The Great Race: Got To See This Movie

Midge the One-Eyed Cat from Yorkshire
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Anime Movie Review: My Neighbors The Yamadas

I am going to focus on only one aspect of My Neighbors the Yamadas: the haiku appearing after many of the vignettes. The video above is the Japanese trailer for this movie. This post is also a vehicle for me to learn how to use tables in a post.

How cruel A grasshopper trapped Under a warrior's helmet Basho

Turn towards me I'm lonely too The autumn dusk Basho

The scent of plums On a mountain path Suddenly dawn Basho

A lone figure Back turned Receeing into the mist Santoka (1882-1940)

A spring shower Dressed for rain Talking as they go Buson (1716-1784)

No sign Of death's approach In the cicada's voices Basho

Fleeting dreams An octopus making Its home in a trap A summer moon Basho

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How To Draw A Bunny

The Estate of Ray Johnson: "How to Draw a Bunny, a 90 minute feature film on the artist Ray Johnson, is now available on DVD and VHS."

The movie at the Barton Library Movie Night was How To Draw A Bunny. It was about the life of Ray Johnson, a mailartist. I had never heard of him and now I want to learn more. He was a complicated man with wonderful ideas. He also had more than one reference in his works to mathematics, which intrigues me. Be sure to click the link above to view his work and learn about him.

Elka and Peter Schumann, from Bread and Puppet, were at the movies. Some of their summer guests also came. The brownies were such a success that Wingnut and I had none leftover to bring home. Elka and I chatted after the movie about events in church.

It was another great night at the movies (Wingnut was bored by the movie but he was exposed to new ideas).

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Saturday and the Green Mountain Shuffle

What a wonderful weekend! After school Friday I made brownies for the movies at the library. D had told me it would be Harold and Maude and it was. Fifteen people attended. I didn't cut the brownies until after the movie because I had made them so badly this time. At home later, I bought Tea for the Tillerman from the iTunes store: I just can't get enough of that music.

On the way home, there was a female moose diagonally across the road from the house! I braked but she was just standing there watching the world.

Saturday was cold, drizzly and damp. I wanted to get the cats' annual flea treatment but bought the wrong one and I drove me back and forth from Amy and the vet getting the right one. I meandered over to the North Troy crossing to the Owl's Head Bakery for lunch in Mansonville, Que. Customs were no problem this time. In fact, the Canadian customs officer gave me directions to the bakery. On the American side when I returned, I saw the Guantanamo-type holding cages that the Americans have built at the new customs building. Four large chain link cages with barbed wire at the top. They are obviously built to hold people. It is a scar on our nation.

I had promised A's mom that I would be at the premiere of her son's film Green Mountain Shuffle at the Barton Memorial Building, so I drove back home just in time for that:

Award-winning author Michael T. Hahn's first movie is an offbeat love story set in the gorgeous mountains of Vermont. Starring Heather Fitch, Adam Desautels and Derek Campbell, and featuring music by Michael Hahn Band, Green Mountain Shuffle is an unforgettable tale of passion deceit and redemption.

A's mother, father and grandfather sat in front of us. M and her husband D sat behind me. Roger was the host and Michael Hahn introduced the film. A's mom had assured me there would be no risque scenes in the movie but there were! I don't know how she (or A's grandmother!) sat through that but they were very composed. I had a wonderful time with welcoming friends and great conversations.

Then on to the Glover store for food for supper and to Evansville for gas and a movie (A Prairie Home Companion). The day was unplanned and so pleasant! Unfortunately I didn't take my camera but I am sure I will return to the bakery and restaurants in the Eastern Townships. Jim has given me permission to photograph the Glover store. I must do that as soon as possible.

The three common mergansers that appeared Thursday are still here: 2 males and 1 female.

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