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Why Do I Feel Like A Failure?

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My ex husband is great at making me feel like a failure in my daughter’s eyes. When we first divorced he made sure to tell our daughter, over and over again, that I was the one who left him. If it wasn’t for me she would still have her Daddy, her house, her room, her school. This was all my fault. I was not about to share the stories of infidelity that lead to the divorce with my ten year old so when she said “This is your fault, you left Daddy, he didn’t want us to leave.” I had … Continue reading →

Challenges And Habits

In my last blogs we looked at the idea of being challenged to take on a new area of service or ministry or challenged to continue on after failure. But there is another way we could look at challenges. So often we pray the Lord’s Prayer saying, ‘Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven,’ Matthew 6:10. How is God’s will done in heaven? Perfectly – always. Do you and I always do God’s will perfectly on earth? No we don’t. I’m sure each of us have areas in our lives we know are not pleasing to … Continue reading →

Desk Set (1957)

Over the course of their careers, Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn made a heap of movies together. All were enjoyable, and one of my favorites is “Desk Set.” Hepburn is Bunny Watson, head of the research department at a television studio. As persons all throughout the building prepare the upcoming shows, they call down to research to verify facts and figures, and Bunny and her team of three other women look that information up for them. With a small library at their disposal, but also with a lot of memorized knowledge, they keep that station up and running, often having … Continue reading →

That Midnight Kiss(1949)

“That Midnight Kiss” was the first film ever to star Mario Lanza, and Hollywood immediately fell in love with this shy young man with the golden voice. He plays Johnny Donnetti, truck driver and son of Italian immigrants who run a restaurant. He studied opera for a time, but it never panned out for him, so he spends his time delivering furniture. Kathryn Grayson is Prudence Budell, a young lady who desperately wants to be an opera star. Her grandmother, Abigail Budell (Ethel Barrymore) is a wealthy woman who donates much of her fortune to the arts. She decides to … Continue reading →

Anchors Aweigh (1945)

“Anchors Aweigh” is a charming film. When Clarence Doolittle (Frank Sinatra) and Joseph Brady (Gene Kelly), members of the gun crew on a Navy submarine, take heroic action in the face of danger, they are awarded the Silver Cross and given three days of leave on shore in California. They immediately head to Hollywood, where Lola, one of Joe’s many girlfriends, is waiting for him. However, he’s not fated to meet up with Lola—he keeps getting sidetracked. First, there’s Clarence, who has never had a girlfriend and badly wants Joe to teach him how to get one. Clarence is a … Continue reading →

Movies Week in Review – May 19th – 24th

We saw some great movies this last week. If you’d like to know what we thought, click on the links below to read the full reviews. We started off the week with “The Water Horse,” a fanciful movie that investigates the legend of the Loch Ness monster and suggests one possible way it came to be in existence. We go back in time to World War II and see a young boy named Angus find a strange stone by the loch—a stone which turns out to be the egg of the mythical water horse. He cares for the creature until … Continue reading →

Wedding Present (1936)

In the black and white film “Wedding Present,” Cary Grant stars as Charlie Mason, an irresponsible, happy-go-lucky newspaper reporter who’s head over heels in love with fellow reporter, Rusty Fleming (Joan Bennett). When plans to get a marriage license go awry, Rusty takes it as a sign that their marriage isn’t meant to be, and she calls it off. Not to be deterred so easily, Charlie sets out on a plan to get her back. Meanwhile, the two of them are sent out to interview the Archduke (Gene Lockhart), in town to celebrate his engagement. They take him out on … Continue reading →

Tristi’s Favorite Musicals

I grew up watching musicals. I love Doris Day, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire – in fact, there are very few movie stars from Hollywood’s golden era that I don’t like. There’s just nothing like a man and woman gazing into each other’s eyes and then breaking into song. Some of my all-time favorite musicals are, in no particular order: “Oklahoma!” Who could forget Shirley Jones in her first role as shy and idealistic Laurie, caught up in her feelings for that rascally cowboy, Curly? “Show Boat” took on a tough topic – that of race discrimination – and brought us … Continue reading →

Romance on the High Seas (1948)

“Romance on the High Seas” was Doris Day’s first film appearance. She stars as Georgia Garrett, a nightclub singer who has always dreamed of world travel. One day, luck finds her in the form of Mrs. Elvira Kent. Mrs. Kent (Janis Paige) has always suspected her husband of being a cheater, but she can’t prove anything. She decides to make him think she’s gone on a long trip, planning to catch him in the act when he thinks she’s not looking. She asks Georgia to go on the trip in her place, mailing her husband letters from time to time … Continue reading →

Tristi’s Favorite Gene Kelly Movies

One of the definite perks of being a movie reviewer is that I get to sit here and sigh, and then tell you why I’m doing it. Gene Kelly . . . sigh. Gene has done scads of fabulous films – I don’t think I’ve ever seen him deliver a bad performance. I’d like to share four of my favorite Gene Kelly films with you right now and tell you why they’ve made this top ten list. 1. Of course, the first on my list would be “Singin’ in the Rain.” Who doesn’t just adore this movie? Gene stars as … Continue reading →