Winter in More Ways than One!

Good Morning from Flagstaff,

Haven't had much to say lately. The snow I had hoped would come, did, for one day. The following two days I hit the boards before the usual (for this winter) immediate following warm-up period. We are suppose to be getting snow this weekend. I guess, in a way, it has been a good winter so far, some snow, some sun. Nevertheless my older friend Ed says this will be the last winter he and Bonnie spend here.


As for me, I like winter. Nothing made me happier than that groundhog in Penn that came out earlier this week and saw his own shadow. The mythology of that event predicts that we will have 6 more weeks of winter weather. I rejoice in that.


February is the month of my birth which gives me pause to reflect on the years I have been on this planet. I am beginning to feel old. I know you are "only as old as you feel." In many ways I feel young, but looking in the mirror negates that right away. I have looked around at men my age, and some younger, in their 50s, and feel that my outward appearance is much more youthful than theirs. Of course that may be self delusion. One thing is certain, I look younger than my father did at this age (seems to be something we "boomers" are overly concerned with).


I will always remember what my mother said to me when she was in her early 70s. In her head she was still that same girl in high school, but looking at her physical self she could hardly believe what had happened to her. In her mind, life had gone by so fast. We all know that feeling as we have gotten older.


Films: The movie fare in Flagstaff has been atrocious the last few weeks. While other places, even Prescott, are getting the award nominated films we keep getting all the Jan/Feb crap.
Luckily, I did some early January traveling to see such films as Frost/Nixon, which has not made it here yet. They dribble in some good films such as Slumdog Millionaire while surrounding them with slasher and vampire flicks. Yesterday, despairing of another week without good offerings I went to see a mildly amusing, He's Just Not that In to You. It was meant to be funny, and was in places, but was more a sad treatise on male/female relationships. It was definitely what folks call a "chick flick." Usually I like those, as well as romantic comedies if done well. This one I would rate at "so, so." The previous week I went to Liam Neeson's Taken, a fast paced international thriller. It is not as good as the Bourne series, but entertaining. Neesen makes the film.


Adios Amigos y Amigas