Movie Monday - 12/9/2025

People, the dash has been filled with Christmas chores lately. I haven’t watched many movies, but I will tell you about a few.

But first things first:

Thanksgiving went well and was delicious! I made reservations for lunch. I also made some family favorite sides to go with a smoked ham for dinner. 

It felt like a good time to make sugared pecans, too.

On to movies - Unspeakable Things is LeeAnn Morgan’s latest comedy special on Netflix. It’s funny. Watch it. 

In Lost and Found in Cleveland, June Squibb leads the cast. Five people bring items to the filming of a traveling appraisal show to see if their (non-monetary) perception of the objects’ values will be validated. It was cute.

The documentary, The Quilting Women of Gee‘s Bend, takes a look at a community of quilters and how they became famous. Their utilitarian quilts have become much sought after works of art. It was interesting.

A salesman stops at a remote diner/gas station in The Last Stop at Yuma County, to get fuel. The pumps are empty, but the fuel truck is due any second; so, he waits. He hears about a bank robbery that had happened earlier that day. When the two perpetrators come to the diner, the story starts moving along. It was tense, but entertaining.

I hope that was worth the wait.

In other news, the Christmas tree was assembled on Thanksgiving day. The final ornament was placed last Wednesday.

MK out.

Book Chat - 11/13/2025

Do y’all ever read books and then weeks, years later, you hear about a book that sounds good; so, you add it to your list of books you want to read - not realizing that you’ve already read it? Or is it just me?

It’s November! And I mean, it’s two weeks until Thanksgiving! Time is passing faster than my hair is growing around here. I have such a list of things to do, but here I am at the beach as if I haven’t care in the world. I’m acting like there aren’t only six weeks before Christmas. Yes, you read that correctly. Six weeks!!!

I won’t think about that today. I’ll tell you about the books. I read in July instead.

Death Row by Frieda McFadden

A woman has been convicted of killing her husband. She’s on death row and she’s losing all her appeals. Time is of the essence. One day, She sees a man who looks exactly like her dead husband, leading her to believe that he isn’t dead. So, who is the person she allegedly murdered? It was good.

A Sky Full of Love by Lorna Lewis

After being held captive for quite a while, a woman is returned to her family. Much has happened while she’s been away. Something has been kept from her that will likely have devastating effects when she finally learned about it. It was very engaging.

Klara and the Sun by Kazuo Ishiguro

Sometime in the future, the world has advanced so that illnesses can be bioengineered out of children, and their friends are so powered entities. Klara is one such AF (Artificial Friend). While waiting to be adopted by human family, she is a keen observer of her environment. When she is adopted, she soon discovers that her human is ill. Klara makes it her mission to cure her. It was good.

Abscond by Abraham Verghese

A young teen with a promising future in tennis has to grow up quickly, following a tragic event. It was very good.

Back to my lollygagging.

MK out.

Movie Monday - 11/3/2025

I only watched one movie last week and it was This Is Spinal Tap - the 1984 film, in anticipation of watching the sequel that came out several weeks ago. The movie is a parody of the craziness surrounding heavy metal bands of the 1970s-early 1980s. It was clever. I enjoyed watching.

It is the beginning of prime movie watching season and the last couple of weeks of the birthday season; so, we will see what happens.

Until next time…

MK out.

Book Chat - 10/24/2025

People, time keeps marching on. I have been reading books fairly steadily, but how would y’all know? When we last talked about books, I had shared the ones I read in April and May.

Ha! I didn’t read any in May. I did read a few in June: 

Lola is Never Drinking Again by Maria Elena Sandivici

I loved this book because one of the characters is my beloved Galveston. Not really, it’s set on The G, but to me, it made The G come to life. A troubled woman returns to the island to help settle her newly deceased aunt’s affairs. She had to reckon with more than her past. It was good.

The House of My Mother: À Daughter’s Quest for Freedom by Shari Franke

I watched the documentary series, Devil in the Family: The Fall of Ruby Franke (and then promptly forgot to tell y’all about it) recently. The doc was about mommy blogger/Influencer, Ruby, and how she was convicted of child abuse. The book by her daughter tells us about how she escaped her mother‘s clutches and how she tried to save her younger siblings from their mother. It is a sad story.

Death Row by Frieda McFadden

This short story is about a woman who is awaiting her death sentence for killing her husband. It was very good.

I may tell you about the ones I read in July soon. I mean, it’s only the end of October…

MK out.

FO Friday - 10/11/2025

Hello everyone! I have two projects to show you:

This little blanky started out as part of a KAL (knit-a-long, for the muggles) hosted by Fifty Four Ten Studio. It was a gentle KAL - one did not have to complete the project by the deadline. Good thing - because I finished after the deadline. I finished this blanky in August. (And I’m just now showing it off - I know...)

The pattern is one of theirs called Summer Sidewalk. I had some skeins of Wool Ease lying around in purple. If anyone knows of someone with a baby coming and purple will fit into the color scheme of the nursery, please let me know.

AND

I made some bags to donate to the local children’s hospital on the G. The hospital fills them with books and art supplies and gives them to children who have undergone some sort of trauma.  

It’s an easy- peasy pattern. I lined mine, but it’s not a requirement. This bag is a good way to use up leftovers!

See y’all later!

/MK out.

Movie Monday - 10/13/2025

Lord have mercy! You’d think I’m just sitting on my couch, staring at the wall and eating bonbons. I can’t get anything done around here. And that includes watching movies. I did watch a few in the last few weeks though.

I had been wanting to watch Kajillionaire ever since it came out in 2020. Evan Rachel Wood, Deborah Winger and Richard Jenkins star in this quirky film. They play a family and their motto seems to be: “A family who crimes together, stays together.” It was good.

A cook to a group of fur trappers and a Chinese immigrant on the run become fast friends in First Cow. Set in the early 1800s, The pair steal the milk of a wealthy trapper’s cow in an effort to make some money baking treats for the town. I liked it.

I used to watch the Ed Salmon show when I was a young thing. Sunday Best is a documentary about how Sullivan could make people’s careers. I enjoyed reminiscing as I watched it.

Stupid Streamer:

The Hunting Wives - Netflix

That’s all for now!

MK out.

Movie Monday- 9/15/2025

The study of Led Zeppelin continues. There’s overlap of information between all the documentaries, but I still find everything fascinating:

In Led Zeppelin - The Original of the Species Unauthorized, People in the music industry, some who have worked with the band, tell about the origins of Led Zeppelin. They also cover the first two studio albums. There are concert clips as well.

In Led Zeppelin- Physical Graffiti: A Classic Album Under Review, again, people in the industry go through the tracks of the double album. It’s one of my favorites, but I am not alone. My favorite part is watching clips of the performing.

I have a couple more LZ things to watch. Hooefully, I will get to them soon.

Good Binge:

I just finished watching season 3 of Fisk on Netflix. It’s an Australian comedy. You can fly through a season quickly. The episodes are 30 minutes long. It is very much worth a watch.

Today is the start of the Birthday Season. I have some fun things planned.

MK out.