Music Monday - Hey Jude - The Beatles

 

I was watching some clips on you tube at the weekend and saw this one, which I had never seen before.  I love the simplicity of it, and always end up singing along when it comes on.

Near The Exit - Lori Erickson

I read this small book sitting in the library on a cold winter afternoon.  Lori Erickson talks about her experiences of losing her brother, and moving her mother to a local dementia care unit, while exploring her experiences with death and dying in different cultures and in her experiences as a pastor.  I was especially moved by the small chapter on dealing with a Maori spiritual leader on a trip to New Zealand.  3/5
 

Middle Aged Lady Movie Night - The Good Liar

 The good liar is a spin on the old con man story starring Helen Mirren and Ian McKellan.   I had seen the trailers but missed it at the cinema, and wish I had seen it there.  Sometimes I am somewhat distracted by the phone and laptop while watching a movie, and tonight was one such night.  So he plays the con man, searching out older women and trying to fleece them out of their funds, however he has met his match, and is of course outsmarted.  No big surprises, and in doing the maths I think this movie must have meant to be set in the late 90s not in 2020.  Still I enjoyed seeing the match of these two greats on the screen, and think that they were both perfect in their roles, and how long they had to wait to work together.  4/5

Music Monday - Message To My Girl - Neil Finn

 

 I just felt like a bit of lightness tonight, and I haven't heard this one for a while.  Such beauty and so underrated.  Neil Finn is one of my favorites and to stand in the audience and hear him sing this is such a magical feeling. 

Middle Aged Lady Movie Night - Charlie's Angels

 Well this middle aged lady is old enough to remember the original Charlies Angels on the tv in the 1970s, but as a kid it left little impression upon me except that the girls must have got through a huge amount of hairspray at the time.  I wasn't holding out for this remake to be anything ground breaking, but it was ok.   It is nice to see some ladies being the ones racing around, with the big guns without the sexist comments and put downs, or being left in just the love interest roll.  In a world where it is often only the boys being allowed to have fun or adventure in movieland, movie makers are beginning to respond and evolve.  Harmless fun.  3/5