Every once in a while, I do a crossword puzzle.

Often a clue leads to the name of a movie star, and it makes me so sad. Often the movie star’s body is long gone, and I mourn for the movie star. I mourn for the movie star whether I was a fan or not. (more…)

Kathryn Stockett is the author of The Help. I read The Help a while ago. I did mention the book  in a blog. I had to return the book to the library before I had made the time to write a real review.

My friend Tracey Bennett in Hawaii (more…)

It continues to feel like I’m living in a movie. Sometimes, it is a B movie I live in, do you remember those?

And yet they are beautiful, these B movies, and they hold my attention. In retrospect, they continue.

The other night there was a knock on my door. (more…)

In recent considerations of this blog, I have wanted to veer towards entries that tend to have purpose rather than just idling thoughts of what I happen to think of to write about at the moment. The intention is working, and I do feel more purposeful, and, incidentally, more and more ideas for blog entries keep flowing in.

Two thoughts popped up in my head this morning, as a matter of fact, that support the human personal approach to this blog. (more…)

I haven’t seen the movie, but I’ve been reading the book, Brick Lane,  that the movie was based on.  The author, Monica Ali, sure knows how to write. (more…)

Did you see the movie, Hey, Dude, Where’s My Car? There is a scene where the two guys pull up to a drive-through window at a fast food place. They order a lot of food with trimmings. When they are finished, the automated voice who takes their order, regardless of what they say, continues to say: (more…)

I saw a movie I liked a lot, Amal. 

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The Mona Lisa Smile came out in 2003. There is a specific Heavenletter-reason why I am writing a blog about this movie. (more…)

This was a rich uplifting movie of a true story.  The main character, Jean-Dominique Bauby,  was the editor in chief of Elle Magazine in France. He was a man about a town. He had had a mistress with whom he had two or three children but didn’t choose to marry or to live with. (more…)

I have talked about The Education of Little Tree. It is a fine compassionate book. I regard this book highly. All book reviewers regarded this book highly. It is one of my all-time favorite books. The movie too.

The book was taken off book lists (more…)