Somewhere between yesterday and today, between last year and this year, I have grown deeper in my capacity to endure loss.  I suppose it comes with age.  The older we get, the more relationships we’ll forge, and the more loved ones we’ll see pass away.  A big sad sigh.  It’s simple logic. For me, this 2025 year, I have said goodbye to my mom.  She was a bona fide “feisty” force of nature, a funny “crackpot,” a talented “crochet artist,” an avid “Dutch-team” soccer fan, a “sin

Chickpea season is back!  Well, the hot, cook-over-the-stove kind of chickpeas, best enjoyed during those cooler October to April months.  Scroll back to two previous posts.  I sing the praises of another “hot” Milk Street chickpea dish called “Crispy Pasta with Chickpeas, Lemon, and Parsley” (Italian-style). Mmm. That dish is all fun to gobble up during those early spring days, when the sun is quite noticeably keeping us company longer, and the screen door is starting to r

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For as long as I can remember, the scary "Jaws" film franchise has always been my jam. GULP. This year marks the 50th anniversary of...

I think of my mother in the spring. When the cool rain settles in, warmer than frigid icicle raindrops tap-tap-tapping on our windowpane...

I recently saw an Instagram post about the typical “movie-watching experience” of the different zodiac signs.  Apparently, grounded...

Starting this New Year right. Yes, I was gifted with my first little alien! He has an adorable red scarf and orange ear muffs. Awww. ...

Here's the video from that starry October night with Michael Douglas (aka Jack T. Colton from "Romancing the Stone"). Yes, dreams come...

As 2024 draws to a close, I am, first, supremely surprised at how fast this year flew.  Like a racecar!  Or better yet, that miraculous...

Halloween has passed y'all! And with sweater weather comes warm apple cider, mulling spices on the stove, and that random cozy candle...

Summer is all about looking up at blue skies and midnight stars. As we sit s'more-side during this wonderfully hot, atmospheric time of...

Twenty years have passed. August 2004. Since I descended into that magical world of fog and rain. Not at all what I imagined my first...

Check out my first screenplay analysis article for Flickside! See me dissect the Oscar-winning script of 1976's Network. It was...

News Alert: Antenna TV is at it again. This channel is playing all my favorite shows! Not only did I recently have the pleasure of...

Calling all De Niro, Pacino, Scorsese, and Lumet lovers! Here's my ode to that wonderful New Hollywood decade where directors, cast, and...

It is said that necessity is the mother of invention.  I agree.  Gaping into my kitchen cabinets, then fridge, then freezer, the other...

Once upon a time, there was a castle. In a teeny city next to New York City. Inside, it had beautiful white walls with stone, and...

As Dorothy from the "Wizard of Oz" (1939) once said, “There’s no place like home.” Cue those glittery red shoes. And for travelista...

What an exciting "Flickside YouTube" summer it has been! What was my favorite Flickside video? Alfred Hitchcock of course! Here's the...