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A Cyberhobo Sunrise Special
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Movie: When a Man Loves A Woman (1994)
I was surprised by this movie about a couple dealing with alcoholism. It’s written well enough to really draw you in to some of the difficulties of dealing with serious problems as a couple and a family. It’s one of the few films I’ve seen like this where I didn’t just watch the problems the…
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Solstice Sun
This is as low as the sun will get on my commute, so long as I can be counted on not to spring onto the bike too early, longing for this low, soft light. Here the river moves enough to melt, but is still enough to reflect the bare trees. A future park is marked…
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Movie: March of the Penguins (2005)
While this is an amazing documentary, I found the American theatre version to be a little too anthropomorphic, saccharine, and short on facts. How long do these penguins live? How many times will they mate? What is the bird of prey that attacks the chicks? The version narrated by the filmmakers is much better. Either…
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Movie: Breaker Morant (1980)
Is there such a thing as justice in war? This film follows the court marshal of two Australian and one British soldier in the Second Boer War, where they were pitted against Boers in the Bushveldt who were using guerilla tactics. Given vague orders, they execute several Boer prisoners in retaliation for a deceptive attack.…
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Cloud Light
This looks like another of my recent sunrise series, but the sun is not behind this cloud, it’s way off to the left. Some anomaly was causing this cloud to catch the light. It’s not the greatest picture, but it was eerie to behold, and I want to remember it. I didn’t even see the…
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Movie: My Summer Of Love (2004)
The unqualified success of this film for me is the way it captures the painful but ultimately worthy price of living with sincerity and integrity, especially in love. This point is made deftly and starkly, enough to make the facts that the lovers are young girls and some of the most insincere characters are evangelical…
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Sunrise over Heron Lake
The sun is just coming up now when I leave for work, filling the spaces between the inky trees across the frozen lake with a warm orange glow.
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Hidden River
I didn’t ride the bike at all last week due to sub-zero temperatures and Ann being in Santa Fe part of the week. Now on my return I find the Cache La Poudre River gone, and a snowy animal causeway in its place.
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Book: The Piano Shop on the Left Bank / Thad Carhart
This is a slow-paced, thoughtful book. I haven’t read anything like that recently, and it made me appreciate that reading can be relaxing and enriching without being overly manipulative or dramatic. Of course, if you don’t have any great interest in pianos or Paris, this may not be your cup of tea (or it may…