movies

I watched Away From Her, with Julie Christie in her Oscar nominated role and directed by Sarah Polley. It's based on an Alice Munro story about a marriage of 44 years and the effect on that marriage as the wife develops Alzheimer's. I thought the movie would be incredibly depressing--it was sad and frightening for anyone who fears Alzheimer's (as I do) but it was also totally absorbing.

And the yummy movie The Long, Hot Summer that I promised myself to watch after reading about Paul Newman's death. It was everything I remembered--actually much sexier than I remembered--I have a feeling that when I watched it years ago on tv I missed a lot of the sexual under and overtones. What a hunk! Angela Lansbury is bitingly charming as Will Varner's (Orson Welles') squeeze. Anthony Franciosa was not bad as the weakling Varner son who's married to the sexy Eula (Lee Remick). Good stuff.

Photos from the west coast

Here are the photos from my trip to the west coast, first in Orange and LA visiting with the Blaylocks et al and then visiting Mikey Roessner Herman and Richard Herman in Stallion Springs and Tehachapi