Virgin River #episode9/10 #july17

1. Hope is quite the pisser. She has an immense amount of chutzpah.

2. Folks in medicine really get the inside track on people; hard to lie when you’re sick. Medical professionals have to be keen investigators.

3. There you go, Mel, now we’re talking; dark green is a fantastic color for you.

4. Hmmmm. So Charmaine is telling the truth about baby…..right???

5. Hope needs a hobby. Yikes. Isn’t she like the Mayor or something?

6. Methinks there is more to the story with Paige. She’s kinda shifty.

7. What an awful final conversation Mel had with Mark. Terrible for her to have to live with after his passing.

8. These people need some musical and cultural stimulation.

9. Very cool love story between Doc and Hope.

10. Jack is so lovely but I have a tiny superficial exception, I don’t love his speaking voice. Occupational hazard I guess.

11. Aw, man. You’re leaving me on this??? Bah.

Virgin River #episode 7/8 #july2020

1. The price of love is loss. Well shit.

2. Episode 6 is not for the forlorn and should come with a sadness warning.

3. It bums me out when women are socially mean to each other. Get it together women.

4. Doc is a sharp dresser.

5. I agree with Connie for once. Camille is a little too big for her britches.

6. All is fair in love and canasta. These ladies don’t play.

7. I love how the whole town hunkers down at the pub during a monsoon.

8. I’m wondering if these folks have a church of choice. Perhaps a gossip repentance is in order.

9. HOLY ENCHANTED CABIN!!! AMAZING. He’s a keeper, Mel. Wowsa.

10. Yay, kiss!!!

Virgin River #7162020 #episode5/6

1. Mel would be quite useful on the walking dead. Perhaps a cross over/altered reality is in order.

2. Now Hope and Doc have got me thinking Jack is their offspring. What the.

3. That intoxicated, ragamuffin, gun toting dude was sure lucky to meet Jack and Mel on the road.

4. Maxine and Jared have quite the birthing story to tell their kid.

5. Birth is extraordinary and so strange.

6. At any time now, Jack is welcome to bow to Mel and exclaim that’s he’s not worthy. She’s a badass.

7. Camille has asymmetrical bangs. Huh.

8. Some serious acting chops by these folks on this show.

9. Doc is becoming a bad ass before my very eyes.

10. What began an afternoon jaunt for organic food turned into quite a day for these two emerging lovebirds.

11. Come on, writers, Mel could have taken off her makeup before bed. Boo.

Virgin River #episode6 #july162020

1. “The view is always better from the high road”.”

2. I like Preacher. He’s so sweet. And whatever abusive spouse skeleton “Paige” has in her closet, he will be at her side.

3. Doc can cut a rug. Nice feet, sir.

4. As lovely as Mel is, I’m not feeling the blush and bashful hue of her dress for her seasonal summer complexion. Conversely, Camille looked lovely in royal blue.

5. Go cougar Joey! Get you some Brady. However, she could give the martyr sister act a rest.

6. Oh Virgin River mingle, yoo hoo? I’m not seeing any same sex do si do. Come on, now.

7. The dimples on Jack and Mel are quite impressive. I also dig watching 40 year olds with baggage fall in love. Bring on Claire’s Bachelorette Season!

8. Say what you want about city folk but I suspect that the urbanites can’t hold a candle to all the secrets stored in this sleepy town.

9. I dig the semi formal male attire. Denim with a tweed vest for the win.

10. Lydia, where the Sam Hill is your LIFE ALERT???

11. I am curious why Brady and Preacher have bad blood.

Virgin River #seasonone #episode3/4 #7162020

1. Now I’m invested and Doc Curmudgeonly has grown a grinch smile, what the Sam Hill is wrong with Hope?

2. Mel has a Kate Winslet look.

3. Rut roh, enter Charmaine. I feel kinda bad for her.

4. Nurse Hollywood, cute.

5. Did Hope and Doc ever ya know…..perhaps the sewing circle gals know….

6. I’m digging Hope’s Frank Lloyd Wright-esque casa. I also love that she has somewhat of a west coast surfer accent. She’s got a boomer/Woodstock vibe.

7. Now that I see her house, the condition of the cabin she expected Mel to live in pisses me off more. I wonder how much doctor friendly had to do with the state of the cabin, perhaps to run her out of town.

8. Jack is being such a dude about Charmaine. Bah.

9. Wait, WHAT??? Ignore #5. I didn’t see that coming. Hope and Doc. Well how’s that for a howdy do.

10. I REALLY love Mel’s hair color.

11. Oh the secrets. Everyone has them in this quaint hamlet.

12. Connie, Connie, Connie. Yikes.

13. Good god, what happened with Mel’s husband. They are so sweet together. 😢

14. This show really knows how to make you binge the next episode. Holy cliffhanger.

15. “Can I have a white Zinfandel?” “You can but why would you want to?” Lol

Virgin River Episode 1/2 #netflixbinge #7152020

1. Who peed in Doc Mullins Cheerios? Jeez. City girl treatment by small town folk is in full swing.

2. Well on the bright side, the overgrown bird infested cabin has potential and there’s a nice man named Jack serving up pleasantries a short walk from the hovel.

3. Gorgeous scenery.

4. “In small town, the Internet is slow but the gossip is fast.”

5. So far so good on episode one. Much story to be told with interesting characters.

6. Mel is a badass. She articulated herself very coherently to chauvinist Doc.

7. Is Doc ever in the office?

8. Looking forward to getting to know Preacher and Jack brother’s story.

Sold #review7142020

“Brutal yet sensitively rendered, putting a human face, if a fictional one, on an issue that rarely gets one. Almost Dickens for the 21st century.” Mary Ann Johanson

1. This is a deeply sobering movie about tragedy of human trafficking.

2. It is beautifully acted by main character Lakshmi (Naiyar Saikai.) I won’t soon forget her spirit.

3. People can truly transcend the most horrific situations. As evil as some can be to participate, condone, or aide in sex trafficking, the heroism of many humans is extraordinary.

4. Being strong willed, recalcitrant, non compliant, industrious, and driven is often a good thing.

5. The soundtrack is wonderful especially when the children survivors sang at the end. I also especially loved the scene where the girls have a moment of levity while dancing to “Namaste” on the roof.

6. It is unreal that slavery is still a human epidemic.

7. The film reverently tells this brutal story yet somehow hope is present. You witness an especially sweet friendship between Lakshmi and the young boy, Harish.

Armrestrating: The very highest rating for an important film. God bless those afflicted.

https://www.unitas.ngo/human-trafficking-101

Coal Miner’s Daughter #quarantinereview2020

1. Wow. Tommy Lee Jones in 1980. I’m thinking he had a red hair dye job. It was especially conspicuous on his eyebrows.

2. It’s wild to fathom the diverse cultural differences in this country. This Kentucky town is completely foreign to my upbringing.

3. The game of musical chairs is played far too seldom. I loved watching Loretta’s mom’s fast feet in her dance with the battery operated radio.

4. Tommy Lee and Sissy are so cute together at first. But man, does that change fast. Doo is bad news. At least he got her into singing.

5. It’s interesting that newspapers layered the parent’s bedroom walls like wallpaper.

6. Yikes. Holy depressing wedding night. It’s unbelievable how long Loretta had to wait for her wedding ring. Her parents should have at least insisted that a ring was the minimum he had to have to marry their daughter.

7. Thank God for the escaping and connective power of music.

8. I am a HUGE fan of the gal cowboy/shiny suit attire Loretta and Patsy wear. LOVE it.

9. The friendship between Patsy and Loretta is what life is about. Amazing. They made each other better and complimented each other. They would have been a fierce pair.

10. I was very impressed with the singing of Sissy and Beverly. Wow.

11. This movie definitely lived up to its reputation. It tangibly tells a great story of a very specific time in history (luckily much of the disturbing hetero relationship behavior seen in this movie is long gone.)

ARMRESTRATING: Two bedazzled, fringy, and non Doo armrests up for a wonderful biopic.

#anarmrestrenegade

Fast Times At Ridgemont High #2020lookback

1. The class just smelled the quizzes in Mr Hand’s class. Wtf. Mimeograph?

2. Oh the white nylons and the carrot demo at lunch!!

3. GREAT SOUNDTRACK. I was in 8th grade when this came out.

4. The science teacher just said he switched to sanka, lol.

5. Lots of graffiti, wallpaper, blush, and harvest gold decor.

6. Loving Sean Penn’s alligator 🐊 shirt. He plays such an affable stoner.

7. Forest Whitaker is in this!!!

8. Restaurants in 1982 were so novel and kitschy.

9. Mr. Hand is a great character.

10. Hard to believe that this isn’t a movie written now as a throwback.