, however, get this nice piece of artwork of World War II Spitfires. (See, it doesn’t always have to be NASCAR.) Of course, it’s not always about the results of the treasure hunt, some times it is just about getting out of the house and the every day.
I watched Back to the Future as it was the 40th anniversary of it’s theatrical release last week. I had seen the movie enough times (although not for years) so I decided to watch it with audio commentary from writer/producer Bob Gale. I loved how they managed to make the sequence where Doc Brown is trying to get all the wires connected to send Marty back to the future is so suspenseful that, even though I know all works out okay (sorry, spoiler alert for a 40 year old film), I still watch wondering “Is this going to work out?”
My Mom and I also watched a movie on Amazon Prime called Heads of State. It stars Idris Elba and John Cena as the British Prime Minister and the U.S. President, respectively, who must make their way to safety across Eastern Europe after Air Force One is shot down. They have to evade assassins and rush to reunite NATO. Although it obviously borrows heavily from London Has Fallen and Air Force One, it’s a fairly decent action-comedy.
I have a couple of new reads to start this week, including returning to Milner: Last of the Empire-Builders by Richard Steyn and Valley of Refuge by John Teschner. I will report back next week to see how they went.
I am actually tempted to create a page on my website to post some of the manuscripts I have written over the years. That may be another project to complete over the next couplf of weeks.
So, on that note, once again, if you are reading this, let me know where you’re reading from. And, of course, if you want to discuss anything covered above (or below), chat me up on Facebook Messenger or via email.
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