Back when George Clooney assembled his all-male assemble for Ocean’s Eleven, I watched the film but have no real memory of its plot. Sure, I know that he gathered some friends who each had a special skill needed for a heist. I believe that film was set […]
When the recent Han Solo movie came out at the movie theaters, I didn’t know that it was its opening weekend. I was lucky enough to get seats to its showing. Or so I thought. When we got to the cinema, it was a nearly empty auditorium. I […]
I am one of those odd ducks that likes to read the ending to a book first. You would often have caught me in the aisle of a bookstore sitting on the floor reading the last few pages of a book. Then I would decide whether to buy […]
My family has always had a fraught relationship with lady luck. My mom had fantastic luck until she didn’t. Then it became horrid. I had great luck for a few things and no luck for a few others. I learned from an early age, I had to either […]
This has been a rather long week. And while I caught Avengers Infinity War last weekend (which seems like an eternity now) I haven’t been really able to “process” it fully. Did I like it? More so than I thought I would. But I had very low expectations. […]
This weekend was one in which I reflected on my many possible paths going forward. Seems that I have been doing that a lot lately. This weekend was one in which I reflected on the bizarre nature of many situations and people I have encountered. This […]
There was a time when the Dear Abbys of the world were unique and few in numbers. Of course, there have always been busybodies. There are always those in the neighborhood that know or got to know everything that is going on and on top of which they […]
Ok. Let me get one thing out there. Supposedly this piece here will be about the latest Spielberg movie called Ready Player One. However, I have to first declare outright my love of Easter. Ever since I was a little girl, I enjoyed it immensely. Now that […]
This past week has been hard in that I just have not been able to readily fall asleep. It is not that I am worried or necessarily stressed out. Rather, it has been that I have been caught up in a series of Netflix binges. Yes, each night […]
Many years ago, I was a young girl at boarding school learning to be independent. It was a huge step for a young Hispanic girl from the Bronx to attend a boarding school way up north in Massachusetts. My family, especially my mother, was very sad to […]