Movie Tuesday

Movie Tuesday a few days late. On Tuesday Dennis, Mom and I saw The November Man starring Pierce Brosnan, still cute after all these years. I wasn't expecting much, but was pleasantly surprised. It was actually a pretty good movie. We all enjoyed it and would recommend it if you like thrillers and spy movies.

Movie Tuesday

We've been wanting to see A Most Wanted Man for a long while, but the starting times haven't been good for us. It worked out today, though. This was probably Phillip Seymour Hoffman's last performance before his death. Based on a John le Carre novel, the film takes place in Germany post-9/11. Hoffman leads an off-the-books team providing intelligence on muslim radicals in the country. I think we all enjoyed the movie, though the ending was disturbing as are most of le Carre's novels. This is a "go see," especially if you are a fan of Hoffman.

Three Sisters

I designed this bracelet and finished it yesterday. This is a ladder bracelet, but not a wrap. I'm going to make 2 others to wear with it so it looks like a wrap bracelet.  I call it Three Sisters after the three mountains in Sisters, Oregon. I wonder if my sister will visit there when she goes to Oregon. That's a place we were thinking of moving to long ago when we thought of moving out of state. They had a great pie place as I recall. Lots of snow, too.

Rain/demolition

We discovered that Thursday's big rain came into the house at the north end where the new construction is going on. The exercise room and living room rugs were soaking wet. We pulled back the carpet, removed the padding and had huge fans going day and night. The living room is sort of ok, but the exercise room still has some drying to do. Good thing we are replacing all the carpet.

OM Bracelet

Just finished today: turquoise Miyuki seed beads and brass heishe bracelet. The bracelet is fastened with a button and features two silver charms: a feather charm and an OM charm.

Movie Tuesday

Oddly, two interesting movies in a row. This week's movie was The Giver, based on the 1993 novel by Lois Lowry. Although conservatives think this movie is about the liberal suppression of their values, the author says she was inspired to write the book by her father's decent into Alzheimer's. Some critics bash the film for various reasons, but we three movie goers found it thought provoking and interesting. Jeff Bridges plays the Giver and Meryl Streep plays the hard-hearted leader of the community. I guess we liked the movie because we have read books and seen movies in our youth like Fahrenheit 451, Soylent Green, 1984, etc.

5-Wrap Bracelet

I finished this bracelet a couple of days ago. It's all one long, long piece.