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SKI: Alpine Meadows

Posted on December 28, 2019 by admin

Ski season debut… at Alpine Meadows… with Sherwood news… and crunchy snow 🙂

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AL ANDALUS: The Ornament of the World

Posted on December 19, 2019 by admin

THE ORNAMENT OF THE WORLD Filmed in Cordoba, Granada, Seville, and Toledo, this film retraces the 800-year period in medieval Spain when Muslims, Christians, and Jews forged a common cultural identity that frequently transcended their religious differences, revealing what made … Continue reading →

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MOVIE NIGHT: The Durrells in Corfu

Posted on November 29, 2019 by admin

I don’t remember when we’ve started watching the Durrells in Corfu… but tonight it all came to an end with this documentary…What the Durrells Did Next: A Masterpiece Special… growing our travelwishlist with Corfu… Mouse Island… Jersey Zoo… so close … Continue reading →

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MOVIE NIGHT: Hallowe’en Party

Posted on November 2, 2019 by admin

After Tintin… Sherlock Holmes… Hercule Poirot is the name of the game… a scary watch for after Halloween 🙂 Adding it to the favorite family films for Halloween

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MOVIE NIGHT: Love and Death

Posted on October 11, 2019 by admin

Continuing the Woody Allen thread… some movies are timeless…

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The Curse of the Jade Scorpion

Posted on October 5, 2019 by admin

Constantinopol… Madagascar 🙂

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6. PARIS: Nymphéas

Posted on June 17, 2019 by admin

Waterlily day… and the start of an impressionist itinerary… “An astonishing painting, without pattern, without borders”… “there is no sky, no horizon, hardly any perspective or stable points of reference enabling the viewer to orient himself, just completely arbitrary boundaries … Continue reading →

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MOVIE NIGHT: Little Big Voice

Posted on March 9, 2019 by admin

Sweet family movie… post WWII Austria… couldn’t help noticing similarities with our times… hopefully learning from history… a film and song to remember!

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MOVIE NIGHT: I Am Eleven

Posted on February 19, 2019 by admin

We’ve made it… or rather watched it… second time… on the last day before little kitty’s 12th birthday! Enjoyed it as much as the first time, this is a movie to stay with us!

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MOVIE NIGHT: Friends Forever

Posted on January 27, 2019 by admin

BlutsbrĂĽder teilen alles Our Big Time Set in the midst of World War 2 and interspersed with beautiful choir music, the horrors of the war unfold when the Germans realized one of the boys in the choir is a Jew … Continue reading →

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