June 18, 2013
11:21 a.m.
Returning from vacation I knew that the neglected flowerbeds would look atrocious. They did and this past Saturday was a perfect day to attack the weeds that had grown and taken over. Our front yard has 6 areas where the previous owners had flowerbeds,...
June 14, 2013
11:25 a.m.
Having just returned from a seaside vacation, I thought I might pick a “beach movie” to recommend for my classic movie pick. I began racking my brain to recall one I enjoyed, one that is considered a true “classic”. The alarm ...
June 11, 2013
1:58 p.m.
A writer for National Review online who I like to read, Jay Nordlinger, often writes an article that is simply the thoughts and observations that he has while he is away on a trip, either for vacation or for business. I decided that since I just return...
June 6, 2013
11:34 a.m.
Every other summer my husband’s family plans a vacation, where the clan gets together at one spot and we relax, read, watch movies, play board games, talk, sleep in, and sight-see at tourist spots. Past vacations have included Disney World, a 3-day...
May 28, 2013
5:23 a.m.
My blog today is about a business that is relatively new to Rolla, Missouri. A young entrepreneur by the name of Josh Noe, wanted to open up a business in Rolla. From articles that appeared in the Feb. 20th, 2013 Rolla Daily News, and an article in T...
May 24, 2013
11:25 a.m.
My blog today is a part of the Children in Film Blogathon hosted by the wonderful Comet Over Hollywood, May 24-26, 2013. I decided to focus on Jane Withers, who is still alive and thriving and who herself is a fan of classic films. I was most familiar ...
May 21, 2013
11:35 p.m.
A big thank you to Movies, Silently, an excellent blog that I like to read which explores silent films(did you know that Hopalong Cassidy was a silent film hunk before he was a cowboy hero to baby boomers?) Movies, Silently has nominated me for the Supe...
May 17, 2013
11:27 a.m.
1949 and James Cagney’s independent movie production company wasn’t faring so well. Warner Brothers came calling, and he agreed to let them help produce and distribute a movie that they had the rights for and wanted him to star in, White Heat...
May 14, 2013
11:25 a.m.
As I have mentioned in some prior blogs, we have two students in the Rolla Public Schools. So, far we have been pleased with the education our sons have been receiving, and very pleased with the communications, via emails, that we receive Monday-Friday ...
May 10, 2013
5:23 a.m.
In 1936, writers Charles Nordhoff and James Norman Hall published their 7th adventure novel, The Hurricane. Their 4th novel, Mutiny on the Bounty, published in 1932, had been such a literary sensation that MGM turned it into a film in 1935 starring Clar...
