There are many quotes from the movies that have stuck with us thought the years. We use them when the time is appropriate. The movie Poltergeist (1982) had a particularly interesting saying that has stuck with many people. Though the movie is definitely not a “holiday movie†the saying can be appropriate around the holidays. […]
There’s a James Bond movie with the song – Nobody Does it Better. I’ve always liked that song. I was reminded of it Friday when I called a close relative to see how she was doing. I interrupted her while she was doing her housework. She was getting the house “presentable” for the 14 guests […]
Life Ain’t Always Beautiful is a country song that tells it like it is. It says that sometimes, life is just plain hard; it can break you down and break your heart. It’s a song about disappointment and heartbreak. I’m disappointed with some things that have been going on in the last week. There’s no […]
There’s an old song – What are you Doing the Rest of Your Life? – from a movie called “The Happy Ending”. It was released the year I graduated from high school – 1969. About that time I was wondering the same thing. What WAS I going to do with the rest of my life? […]
I’ll Fly Away is a gospel song with a country flair. It was written by Albert Brumley in 1929 while he was picking cotton in rural Oklahoma. He was thinking about flying away from the hot, dusty cotton fields the day he wrote it. Albert and his singer wife had six children. I can only […]