Monday, January 18, 2021
Imagine waking up to find that it’s yesterday. Everything that happens, everything you hear, and everyone you see exists in an all too familiar déjà vu. And then again. And again. Phil Conors, the TV weatherman of Pittsburgh, wakes up on Groundhog Day to experience just that. Released in 1993, Groundhog […]
Most are familiar with the tales of the outlaw Robin Hood and his band of merry men. Their deeds have remained legendary for centuries and been reproduced in film adaptations and books alike. Robin Hood’s journey starts with him as a young man, killing one of the king’s deer, which […]
When the weather starts to get colder, the leaves turn and fall, and the snow begins to flutter down, there’s one iconic movie scene that comes to mind: when the beacons of Gondor are being lit, one by one, blazing across the top of the snow-covered mountainside. Of course, this […]
As the cool weather of fall comes blowing in, flapjacks, better known as pancakes, are the perfect choice for a hot breakfast. Each golden pancake is light and fluffy like a marshmallow, making it hard to eat only one, and a delicious blackberry syrup is included in the recipe to […]
CAUTION: This book may cause you to commence incognito literary meetings in your bedroom closet, drink gallons of tea, and read Charles Lamb’s essays by the light of a gas lamp. I first discovered it in the glass display window by the 33 bus station on Wanderstrasse in Basel, Switzerland. […]