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Category Archives: Playing Favorites

There’s a Reason Classic Movies Are CLASSIC
November 10, 2010
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There’s a Reason Classic Movies Are CLASSIC

I pay extra money for Turner Classic Movies to appear on my cable TV.  Oh, okay, I like BBC America and the History channels, too.  But the truth is I’m a freak for old movies.  A F-R-E-A-K. When they say, “They don’t make ‘em like they used to,” I know exactly what they mean. Casablanca. Perhaps the best film ever made. Bogart and Bergman. Brilliant. Brigadoon. Gene Kelly and Cyd …Read the Rest

Playing Favorites: Children’s Books
November 1, 2010
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Playing Favorites: Children’s Books

I started reading at an early age because I was surrounded by readers in my family. Our household was the kind where gift-wrapped books under the tree on Christmas morning weren’t just expected, they were treasured. My mom and older siblings would take me to the local library in Lakewood, Ohio when I was too young to be crossing the street by myself.  Later, I’d go to library on my …Read the Rest